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... shot - bag over his shoulders , a liquor flask hanging on one side , and a pouch
full of dead quails on the other , was altogether rather coarsely caparisoned , and
seemed to be intent on his game . Just after he accosted me , an officer , in a ...
... shot - bag over his shoulders , a liquor flask hanging on one side , and a pouch
full of dead quails on the other , was altogether rather coarsely caparisoned , and
seemed to be intent on his game . Just after he accosted me , an officer , in a ...
Página 48
All amazed at this mysterious meeting , “ Pray , Sir , ” said I respectfully to the
officer , as he was gathering up the things the hunter had thrown off , “ Who is that
? " 66 That is the envoy , ” answered the officer , with an air of dignity . “ But who
is ...
All amazed at this mysterious meeting , “ Pray , Sir , ” said I respectfully to the
officer , as he was gathering up the things the hunter had thrown off , “ Who is that
? " 66 That is the envoy , ” answered the officer , with an air of dignity . “ But who
is ...
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SHORTLY after the defeat of the British army at Fort Erie , in the brilliant sortie
planned and executed by General Brown , that officer received intelligence that
General Izard was on his way to join him with a large force . A few weeks sooner
...
SHORTLY after the defeat of the British army at Fort Erie , in the brilliant sortie
planned and executed by General Brown , that officer received intelligence that
General Izard was on his way to join him with a large force . A few weeks sooner
...
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It was desirable , therefore , that he should be met at that point by an officer from
Fort Erie , who could advise him of the exact situation of the garrison , and the
relative positions and strength of the two contending armies , and convey the ...
It was desirable , therefore , that he should be met at that point by an officer from
Fort Erie , who could advise him of the exact situation of the garrison , and the
relative positions and strength of the two contending armies , and convey the ...
Página 102
They reached the Falls while daylight yet lingered over the awful abyss , and the
officer , who had beheld this wonderful sight from the opposite shore , proposed
to his companion to halt , that he might survey it under a new aspect . The latter ...
They reached the Falls while daylight yet lingered over the awful abyss , and the
officer , who had beheld this wonderful sight from the opposite shore , proposed
to his companion to halt , that he might survey it under a new aspect . The latter ...
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Philadelphia Book, Or, Specimens of Metropolitan Literature |
| Autor | Peter Stephen Du Ponceau |
| Editor | Key & Biddle, 1836 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 28 Feb. 2006 |
| Largo | 380 páginas |
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