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... side , and was perhaps neither stimulating nor elevating . The living was the reverse of plain , and the thinking was neither extremely high nor notably laborious . Yet in this very particular there is something rather rest- ful and ...
... side , and was perhaps neither stimulating nor elevating . The living was the reverse of plain , and the thinking was neither extremely high nor notably laborious . Yet in this very particular there is something rather rest- ful and ...
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... side to this hard - working existence , which was quite as useful , and more attractive , than toiling in the woods and mountains . The young surveyor passed much of his time at Greenway Court , hunting the fox and rejoicing in all ...
... side to this hard - working existence , which was quite as useful , and more attractive , than toiling in the woods and mountains . The young surveyor passed much of his time at Greenway Court , hunting the fox and rejoicing in all ...
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... side his native country . He copied the log , noted the weather , and evidently strove to get some idea of nautical matters while he was at sea and leading a life strangely unfamiliar to a woodsman and pioneer . When they arrived they ...
... side his native country . He copied the log , noted the weather , and evidently strove to get some idea of nautical matters while he was at sea and leading a life strangely unfamiliar to a woodsman and pioneer . When they arrived they ...
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... side , was sufficiently patriotic , but its members came from a community which for more than half a century had had no fighting , and they knew nothing of war or its necessities . Unaccus- tomed to the large affairs into which they ...
... side , was sufficiently patriotic , but its members came from a community which for more than half a century had had no fighting , and they knew nothing of war or its necessities . Unaccus- tomed to the large affairs into which they ...
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... side the fort , and this being declined withdrew to his trenches , and skirm . hing went on all day . When night fell it was apparent that the end had come . The men were starved and worn - out . Their muskets in many cases were ...
... side the fort , and this being declined withdrew to his trenches , and skirm . hing went on all day . When night fell it was apparent that the end had come . The men were starved and worn - out . Their muskets in many cases were ...
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