Passages in the Life of a Soldier: Or, Military Service in the East and West, Volumen2Hurst and Blackett, 1857 |
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... . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . II . LONDON : HURST AND BLACKETT , PUBLISHERS , SUCCESSORS TO HENRY COLBURN , 13 , GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET . 1857 . The right of Translation is reserved A5 LONDON : Printed by Schulze and Co ,, 13.
... . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . II . LONDON : HURST AND BLACKETT , PUBLISHERS , SUCCESSORS TO HENRY COLBURN , 13 , GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET . 1857 . The right of Translation is reserved A5 LONDON : Printed by Schulze and Co ,, 13.
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... Sailors - Return to Camp . THE household word , 66 Sevastopol , " is attended with many strange , pleasing , and distressing recollections . " This fair and VOL . II . B false city , " growing up from the small Tartar.
... Sailors - Return to Camp . THE household word , 66 Sevastopol , " is attended with many strange , pleasing , and distressing recollections . " This fair and VOL . II . B false city , " growing up from the small Tartar.
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... really took an interest in it , and I heard that deservedly esteemed and gallant soldier , Sir John Campbell , rally a field officer VOL . II . C one day about his partiality for the fourth parallel . THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER . 17.
... really took an interest in it , and I heard that deservedly esteemed and gallant soldier , Sir John Campbell , rally a field officer VOL . II . C one day about his partiality for the fourth parallel . THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER . 17.
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... . Then all seemed quiet , when a man reported that the poor Bible - reader was dead , a piece of the shell having passed from left to right VOL . II . D through his stomach . coffee there had a leg A THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER . 33.
... . Then all seemed quiet , when a man reported that the poor Bible - reader was dead , a piece of the shell having passed from left to right VOL . II . D through his stomach . coffee there had a leg A THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER . 33.
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... followed , also Hussar orderlies . Then the sturdy soldier , Pelissier , appeared , in red and gold- bound kepi or forage - cap , and white Arab VOL . II . E cloak , worn for coolness over his uniform . A THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER . 49.
... followed , also Hussar orderlies . Then the sturdy soldier , Pelissier , appeared , in red and gold- bound kepi or forage - cap , and white Arab VOL . II . E cloak , worn for coolness over his uniform . A THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER . 49.
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