The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 4G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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Page 102
... fire , made upon the floor of the opposite room , which apartment they afterwards entered , and saw a bed set on fire , the curtains of which were consumed , with part of the bedstead , but not the whole , the flames , from the ...
... fire , made upon the floor of the opposite room , which apartment they afterwards entered , and saw a bed set on fire , the curtains of which were consumed , with part of the bedstead , but not the whole , the flames , from the ...
Page 142
... fire at a signal agreed upon . The signal being given . Lieutenant- Colonel Lenox fired , and the ball grazed his royal highness's curl ; the Duke of York did not fire . Lieutenant - Colonel Lenox observed that his royal highness had ...
... fire at a signal agreed upon . The signal being given . Lieutenant- Colonel Lenox fired , and the ball grazed his royal highness's curl ; the Duke of York did not fire . Lieutenant - Colonel Lenox observed that his royal highness had ...
Page 143
... fire again . Lieutenant - Colonel Lenox said he could not possibly fire again at the duke , as his royal highness did not mean to fire at him . On this , both parties left the ground . The seconds think it proper to add , that both ...
... fire again . Lieutenant - Colonel Lenox said he could not possibly fire again at the duke , as his royal highness did not mean to fire at him . On this , both parties left the ground . The seconds think it proper to add , that both ...
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