Works, Volumen9,Tema 2G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1857 |
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... Reader in time of battle - together with divers portentous movements ; which betoken that something terrible is about to happen 168 181 194 210 CHAP . VIII . - Containing the most horrible battle ever recorded in poetry or prose ; with ...
... Reader in time of battle - together with divers portentous movements ; which betoken that something terrible is about to happen 168 181 194 210 CHAP . VIII . - Containing the most horrible battle ever recorded in poetry or prose ; with ...
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... reader is , therefore , to take it for granted , though I scorn to waste , in the detail , that time which my furrowed brow and trembling hand inform me is invaluable , that all the while the Great Peter was occupied in those tremendous ...
... reader is , therefore , to take it for granted , though I scorn to waste , in the detail , that time which my furrowed brow and trembling hand inform me is invaluable , that all the while the Great Peter was occupied in those tremendous ...
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... reader , and cool ourselves , for I am in a prodigious sweat and agitation ; truly , this fighting of battles is hot work ! and if your great commanders did but know what trouble they give their historians , they would not have the ...
... reader , and cool ourselves , for I am in a prodigious sweat and agitation ; truly , this fighting of battles is hot work ! and if your great commanders did but know what trouble they give their historians , they would not have the ...
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Growing discontents of New Ams | 1 |
Of the folly of being happy in time | 15 |
Troublous times on the Hudson | 22 |
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