Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Volume 158, Page 1H. Colburn, 1882 - Military art and science |
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... London should arrive . " Did my father ask much for me or for Gretchen before he died ? " sobbed Clara in her storm of grief . She was answered by the widow . " No , " said that lady with an uncertain flicker in her eyes , and a queer ...
... London should arrive . " Did my father ask much for me or for Gretchen before he died ? " sobbed Clara in her storm of grief . She was answered by the widow . " No , " said that lady with an uncertain flicker in her eyes , and a queer ...
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... London to the seaside . They found after leaving the railway station that they had some little distance to walk to the house , where Mrs. Harstone , their new informant , lived . It was a small cottage , standing at the back of a garden ...
... London to the seaside . They found after leaving the railway station that they had some little distance to walk to the house , where Mrs. Harstone , their new informant , lived . It was a small cottage , standing at the back of a garden ...
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... London actors . " Braham's enthusy- musy style , Incledon's powerful voice , Sinclair's fal- setto , Munden's grimace , Dowton's laugh , Jerry Sneak Russell's hen - pecked tones , Emery's Yorkshire dialect , Knight's rustic twang ...
... London actors . " Braham's enthusy- musy style , Incledon's powerful voice , Sinclair's fal- setto , Munden's grimace , Dowton's laugh , Jerry Sneak Russell's hen - pecked tones , Emery's Yorkshire dialect , Knight's rustic twang ...
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... London , we cannot avoid coming to the conclusion that this duel was not altogether fairly conducted ; for unless the moon had been shining at that hour , which it was not , the affair must have taken place in the dark . After a short ...
... London , we cannot avoid coming to the conclusion that this duel was not altogether fairly conducted ; for unless the moon had been shining at that hour , which it was not , the affair must have taken place in the dark . After a short ...
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... London early last week , and we believe the intended rendezvous was Boulogne . The wind , however , not being fair , it was arranged by both parties to lose no time , and in consequence they met at seven o'clock on the morning after ...
... London early last week , and we believe the intended rendezvous was Boulogne . The wind , however , not being fair , it was arranged by both parties to lose no time , and in consequence they met at seven o'clock on the morning after ...
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Page 368 - When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace ; but when a stronger than he shall come upon him and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
Page 422 - Shot; which being spent, he contrived a way by notching his Knife, to saw the barrel of his Gun into small pieces, wherewith he made Harpoons, Lances, Hooks and a long Knife; heating the pieces first in the fire, which he struck with his Gunflint, and a piece of the barrel of his Gun, which he hardened; having learnt to do that among the English. The hot pieces of Iron he would hammer out and bend as he pleased with Stones...
Page 84 - Along the leaguer'd wall and bristling bank Of the arm'd river, while with straggling light The stars peep through the vapours dim and dank, Which curl in curious wreaths: — how soon the smoke Of Hell shall pall them in a deeper cloak ! LXXXVII.
Page 93 - A low born man, of parentage obscure, Who nought can boast but his desire to be A soldier, and to gain a name in arms.
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Page 190 - No more — but hasten to thy tasks at home ; There guide the spindle, and direct the loom. Me glory summons to the martial scene, The field of combat is the sphere for men; Where heroes war, the foremost place I claim, The first in danger, as the first in fame.
Page 368 - Russell (WH, LL.D.) Hesperothen: Notes from the Western World. A Record of a Ramble through part of the United States, Canada, and the Far West, in the Spring and Summer of 1881. By WH RUSSELL, LL.D. 2 vols., crown 8vo, cloth, 24*.
Page 253 - This operator did his office after a different manner from those of his trade in Europe. He first took my altitude by a quadrant, and then, with rule and compasses, described the dimensions and outlines of my whole body, all which he entered upon paper, and in six days brought my clothes very ill made, and quite out of shape, by happening to mistake a figure in the calculation. But my comfort was, that I observed such accidents very frequent, and little regarded.