A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter I.
"Be just in all you say and all you do; Whatever be your birth, you're sure to be A peer of the first magnitude to me." --Dryden…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1908
60 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 1 of 3
A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter I.--Continued
"Leave me, pray, leave me," he murmured; "the recollection of his affection and goodness is the only solace left me now."…
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Brief was the repose which Charles Vavasseur, probably for years, and possibly for ever, enjoyed under the roof of his father. At an early hour he left his…
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"To discover the proofs of his father's marriage, or some such sensible project, as if my lawyers, Quibble, and Scratchet, could not have saved him the trouble,…
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"I could have told you that, booby," exclaimed the old gentleman, in a tone of irritation, for the events of the day had greatly excited him…
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In the catalogue ye pass for men, As hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs, Shaughs, water-rugs, and demi-wolves…
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A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and skipping, Dirty and dusky; but as wide as eye Could reach, and here and there a sail…
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The two gentlemen followed him into the stable, where Jack Curlin, the very picture of misery, was sitting on a truss of hay, smoking a short pipe with a most…
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"But mind," said tho money-lender they must confirm all the particulars you have stated. "Doubt it not."…
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"Hate me you must, when I tell you that, despite my poverty and shame, I have dared to feel and express my love for Beatrix; and that she…
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"Are you acquainted with the youth, gentlemen?" demanded the Minister of Police. Both instantly answered that he was…
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THIS week a consignment of boots was received by the officer commanding the Manilla half-squadron of Australian Light Horse from…
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I wandered through the gorgeous rooms, Mid silken robes and waving plumes; And there were bright and living rays, Darting from woman's love-lit eyes,…
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"To your friend, sir," observed the lady, haughtily. "He is a dreamer," replied Henri; "so, like a true brother in arms, I raised the…
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Chinning, in striving to attain the end, Oft shoots beyond the mark.--Old Play. Baron Tichoff was exceedingly embarrassed at the command that he had…
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Let the standard be re-hoisted, Let the banner be unfurled, Let the challenge be accepted To us which has been hurled…
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Her calmness and self-possession at once deceived the wily Russ, who quitted the saloon to issue fresh instructions to his agents…
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Schlusselberg is an ancient fortress, formerly belonging to Sweden, built upon a rock close to the source of the Neva, a fountain which rises from the bottom…
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Stamford, of the 3rd Dragoons, Saule, of the 90th Field Battery, and Wyllson, of the Rutlandshine Regiment, were seated on a grassy bank under a hedge. They had gone…
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Upon a bed of straw reclined the gaunt figure of an aged man whose venerable beard fell like a snow wreath upon his chest: his dress had evidently been rich,…
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