Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 13R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
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... thought to the internal affairs of our own country , American minds have begun to reach out into the great world's transactions . The Hispano - American War was brewing half a century before hostilities were declared . Never was a war.
... thought to the internal affairs of our own country , American minds have begun to reach out into the great world's transactions . The Hispano - American War was brewing half a century before hostilities were declared . Never was a war.
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... half fainting , upon the sofa , and wrung her hands in the bitterest anguish , while the great fiery - eyed monster , dragon - like , was flying across the country with her husband , hurry- ing him to that scene which for four hundred ...
... half fainting , upon the sofa , and wrung her hands in the bitterest anguish , while the great fiery - eyed monster , dragon - like , was flying across the country with her husband , hurry- ing him to that scene which for four hundred ...
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... half - moun- tains of green , with here and there a lonely palm cutting into a sky of marvelous blue - it was as in- teresting a sight to Fernando Stevens , when he looked at it and thought of the life within and be- hind it , as he ...
... half - moun- tains of green , with here and there a lonely palm cutting into a sky of marvelous blue - it was as in- teresting a sight to Fernando Stevens , when he looked at it and thought of the life within and be- hind it , as he ...
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... half - hidden witchings of beauty were ever delightfully near . ” At the time of Fernando Stevens's arrival in Havana , one would not have supposed that civil war was raging in any part of the unhappy island . The city was gay , as it ...
... half - hidden witchings of beauty were ever delightfully near . ” At the time of Fernando Stevens's arrival in Havana , one would not have supposed that civil war was raging in any part of the unhappy island . The city was gay , as it ...
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... last few days had assumed a new and more serious aspect , and the Spanish authorities were using all diligence to stamp it out . The great dread of Spain for half a century had been American filibusters , and 16 CUBA LIBRE .
... last few days had assumed a new and more serious aspect , and the Spanish authorities were using all diligence to stamp it out . The great dread of Spain for half a century had been American filibusters , and 16 CUBA LIBRE .
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