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... kind enough to direct me to the quarters of Sir George Cornwall , the commanding officer . He very politely offered to conduct me thither , and we accordingly walked across the barrack 40 PERCY BLAKE . CHAPTER IV. ...
... kind enough to direct me to the quarters of Sir George Cornwall , the commanding officer . He very politely offered to conduct me thither , and we accordingly walked across the barrack 40 PERCY BLAKE . CHAPTER IV. ...
Side 41
... George amusing himself in his barrack - room with his violoncello , which he played remarkably well . He was a tall , elegant looking man , with a pleasing aristo- cratic countenance , but very deaf . He received me most graciously ...
... George amusing himself in his barrack - room with his violoncello , which he played remarkably well . He was a tall , elegant looking man , with a pleasing aristo- cratic countenance , but very deaf . He received me most graciously ...
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... George Cornwall was an old baronet ; the Honour- able Thomas Foley was our lieutenant - colonel , Lord Rodney captain of the light company , and his brother , the Honourable ( and truly amiable ) Thomas Harley , captain of grena- diers ...
... George Cornwall was an old baronet ; the Honour- able Thomas Foley was our lieutenant - colonel , Lord Rodney captain of the light company , and his brother , the Honourable ( and truly amiable ) Thomas Harley , captain of grena- diers ...
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... George had doubtless laughed at my boyish folly , for I had actually only completed my fifteenth year , but thought it necessary to give me at least a salutary fright on the occasion . In the pride of composition , and to give due force ...
... George had doubtless laughed at my boyish folly , for I had actually only completed my fifteenth year , but thought it necessary to give me at least a salutary fright on the occasion . In the pride of composition , and to give due force ...
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... George , who was certainly bound by all the laws of honour to settle the affair in a gentlemanly manner , with coffee and pistols . As the case stood , D 2 PERCY BLAKE . 51 nothing more or less than a string of about ...
... George , who was certainly bound by all the laws of honour to settle the affair in a gentlemanly manner , with coffee and pistols . As the case stood , D 2 PERCY BLAKE . 51 nothing more or less than a string of about ...
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