Prose and PoetryR. Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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Page 48
... head sank down once more . The stroke was repeated again and again ; but still the neck was not severed , and the body continued to move . Yells of rage and horror rose from the crowd . Ketch flung down the axe with a curse . " I cannot ...
... head sank down once more . The stroke was repeated again and again ; but still the neck was not severed , and the body continued to move . Yells of rage and horror rose from the crowd . Ketch flung down the axe with a curse . " I cannot ...
Page 142
... head of a body of cavalry , flew to the place where the fight was raging . He was struck in the head by a musket ball , and fell a corpse . The besiegers lost several other officers , and about two hundred men , before the colonists ...
... head of a body of cavalry , flew to the place where the fight was raging . He was struck in the head by a musket ball , and fell a corpse . The besiegers lost several other officers , and about two hundred men , before the colonists ...
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... head of a few brave regiments , and by desperate efforts arrested the progress of the enemy . His risk was greater than that which others ran . For he could not be persuaded either to encumber his feeble frame with a cuirass , or to ...
... head of a few brave regiments , and by desperate efforts arrested the progress of the enemy . His risk was greater than that which others ran . For he could not be persuaded either to encumber his feeble frame with a cuirass , or to ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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