Braddock: A Story of the French and Indian WarsFunk & Wagnall's Company, 1893 - 470 pages |
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... answer to this question , the sailors , tum- bling up out of berths and from mess rooms , did not catch ; but the captain proceeded to ask : " What does she look like ? " " A square - rigged vessel , sir , ". 1 CHAPTER THE CHAPEL BELL,
... answer to this question , the sailors , tum- bling up out of berths and from mess rooms , did not catch ; but the captain proceeded to ask : " What does she look like ? " " A square - rigged vessel , sir , ". 1 CHAPTER THE CHAPEL BELL,
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... answer of the lookout . It was early morning , December 25th , 1702 , and a stiff breeze was driving a saucy New England privateer along at the rate of ten knots an hour . The officers and sailors usually made a sort of holiday of this ...
... answer of the lookout . It was early morning , December 25th , 1702 , and a stiff breeze was driving a saucy New England privateer along at the rate of ten knots an hour . The officers and sailors usually made a sort of holiday of this ...
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... answered : " George , you may get quite enough of this Frenchman . " " Is it a Frenchman ? " " I trow it is , my brother ; but wait ; the captain will soon know . The fellow is larger than we . " What boy ever was intimidated or ...
... answered : " George , you may get quite enough of this Frenchman . " " Is it a Frenchman ? " " I trow it is , my brother ; but wait ; the captain will soon know . The fellow is larger than we . " What boy ever was intimidated or ...
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... . " I am ready , father , " she answered . From one of the dragon - like castles on the bluffs above , there issued a white wreath of smoke , and the boom of a cannon went crashing and echoing among THE FAIR ACADIAN . 31.
... . " I am ready , father , " she answered . From one of the dragon - like castles on the bluffs above , there issued a white wreath of smoke , and the boom of a cannon went crashing and echoing among THE FAIR ACADIAN . 31.
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... answer to the dipping of their ensign . They landed and began the rugged ascent , by no means an easy task . At last they were at the lower edge of the town , a lot of straggling houses within a fortified enclosure . Some of the build ...
... answer to the dipping of their ensign . They landed and began the rugged ascent , by no means an easy task . At last they were at the lower edge of the town , a lot of straggling houses within a fortified enclosure . Some of the build ...
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