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I have the honour to be , with great esteem and respect , dear sir , your most obedient and very humble servant , The BARON DEKALB . " The last paragraph of this letter exhibits the possession of a decent dignity and becoming manliness ...
I have the honour to be , with great esteem and respect , dear sir , your most obedient and very humble servant , The BARON DEKALB . " The last paragraph of this letter exhibits the possession of a decent dignity and becoming manliness ...
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What long - drawn poetic flights would he have made into the domestic heaven , putting as much rhapsodical German sentimentality into the good Baron's mouth as would have shown him a sort of Werter , in the way of passionate affections ...
What long - drawn poetic flights would he have made into the domestic heaven , putting as much rhapsodical German sentimentality into the good Baron's mouth as would have shown him a sort of Werter , in the way of passionate affections ...
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It is possible to reconcile both accounts , since the Baron may have taken to his horse , for flight , when sauve qui peut became the cry on all quarters , and when his commander had shown him such a notable example of prompt decision ...
It is possible to reconcile both accounts , since the Baron may have taken to his horse , for flight , when sauve qui peut became the cry on all quarters , and when his commander had shown him such a notable example of prompt decision ...
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BATTLE OF EL MOLINO DEL REY 281 | 23 |
INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES 460 | 203 |
KOSSUTH AND INTERVENTION | 221 |
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