The Chainbearer: Or, The Littlepage ManuscriptsRichard Bentley, 1845 |
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... way . His origin was Dutch , as was the case with a fair proportion of the officers , and he bore the name of Andries Coejemans , though he was universally known by the sobriquet of the " Chainbearer . " It was 26 THE CHAINBEARER .
... way . His origin was Dutch , as was the case with a fair proportion of the officers , and he bore the name of Andries Coejemans , though he was universally known by the sobriquet of the " Chainbearer . " It was 26 THE CHAINBEARER .
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... of his substance by a Yankee before he was three - and- twenty , and he had had recourse to surveying for a living from that time . But Andries had Thus no head for mathematics , and , after making THE CHAINBEARER . 27.
... of his substance by a Yankee before he was three - and- twenty , and he had had recourse to surveying for a living from that time . But Andries had Thus no head for mathematics , and , after making THE CHAINBEARER . 27.
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... Andries Coejemans held the for- ward end of the chain ; a duty on which he was invariably placed , by one party or the other . Then a practical eye was a great aid to positive measurement ; and , while Andries never swerved to the right ...
... Andries Coejemans held the for- ward end of the chain ; a duty on which he was invariably placed , by one party or the other . Then a practical eye was a great aid to positive measurement ; and , while Andries never swerved to the right ...
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... Andries , like most of those who sympathized with the colonies , took up arms . When the regiment of which my father was the lieutenant- colonel was raised , they who could bring to its colours so many men received commissions of a rank ...
... Andries , like most of those who sympathized with the colonies , took up arms . When the regiment of which my father was the lieutenant- colonel was raised , they who could bring to its colours so many men received commissions of a rank ...
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... Andries Coejemans , on the score of original station , was rather above than below the level of the social positions of a majority of the subalterns of the different lines of the more northern colonies , when he first joined the army ...
... Andries Coejemans , on the score of original station , was rather above than below the level of the social positions of a majority of the subalterns of the different lines of the more northern colonies , when he first joined the army ...
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Página 158 - ... the sins of the fathers are visited upon the children, even to the third and fourth generation.
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