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And with him there was an invari- able succession of contrary passions : the telegrams always telling of Russian success in the first part , and of a retreat to avoid disaster in the second , first filled him with sorrow and anger ...
And with him there was an invari- able succession of contrary passions : the telegrams always telling of Russian success in the first part , and of a retreat to avoid disaster in the second , first filled him with sorrow and anger ...
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Roughly , I had fifty miles to ride to get to this place , and I had brought no food with me ; for I had started away in a too great jubilation at my success in court , mixed with an overwhelming sense of rushing , in a somewhat hero- ...
Roughly , I had fifty miles to ride to get to this place , and I had brought no food with me ; for I had started away in a too great jubilation at my success in court , mixed with an overwhelming sense of rushing , in a somewhat hero- ...
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To his intimate acquaintance with their character and customs was no doubt due a considerable portion of his success in moulding the native element he was called upon to handle . & The approach to Urga from the south , as seen in the ...
To his intimate acquaintance with their character and customs was no doubt due a considerable portion of his success in moulding the native element he was called upon to handle . & The approach to Urga from the south , as seen in the ...
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Although we expressed the belief that the success failure of all battles lay on the knees of the gods , yet we committed our- selves to the assertion that Togo had " so many advantages in naval essentials that we cannot conceive any ...
Although we expressed the belief that the success failure of all battles lay on the knees of the gods , yet we committed our- selves to the assertion that Togo had " so many advantages in naval essentials that we cannot conceive any ...
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The news that thick weather had caused brought by the S.S. Oscar II . the Japanese observation to was doubtless correct , but it is fail , the hopes for the Russian quite likely that the vessels success were not materially coaling off ...
The news that thick weather had caused brought by the S.S. Oscar II . the Japanese observation to was doubtless correct , but it is fail , the hopes for the Russian quite likely that the vessels success were not materially coaling off ...
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