War
FOR some years past the condition of [?]ters [?] relation to many of the nations [?] con[?]ental Europe has presented one of the [?] perplexing problems for contemplation…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1890
30 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 2
The Soldier of Fortune a Tale of the Crimean War. by the Author [?] "Stanfield Hall," "Minnie Grey," Etc., Etc. 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. THE village of Harleyford, in Suffolk, at the…
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Good unexpected—evils unforeseen, Appear by turns as fortune shifts the scene; Some praised aloft, come tumbling down amain, Their fall so hard, they bound and rise again…
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JACKK CURLIN remained gazing after him for some time in silence. Once or twice the honest f[?]llow passed the cuff of his stable-jacket over his eyes to wipe away the tears, of which he…
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We part, But this shall be a token, thou hast been, A friend to him who painted these lovely flowers, And gave them as a tribute to a friend,…
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The town is full of cozenage; As, nimble jugglers that deceive the eye, Dark working sorcerers that change the mind, Soul-killing witches, that deform the body…
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In the catalogue ye pass for men, AS hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels curs, Shaughs, water-rugs, and demi-wolves are yelped…
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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 just shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Sob[?]f Fortune [?] of the [?]N War. [?]er ix. [?]do not like I love the [?] eyes.—SHAKESPEARE
To stage [?] following morning, At [?] early [?] his hotel, with the Charles Vavasse[?] the public monuintention of visi[?]lon—as London…
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COUNT VON MOLTKE [?] dispelled once for all the delusion that the [?] war is likely to be a short war. ThePov[?]rs of Europe, he tells the world, "are arme[?]as they have never…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Soldier of Fortune a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter X (Continued)
Our hero instantly commenced a plain, and, considering his years of experience, a not very prolix statement of his affairs, which, as our readers are already acquainted with,…
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They must have been serious indeed, retorted Charles. "Three in the space of twelve months! You'would persuade me that Frenchmen are sad volatile beings.'…
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England, farewell fresh shores will rise When thy white [?] are lost to view, With other climes and cleaver skies. But will their hearts like thine be true?…
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Look, Look! the summer rises in her cheeks; A blush ss hot as June, comes flooding o'er Her too prond paleness. Burning modest Warms all her brow, and beauty quite abash'd,…
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COLONEL W. W. KNOLLYS, in an article upon this subject says:— " War," he expects will be more destructive than in the past. "The increased range…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Soldier of Fortune a Tale of the Crimean War. by the Author of "Stanfield Hall," "Minnik Grey," Etc., Etc. Chapter Xiv
Suspicion is a heavy armour; and With its own weight impedes, more than it protects. The Government of Russia may be defined by one emphatic word—terro[?]. It is the…
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I wandered through the gorgeous rooms, Mid silken robes' arid waving plumes; And there were bright and living rays, Darting from woman's love-lit eyes,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Soldier of Fortune a Tale of the Crimean War. Chapter Xvi. Russia is not a country, but a vast theatre. —Custine's T[?]aakl's
THE three young men mutually agreed to observe the strictest silence respecting their adventure, even from Mr. Markham it was to [?]e kept a secret; for the worthy merchant…
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IN the August number of the FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW Colonial W. W. Knollys writes an article upon war in Future, which he expects will be more…
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Cunning, in striving to attain the end, Oft shoots beyond the mark.—OLD PLAY. BARON TICHOFF was exceedingly embarrassed at the command that he had received from the…
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