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... natural modesty and extreme reticence , where his own actions were concerned , caused him to maintain a strict silence regarding them ; and thus he never talked , much less wrote , about his own experiences , though he was often pressed ...
... natural modesty and extreme reticence , where his own actions were concerned , caused him to maintain a strict silence regarding them ; and thus he never talked , much less wrote , about his own experiences , though he was often pressed ...
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... Nature has done all . From town children they became country children , surrounded by hills and dales , by woods and flowers . The rolling moorlands of Devonshire had sud- denly taken the place of the bricks and flags of St. John's Wood ...
... Nature has done all . From town children they became country children , surrounded by hills and dales , by woods and flowers . The rolling moorlands of Devonshire had sud- denly taken the place of the bricks and flags of St. John's Wood ...
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... nature of the conflict . It was only by dogged pertinacity that the enemy's position was eventually carried . Late in the evening of the 21st we had seized a part of the enemy's entrenchments , after many hours ' hard fighting ; a ...
... nature of the conflict . It was only by dogged pertinacity that the enemy's position was eventually carried . Late in the evening of the 21st we had seized a part of the enemy's entrenchments , after many hours ' hard fighting ; a ...
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... nature of the fight which was going on only a few miles from them , and as they lay there suf- fering , the roar of the conflict was anything but pleasant to listen to , for defeat meant death to them . The following letter from Reynell ...
... nature of the fight which was going on only a few miles from them , and as they lay there suf- fering , the roar of the conflict was anything but pleasant to listen to , for defeat meant death to them . The following letter from Reynell ...
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... natural and proper for humanity , therefore not producing great regret and sor- row in the mind of a friend who ran the same risk with better fortune . I hope this does not seem selfish and cold- blooded , but all I know is that I do ...
... natural and proper for humanity , therefore not producing great regret and sor- row in the mind of a friend who ran the same risk with better fortune . I hope this does not seem selfish and cold- blooded , but all I know is that I do ...
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