The Young Buglers: A Tale of the Peninsular WarThe next day, the bulk of Beresford's army returned to the neighborhood of Badajos, which they again invested, while a long convoy of wounded started for Lisbon. The Scudamores accompanied it as far as Campo Major, where a large hospital had been prepared for those too ill to bear the journey. Peter was still unconscious. Fever had set in upon the day after the battle, and for three weeks he lay between life and death. |
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... watches and rings , enforcing his commands with terrible curses . When suddenly a pistol flashed out just behind him , and he fell off his horse with a ball through his shoulder . Tom's shot , though equally well intended , was not so ...
... watches and rings , enforcing his commands with terrible curses . When suddenly a pistol flashed out just behind him , and he fell off his horse with a ball through his shoulder . Tom's shot , though equally well intended , was not so ...
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... watches and trinkets saved , and then the first passenger went on , — " I propose , gentlemen and ladies , that when we get to the end of our journey we make a subscription , according to the amount we have saved , and that we get each ...
... watches and trinkets saved , and then the first passenger went on , — " I propose , gentlemen and ladies , that when we get to the end of our journey we make a subscription , according to the amount we have saved , and that we get each ...
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... watches , so that you will be able to be punctual ; and I must request you , when you have done washing , not to throw the water out of the window , because my flower - beds are underneath . " Tom had great difficulty in keeping his ...
... watches , so that you will be able to be punctual ; and I must request you , when you have done washing , not to throw the water out of the window , because my flower - beds are underneath . " Tom had great difficulty in keeping his ...
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... watch he has just bought , that he's so proud of . heard him say he had given thirty guineas for it . Of course , we don't want to keep it , but we would smash it up between a couple of big stones , and send him all the pieces ...
... watch he has just bought , that he's so proud of . heard him say he had given thirty guineas for it . Of course , we don't want to keep it , but we would smash it up between a couple of big stones , and send him all the pieces ...
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... watch . " The schoolmaster took out his watch , and , getting upon his feet , handed it to the giant . " There now , you can go ; but see , " he added , as the schoolmaster turned with great alacrity to leave- " look here . " " Yes ...
... watch . " The schoolmaster took out his watch , and , getting upon his feet , handed it to the giant . " There now , you can go ; but see , " he added , as the schoolmaster turned with great alacrity to leave- " look here . " " Yes ...
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