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... rank of a great grandee , Or a prince of the blood royal ; * And have an empress for your wife , With a coach and six , and a very merry life ! " CHORUS . Huzza ! huzza ! huzza ! * This is not so purely imaginative as may , at first ...
... rank of a great grandee , Or a prince of the blood royal ; * And have an empress for your wife , With a coach and six , and a very merry life ! " CHORUS . Huzza ! huzza ! huzza ! * This is not so purely imaginative as may , at first ...
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... ranks we called him Starch - and - blue ; and the sobriquet derived considerable piquancy from the fact that his wife had been a washerwoman ; while our adjutant never went by any other name than that of Mind- to - move - forward ! this ...
... ranks we called him Starch - and - blue ; and the sobriquet derived considerable piquancy from the fact that his wife had been a washerwoman ; while our adjutant never went by any other name than that of Mind- to - move - forward ! this ...
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... rank and regiment at full length in large white letters on the top . Then I bought a hollow boot - tree , in whose capacious womb my boot - jack , brushes and blacking were com- pactly stowed ; while for my pistols and gun- case , I had ...
... rank and regiment at full length in large white letters on the top . Then I bought a hollow boot - tree , in whose capacious womb my boot - jack , brushes and blacking were com- pactly stowed ; while for my pistols and gun- case , I had ...
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... ranks close up , stragglers hasten to join their companies , the officers resume their places , arms are sloped , and the band in front striking up some merry quick - step , fatigue and sore feet are forgotten , and every man is a hero ...
... ranks close up , stragglers hasten to join their companies , the officers resume their places , arms are sloped , and the band in front striking up some merry quick - step , fatigue and sore feet are forgotten , and every man is a hero ...
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... ranks , naval and military , horse , foot , and artillery : the rest were their guards ; consisting of five or six splendid regiments of militia , of which mine was by no means the least conspicuous , for its numerical strength and ...
... ranks , naval and military , horse , foot , and artillery : the rest were their guards ; consisting of five or six splendid regiments of militia , of which mine was by no means the least conspicuous , for its numerical strength and ...
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