Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 13R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
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... soldiers and sailors in the war with Spain . To them we owe our splendid victories , unequaled in any other war or time . The sunny - haired Anglo - Saxon soldier of the North proved equally as energetic in the tropics as at home . For ...
... soldiers and sailors in the war with Spain . To them we owe our splendid victories , unequaled in any other war or time . The sunny - haired Anglo - Saxon soldier of the North proved equally as energetic in the tropics as at home . For ...
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... Stevens was ten years his junior . Stevens had been taken into the firm because he was thoroughly conversant with the Spanish language . His father had been a soldier in the Mexican War , and at the. 1 CLOSING UP BUSINESS,
... Stevens was ten years his junior . Stevens had been taken into the firm because he was thoroughly conversant with the Spanish language . His father had been a soldier in the Mexican War , and at the. 1 CLOSING UP BUSINESS,
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John Roy Musick. a soldier in the Mexican War , and at the close of it married a beautiful Mexican señorita , who proved an estimable wife , and who trained her children to speak the Spanish language . Mrs. Stevens was a highly educated ...
John Roy Musick. a soldier in the Mexican War , and at the close of it married a beautiful Mexican señorita , who proved an estimable wife , and who trained her children to speak the Spanish language . Mrs. Stevens was a highly educated ...
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... soldiers . His guide dismounted and tolled a sentry bell which hung high above . This brought a sort of sentry on duty to the taranquera , who opened the gate with a monster key . " As the entire plantation was surrounded by an ...
... soldiers . His guide dismounted and tolled a sentry bell which hung high above . This brought a sort of sentry on duty to the taranquera , who opened the gate with a monster key . " As the entire plantation was surrounded by an ...
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... soldiers to the island to pre- vent its recognition by the world . The Cortes at Madrid have publicly stated that there is hardly a regiment left in one hundred sent to devastate our lands . Some daring wag probably traced the flag on ...
... soldiers to the island to pre- vent its recognition by the world . The Cortes at Madrid have publicly stated that there is hardly a regiment left in one hundred sent to devastate our lands . Some daring wag probably traced the flag on ...
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