The Young Franc-Tireurs, and Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War |
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... already gained an immense moral victory . She has chosen her own time for war , and has at the same time obliged France to take the initiative , and so to appear to be the aggressor , and therefore to lose the moral support of Europe ...
... already gained an immense moral victory . She has chosen her own time for war , and has at the same time obliged France to take the initiative , and so to appear to be the aggressor , and therefore to lose the moral support of Europe ...
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... already as prim , decorous , and properly behaved , as if they had been women of thirty years old . After tea was over , the four boys returned to their work of gathering plums , while Melanie , or Milly , as her father called her , to ...
... already as prim , decorous , and properly behaved , as if they had been women of thirty years old . After tea was over , the four boys returned to their work of gathering plums , while Melanie , or Milly , as her father called her , to ...
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... already the names of one or two lads , little , if any older than your eldest boy , " he said ; " and although the other is certainly very young , yet as he is very stout and strong for his age , I have no doubt he will bear the fatigue ...
... already the names of one or two lads , little , if any older than your eldest boy , " he said ; " and although the other is certainly very young , yet as he is very stout and strong for his age , I have no doubt he will bear the fatigue ...
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... already this morning , and several thousand francs of subscription have been promised . In another three or four days the money will be ready , so if you write to your friends to make an agreement with a manufacturer , I can give you ...
... already this morning , and several thousand francs of subscription have been promised . In another three or four days the money will be ready , so if you write to your friends to make an agreement with a manufacturer , I can give you ...
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... already received other pro- posals of the same nature . He enclosed with his letter my formal appointment as Commandant of the Corps of Franc - Tireurs of Dijon , with full military authority and power . " Great cheering again broke out ...
... already received other pro- posals of the same nature . He enclosed with his letter my formal appointment as Commandant of the Corps of Franc - Tireurs of Dijon , with full military authority and power . " Great cheering again broke out ...
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