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Page 493
... soon dressed , and they sallied forth together into Covent - Garden , where the green - grocers and fruiterers were beginning to arrange their hampers , just come in from the country . Johnson made some attempts to help them ; but the ...
... soon dressed , and they sallied forth together into Covent - Garden , where the green - grocers and fruiterers were beginning to arrange their hampers , just come in from the country . Johnson made some attempts to help them ; but the ...
Page 648
... Soon there was a stir in the Irish camp . The besiegers were on the alert for miles along both shores . The ships were in extreme peril : for the river was low ; and the only navigable channel ran very near to the left bank , where the ...
... Soon there was a stir in the Irish camp . The besiegers were on the alert for miles along both shores . The ships were in extreme peril : for the river was low ; and the only navigable channel ran very near to the left bank , where the ...
Page 819
... soon cleared away , and then the descent was easy . In the gray of the morning the long file of red - coated soldiers moved quickly upward , and formed in order on the plateau above . Montcalm and Wolfe HENRY WALTER BATES 1825-1892 469 ...
... soon cleared away , and then the descent was easy . In the gray of the morning the long file of red - coated soldiers moved quickly upward , and formed in order on the plateau above . Montcalm and Wolfe HENRY WALTER BATES 1825-1892 469 ...
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