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Page 47
... surprised and con- fused , and having no appointed leader of our band , the devilish enemy shot hard at us , and had some advantage . It was pitiful to hear the screams of women and children amid the report of guns and the whistling of ...
... surprised and con- fused , and having no appointed leader of our band , the devilish enemy shot hard at us , and had some advantage . It was pitiful to hear the screams of women and children amid the report of guns and the whistling of ...
Page 49
... surprise , as is usual amongst savages , had complete effect ; for they doubted not that they were assailed in their turn , and placed betwixt two hostile parties by the return of a detachment from the provincial army . The heathens ...
... surprise , as is usual amongst savages , had complete effect ; for they doubted not that they were assailed in their turn , and placed betwixt two hostile parties by the return of a detachment from the provincial army . The heathens ...
Page 56
... surprised at the company in which he found himself , than at the opinions to which he was listening , another circumstance reminded him that the proper time of his stay at Black - Fort had been expended . Little Fairy the Manx poney ...
... surprised at the company in which he found himself , than at the opinions to which he was listening , another circumstance reminded him that the proper time of his stay at Black - Fort had been expended . Little Fairy the Manx poney ...
Page 75
... surprised . " I was wont to share your father's counsels , my son , " she said ; " but do not think that I wish to intrude myself upon yours . I am too well pleased to see you assume the power and the duty of thinking 13 for yourself ...
... surprised . " I was wont to share your father's counsels , my son , " she said ; " but do not think that I wish to intrude myself upon yours . I am too well pleased to see you assume the power and the duty of thinking 13 for yourself ...
Page 81
... surprise which he felt , " why does the Countess now depart from so prudent a line of conduct ? " " You must know the case is now different . The rogues are not satisfied with toleration — they would have supremacy . They have found ...
... surprise which he felt , " why does the Countess now depart from so prudent a line of conduct ? " " You must know the case is now different . The rogues are not satisfied with toleration — they would have supremacy . They have found ...
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