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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1883

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The "Soldier of Fortune:" a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter Xxxv

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1883 · page 4

Why should man despair? are there not moments Which repair a life of suffering Who can tell If heaven in mercy hath not marked. In Time's dark calendar, one such blest hour…

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The "Soldier of Fortune:" a Talk Ok the Crimean War. Chapter Xxxv.—continued

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1883 · page 6

HE is as anxious as yourself for a meeting. answared Troubetskoi; and, despite his advanced age, would have accompnied as here has his pupils permitted him.'…

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The "Soldier of Fortune:" a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter Xxxvii

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1883 · page 6

Bweare! there is an adder in your path; But I will teach you so to draw its [?] You may make sport with it—OLD PLAY. ON reaching their home—if the wretched, forlo[?]…

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The "Soldier of Fortune:" a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter Xxxviii.—continued

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 14 April 1883 · page 6

'No, Excellency. The two Englishmen have a method peculiar to their own country of ensnaring them. They boast that they could take hundreds of them if they were permitted to remove further from…

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Arabi and the Recent War

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 17 April 1883 · page 4

ARABI appears to be fairy contended in his new home, although the accommodation provided is not exactly to him or his champions' taste. It appears that all the Egyptian exiles are…

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The "Soldier of Fortune:" a Talk of the Crimean War. Chapter Xxxix.—continued

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1883 · page 6

'SOME wolf or beast of prey is doubtless lurking around the cabin,' observed Charles Vavasseur. 'Ay,' said the Pole. rising, 'one of the most dangerous, since, if my anticipations are correct, he…

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-The"soldier of Fortune:" a Talk of the Crimean War. Chapter Xl.—continued

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1883 · page 6

IT was morning before they returned from the unsuccessful chase; all trace of Ishmael had disappeared. The next night they watched the hut of Reuben Bight, under the impression that hunger might drive…

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-The"soldier of Fortune:" a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter Xlii.—continued

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1883 · page 4

NO sooner had they withdrawn than the hero again addressed himself to Lelia. The heritage which the late Iman of Dargo bequeathed to us, he said, we accept not for the…

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Terrible War Totals

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1883 · page 6

THE following figures are taken from the statistics of the Franco-German war, just published by the Prussian War Office. In August, 1870 780,728 German soldiers crossed the French…

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The "Soldier of Fortune:" a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter Xlii.—continued

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1883 · page 6

Low as was the tone in which the words were uttered they were overheard by one of the Assembly, who, rising from his carpet, commanded him to retire, observing that the people of Dargo had not yet…

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The "Soldier of Fortune:" a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter Xliv

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1883 · page 6

The anare he set for others, you shall find Will prove his grave—It is his destiny To fal by over-[?]unning: he is one Who never learnt the use of honesty:…

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The "Soldier of Fortune." a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter Xlv

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1883 · page 6

O bitter task! O barshness to dissenable. BUT to return to England. In pursuance of the plan which Sir Edward Challoner had formed for the discovery of the will of Geoffrey Vavasseur, it was…

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The "Soldier of Fortune:" a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter Xlvi.—continued

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1883 · page 6

MISS RIVERS made no reply; but her looks sufficiently expressed that the prospect of such a reconciliation was anything but displeasing to her. You must not throw your happiness away,…

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The "Soldier of Fortune:" a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter Xlvii.—continued

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1883 · page 6

'UNCLE, uncle,' she exclaimed, kissing him; 'how could you have been so unkind, often as I have been at the M[?]t, never to have let me see it before? You really must comply with my request.'…

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The "Soldier of Fortune:" a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter Xlviii.—continued

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1883 · page 6

'THANK you.' said the baronet, lightly moved. 'To you, Frank, I confide the papers—the cause of thin dispute. Your father and Lord Ouselton will do me the favour to affix their seals to them. In the…

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The "Soldier of Fortune." a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter I.—continued

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1883 · page 6

THE indignation against the family at the Manorhouse became stronger than ever. Some even went so far as to propose that they should burn the place down; but the hour for violence was past…

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Thu "Soldier of Fortune:" a Talk of the Crimean War. Chapter Lii. O. treacherous night! Thou lendst thy ready veil to each treason, And teeming mischiefs thrive beneath thy shade. Aaron Hill

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1883 · page 6

THE city of Cheritz Khan—in Russia they gave very magnificent names to places which in more civilised countries would scarcely be honoured by a notice on the maps—is little more than a long straggling…

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The "Soldier of Fortune:" a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter Lii. — Continued

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 6

HENRI, Charles, and Alexis, were surrounded by the guard, and a messenger was dispatched to inform the governor what had occurred. 'Too late!' murmured Julian, bending over the…

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The "Soldier of Fortune:" a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter Liv.—continued

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 7 July 1883 · page 6

Ishmael, who had been counting every moment of the Governor's absence, fearful lest the hand of death, which he already felt was upon him, should close its joy grasp before he had gratified his…

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Lecture by Mr Archibald Parkes. Experiences of a War Correspondent

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 7 July 1883 · page 4

THE lecture as above, given by Mr Archibald Forbes, the celebrated war correspondent, in the Theatre Royal, on Thursday evening, attracted a large and! appreciative audience, which very fairly filled the…

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