The three serjeants; or, Phases of the soldier's life, recollections of military service in Germany, Holland [&c.] by Thomas Morris, William Morris and William Morris, jun, Volume 2511858 |
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... removal from thence , we settled down for some years in Birmingham , where my father resumed his original trade ; and there being a brisk war , he took a contract to supply guns to the government for the army ; and so rapidly did the ...
... removal from thence , we settled down for some years in Birmingham , where my father resumed his original trade ; and there being a brisk war , he took a contract to supply guns to the government for the army ; and so rapidly did the ...
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... removed my hand , such a torrent of blood rushed out , that my father and the surgeon were both alarmed , neither of them fancying for a moment that the wound was so severe ; the bone was cut through , and the piece hanging merely by ...
... removed my hand , such a torrent of blood rushed out , that my father and the surgeon were both alarmed , neither of them fancying for a moment that the wound was so severe ; the bone was cut through , and the piece hanging merely by ...
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... removed from the ship - builder's yard , to the shop of Mr. Jones , an eminent silversmith , at the corner of Castle - street , facing the Exchange ; the business is still , I believe , in the same family . My master was a prominent ...
... removed from the ship - builder's yard , to the shop of Mr. Jones , an eminent silversmith , at the corner of Castle - street , facing the Exchange ; the business is still , I believe , in the same family . My master was a prominent ...
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... removed immediately ; and the brig we had left , was to accompany us , filled with stores , which she was previously intended for . The Saragossa was now rather inconveniently crowded by this reinforcement ; but it was expected the ...
... removed immediately ; and the brig we had left , was to accompany us , filled with stores , which she was previously intended for . The Saragossa was now rather inconveniently crowded by this reinforcement ; but it was expected the ...
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... removal from her , was the means , under Providence , of saving the lives of the whole detachment . We waited at Yarmouth a couple of days , to repair damages , and to lay in a stock of fresh provisions . The bum - boats which came ...
... removal from her , was the means , under Providence , of saving the lives of the whole detachment . We waited at Yarmouth a couple of days , to repair damages , and to lay in a stock of fresh provisions . The bum - boats which came ...
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