Waterloo Days: The Narrative of an Englishwoman Resident at Brussels in June 1815George Bell & Sons, 1888 - 175 pages |
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... grounds , and distant hills , and sheltered valleys diversified the prospect . The woods rose in prouder beauty , and the fields were dressed in brighter verdure and richer luxuriance ; and as we passed through those smiling scenes ...
... grounds , and distant hills , and sheltered valleys diversified the prospect . The woods rose in prouder beauty , and the fields were dressed in brighter verdure and richer luxuriance ; and as we passed through those smiling scenes ...
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... ground , as if impatient of his master's delay , and eager to bear him to the field . Our greetings and adieus were equally hurried . We bade him farewell , and saw him go to battle . It was nearly two years since we had met ; and ...
... ground , as if impatient of his master's delay , and eager to bear him to the field . Our greetings and adieus were equally hurried . We bade him farewell , and saw him go to battle . It was nearly two years since we had met ; and ...
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... ground . Then it was filled with female faces sparkling with mirth and gaiety ; now terror , and anxiety , and grief were marked upon every countenance we met . In addition to the general alarm and anxiety , which sur- passed anything ...
... ground . Then it was filled with female faces sparkling with mirth and gaiety ; now terror , and anxiety , and grief were marked upon every countenance we met . In addition to the general alarm and anxiety , which sur- passed anything ...
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... ground , and they were still fighting in the fullest confidence of success . " There can be no doubt of their repulsing the French , " said Colonel Scovell , " but nothing of any im- portance can be done till the cavalry come up , which ...
... ground , and they were still fighting in the fullest confidence of success . " There can be no doubt of their repulsing the French , " said Colonel Scovell , " but nothing of any im- portance can be done till the cavalry come up , which ...
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... ground , overcome with toil , and exposed to all " the pelting of the pitiless storm . " Everything was silent , -when I heard , all at once , the dismal sounds of nailing down the coffin of the Duke of Brunswick . It was a solemn and ...
... ground , overcome with toil , and exposed to all " the pelting of the pitiless storm . " Everything was silent , -when I heard , all at once , the dismal sounds of nailing down the coffin of the Duke of Brunswick . It was a solemn and ...
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