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... obtain some re- freshment , and having ordered a steak for two , while it was getting ready , the sergeant , a very intelligent Scotchman , gave me some good advice ; and on learning that I was only seventeen , he told me to make it ...
... obtain some re- freshment , and having ordered a steak for two , while it was getting ready , the sergeant , a very intelligent Scotchman , gave me some good advice ; and on learning that I was only seventeen , he told me to make it ...
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... obtained a suit of regimentals , and throwing aside my civilian's dress , I was that evening parading the town à la militaire ; and no one who saw me would have supposed I had only been enlisted that day . Next morning , at my own ...
... obtained a suit of regimentals , and throwing aside my civilian's dress , I was that evening parading the town à la militaire ; and no one who saw me would have supposed I had only been enlisted that day . Next morning , at my own ...
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... obtained leave for my brother to go on shore with me . We did not go directly , as it was near the time of serving out the grog , and some of them insisted I should take a can with them . I also partook 18 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
... obtained leave for my brother to go on shore with me . We did not go directly , as it was near the time of serving out the grog , and some of them insisted I should take a can with them . I also partook 18 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
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... obtained some fresh vegetables , and what was not consumed , was placed on the deck aft , under the charge of the sentry ; the prisoner , who made free with a couple of carrots , was detected in the act , tried by a court - martial ...
... obtained some fresh vegetables , and what was not consumed , was placed on the deck aft , under the charge of the sentry ; the prisoner , who made free with a couple of carrots , was detected in the act , tried by a court - martial ...
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... obtain for him a commission as ensign . He was now captain ; and though his whiskers were tinged with grey , his eyes possessed all their former fire and brilliancy . He was very eccentric in his ways ; and his men scarcely knew how to ...
... obtain for him a commission as ensign . He was now captain ; and though his whiskers were tinged with grey , his eyes possessed all their former fire and brilliancy . He was very eccentric in his ways ; and his men scarcely knew how to ...
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