Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 222W. Blackwood, 1927 - England |
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Page 42
... arm- chairs on each side of the blaze with middle - aged con- tentment in our hearts . As my eyes wandered over this new setting for my old friend , a native sword hanging in its red leather scabbard appeared to me to be out of place ...
... arm- chairs on each side of the blaze with middle - aged con- tentment in our hearts . As my eyes wandered over this new setting for my old friend , a native sword hanging in its red leather scabbard appeared to me to be out of place ...
Page 57
... arms . He had two uncles in Russia , Lieut . - General Doug- las , Governor of Revel , and Mr Hewitt , his mother's brother , formerly a favourite of Peter the Great , now retired , and he hoped by their influence to enter the Russian ...
... arms . He had two uncles in Russia , Lieut . - General Doug- las , Governor of Revel , and Mr Hewitt , his mother's brother , formerly a favourite of Peter the Great , now retired , and he hoped by their influence to enter the Russian ...
Page 59
... arm . On examining his countenance , ' he says , " it seemed to me , from the alarm expressed in it , that he considered this accident as a bad omen . " 29 Charles gave him a captain's commission on the evening of the battle , without ...
... arm . On examining his countenance , ' he says , " it seemed to me , from the alarm expressed in it , that he considered this accident as a bad omen . " 29 Charles gave him a captain's commission on the evening of the battle , without ...
Page 60
... arms , and flew to the assistance of Dickson to rescue him from the fury of the mob , so that he soon had five or six hundred men to aid him , who dispersed the crowd in a very short time . Dickson now triumphed in his turn ; and ...
... arms , and flew to the assistance of Dickson to rescue him from the fury of the mob , so that he soon had five or six hundred men to aid him , who dispersed the crowd in a very short time . Dickson now triumphed in his turn ; and ...
Page 61
... arms , and the trumpets of the piquet of Fitz- james sounding the call to boot and saddle , which struck me like a clap of thunder . I hurried on my clothes , my eyes half shut , and , mounting a horse , I instantly repaired to our army ...
... arms , and the trumpets of the piquet of Fitz- james sounding the call to boot and saddle , which struck me like a clap of thunder . I hurried on my clothes , my eyes half shut , and , mounting a horse , I instantly repaired to our army ...
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