Braddock: A Story of the French and Indian WarsFunk & Wagnall's Company, 1893 - 470 pages |
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... hope so ; for I do so want to make him strike his colors , " he declared to his brother . Elmer , who was older and more experienced than his brother , smilingly answered : " George , you may get quite enough of this Frenchman . " " Is ...
... hope so ; for I do so want to make him strike his colors , " he declared to his brother . Elmer , who was older and more experienced than his brother , smilingly answered : " George , you may get quite enough of this Frenchman . " " Is ...
Page 38
... hope for the vilest who will ac- cept absolution from the holy fathers . " 66 Father , might not a convict be innocent ? " The father , after a painful silence , answered : 66 Many are . Human justice is short - sighted . ' " If one ...
... hope for the vilest who will ac- cept absolution from the holy fathers . " 66 Father , might not a convict be innocent ? " The father , after a painful silence , answered : 66 Many are . Human justice is short - sighted . ' " If one ...
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... hope not , " the " the governor answered ; " yet few of them will have absolution from the chaplain . Many are vile Protestants , who deny the power of the holy father to forgive sins . " She paid little heed to what the governor was ...
... hope not , " the " the governor answered ; " yet few of them will have absolution from the chaplain . Many are vile Protestants , who deny the power of the holy father to forgive sins . " She paid little heed to what the governor was ...
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... hope , it had hovered about him , until he instinctively felt that a better life was in store for him . The sweet voice of this fair being addressed him , saying : 66 " " I want to talk with you . ' Come nearer , " Will I dare ...
... hope , it had hovered about him , until he instinctively felt that a better life was in store for him . The sweet voice of this fair being addressed him , saying : 66 " " I want to talk with you . ' Come nearer , " Will I dare ...
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... hope of being again on board an English craft was roused in his breast , that hope was to be blighted by the treachery of his enemies . " But no ; surely the commandant of the Eng- lish fleet will not believe them . They are French- men ...
... hope of being again on board an English craft was roused in his breast , that hope was to be blighted by the treachery of his enemies . " But no ; surely the commandant of the Eng- lish fleet will not believe them . They are French- men ...
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