Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 13R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
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... hearts of some of our brothers disap- peared , and the sons of the South fought side by side with their Northern brothers . The first Ameri- can to give his life for his country was Ensign Bag- ley , a brave North Carolinian . Those ...
... hearts of some of our brothers disap- peared , and the sons of the South fought side by side with their Northern brothers . The first Ameri- can to give his life for his country was Ensign Bag- ley , a brave North Carolinian . Those ...
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... heart of the Cuban coffee - lands , and had been entailed from father to son for nearly a quarter of a thousand years ; so the charm of age rested upon it . Framed in an ever- new setting of ravishing tropical verdure , it was like ...
... heart of the Cuban coffee - lands , and had been entailed from father to son for nearly a quarter of a thousand years ; so the charm of age rested upon it . Framed in an ever- new setting of ravishing tropical verdure , it was like ...
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... heart of Asia . Stevens fancied that it was just as it was centuries ago , and that centuries to come would bring no change . This house and all others of pretension thereabout were built of the porous Cuban stone , which hardens from ...
... heart of Asia . Stevens fancied that it was just as it was centuries ago , and that centuries to come would bring no change . This house and all others of pretension thereabout were built of the porous Cuban stone , which hardens from ...
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... heart if not with his voice , and prays God it may yet wave over a free Cuban people — and it will ! ” " Don Manuel , your utterances are dangerous . " " They may be , but a man with a heart as strong as a hare prefers death to slavery ...
... heart if not with his voice , and prays God it may yet wave over a free Cuban people — and it will ! ” " Don Manuel , your utterances are dangerous . " " They may be , but a man with a heart as strong as a hare prefers death to slavery ...
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... yet have to run before he was again safe on American soil . " My heart is very heavy to - night , señor , " said the Don . " I feel a depression of spirits which I can not explain . Our forces , I fear , will 50 CUBA LIBRE .
... yet have to run before he was again safe on American soil . " My heart is very heavy to - night , señor , " said the Don . " I feel a depression of spirits which I can not explain . Our forces , I fear , will 50 CUBA LIBRE .
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