The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations |
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Page 17
... dreadful resolution . " Having terminated his disputes with every enemy and every rival , who buried their mutual animosities in their common detestation against the creditors of the nabob of Arcot , he drew from every quarter whatever ...
... dreadful resolution . " Having terminated his disputes with every enemy and every rival , who buried their mutual animosities in their common detestation against the creditors of the nabob of Arcot , he drew from every quarter whatever ...
Page 18
... dreadful exi- gency , were certainly liberal , and all was done by cha- rity that private charity could do ; but it was a people in beggary ; it was a nation which stretched out the hands for food . For months together these creatures ...
... dreadful exi- gency , were certainly liberal , and all was done by cha- rity that private charity could do ; but it was a people in beggary ; it was a nation which stretched out the hands for food . For months together these creatures ...
Page 30
... dreadful sacrifice : I owe it to these troops to declare , that they did not without extreme repugnance submit to ... dreadfully shaken . At so tender an age he must have believed himself innocent , and that feeling hurried him on to an ...
... dreadful sacrifice : I owe it to these troops to declare , that they did not without extreme repugnance submit to ... dreadfully shaken . At so tender an age he must have believed himself innocent , and that feeling hurried him on to an ...
Page 31
... dreadful pyramid of the dead and of the dying streaming with blood ; and it was necessary to drag away the bodies of those who had already expired , in order to finish the wretches who , under cover of this frightful and shock- ing ...
... dreadful pyramid of the dead and of the dying streaming with blood ; and it was necessary to drag away the bodies of those who had already expired , in order to finish the wretches who , under cover of this frightful and shock- ing ...
Page 32
... dreadful events have taken place on both sides ; but nothing yet appears to indicate what it is that the Greeks propose to do for themselves when they shall have thrown off the Ottoman yoke . They are fighting for freedom ; but there is ...
... dreadful events have taken place on both sides ; but nothing yet appears to indicate what it is that the Greeks propose to do for themselves when they shall have thrown off the Ottoman yoke . They are fighting for freedom ; but there is ...
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