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... French side , some espoused the German , and you naturally shared the opinion of those around you . I can only say that I have endeavoured to be strictly impartial , and to tread as lightly as pos- sible upon the corns of either side ...
... French side , some espoused the German , and you naturally shared the opinion of those around you . I can only say that I have endeavoured to be strictly impartial , and to tread as lightly as pos- sible upon the corns of either side ...
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... French peasant woman is a thrifty body , and has a shrewd eye to sous , so the chaf- fering and haggling which almost invariably precede each purchase went on as briskly as usual , but between times all thoughts and all tongues ran upon ...
... French peasant woman is a thrifty body , and has a shrewd eye to sous , so the chaf- fering and haggling which almost invariably precede each purchase went on as briskly as usual , but between times all thoughts and all tongues ran upon ...
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... French boy does not play ; at least he does not play roughly . When young he does indeed sometimes play at buchon , a game something similar to the game of buttons as played by English ... French mother . They are French born , for B 2.
... French boy does not play ; at least he does not play roughly . When young he does indeed sometimes play at buchon , a game something similar to the game of buttons as played by English ... French mother . They are French born , for B 2.
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George Alfred Henty. their French mother . They are French born , for they first saw the light at the pretty cottage where they still live , about two miles out of the town ; but their father , Captain Barclay , has brought them up as ...
George Alfred Henty. their French mother . They are French born , for they first saw the light at the pretty cottage where they still live , about two miles out of the town ; but their father , Captain Barclay , has brought them up as ...
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... French army , but pluck alone won't do ; the ques- tion is , are our generals and our organization as good as those of the Prussians , and can we put as many , or any . thing like as many men into the field ? I am at least half French ...
... French army , but pluck alone won't do ; the ques- tion is , are our generals and our organization as good as those of the Prussians , and can we put as many , or any . thing like as many men into the field ? I am at least half French ...
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arms army arrived balloon Besançon Blamont boys Cambriels Captain Barclay cavalry Christine cloth Colonel Tempé coloured command corps despatches distance Doyle duty Edition enemy English Epinal Fcap fell fight fire forest France French G. A. HENTY Gambetta German gilt edges hair half hand HARRISON WEIR head heard honour horses hour hundred yards Illustrations lads laughed legion of honour Lieutenant looked Madame Duburg Major Tempé Maupas Melun miles Milly minutes Mobiles Molsheim Montargis morning Mutzig night o'clock officers once Orleans Paris passed peasant plain Post 8vo prisoners Prussians quarter Ralph and Percy Ribouville rifles road round Salbris Saverne schoolmaster sentries sergeant shot shouted side soldiers staff surgeon Teclier tell thing Tim's tireurs to-morrow told town Trochu troops turned Uhlans village Vosges walked Wasselonne wood wounded young Barclays Zouaves
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