The Queen's Shilling. A Soldier's StoryH.S. King, 1873 |
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... better show than poor thriftless Norreys . But although more snug within than of old , without the scene was as wild as ever . It seemed this night a light - house , an Eddystone , a mansion cradled among the howl- ing winds , beaten by ...
... better show than poor thriftless Norreys . But although more snug within than of old , without the scene was as wild as ever . It seemed this night a light - house , an Eddystone , a mansion cradled among the howl- ing winds , beaten by ...
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... at having thrust this fresh sorrow on his wife . Better to have refused spontaneously the prof- ferred offer than have subjected a tender mother's heart to a thousand additional pangs . " Surely 22 THE QUEEN'S SHILLING .
... at having thrust this fresh sorrow on his wife . Better to have refused spontaneously the prof- ferred offer than have subjected a tender mother's heart to a thousand additional pangs . " Surely 22 THE QUEEN'S SHILLING .
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... better able to sent . decide . " But next morning Major Frere did not broach the subject to his wife , and no one could have read in this brave woman's calm features the bitterness that was gnawing at her heart . She went through the ...
... better able to sent . decide . " But next morning Major Frere did not broach the subject to his wife , and no one could have read in this brave woman's calm features the bitterness that was gnawing at her heart . She went through the ...
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... better give you a run for a week or two at some good army coach's . " " And when do you think of starting ? " asked Mrs. Frere nervously . " The sooner the better . To - morrow . " " Oh , Robert ! " Then silence fell upon them all ...
... better give you a run for a week or two at some good army coach's . " " And when do you think of starting ? " asked Mrs. Frere nervously . " The sooner the better . To - morrow . " " Oh , Robert ! " Then silence fell upon them all ...
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... with which he was yet barely on terms of ordinary acquaintance ? And all for a silly cap he had won at football last term . But his father knew better , and marched the lad at once to a well - known hat - 36 THE QUEEN'S SHILLING .
... with which he was yet barely on terms of ordinary acquaintance ? And all for a silly cap he had won at football last term . But his father knew better , and marched the lad at once to a well - known hat - 36 THE QUEEN'S SHILLING .
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