The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 46
... at last for another gang to be removed to Dunkirk , and being advised that their
condition at that place would be one of less suffering than if they waited till the
departure of the next body destined for Marseilles , they submitted to their fate .
... at last for another gang to be removed to Dunkirk , and being advised that their
condition at that place would be one of less suffering than if they waited till the
departure of the next body destined for Marseilles , they submitted to their fate .
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In addition to these there were about fifty free mariners , who worked the sails
and otherwise helped in the management of the vessel ; there were also about a
hundred soldiers , and a considerable body of officers , who were required both
for ...
In addition to these there were about fifty free mariners , who worked the sails
and otherwise helped in the management of the vessel ; there were also about a
hundred soldiers , and a considerable body of officers , who were required both
for ...
Page 50
Six miserable creatures cowering in a heap one over the other under each bench
, all perfectly naked , for none of them had had strength left to put on their shirts ;
most of them bloody , from the stripes of the whip , and their bodies reeking with ...
Six miserable creatures cowering in a heap one over the other under each bench
, all perfectly naked , for none of them had had strength left to put on their shirts ;
most of them bloody , from the stripes of the whip , and their bodies reeking with ...
Page 54
... still lying below their bench , he called out to them that the danger was past ,
but received no answer . At the same time he found himself bathed in blood , from
three severe wounds which he had had received in different parts of his body .
... still lying below their bench , he called out to them that the danger was past ,
but received no answer . At the same time he found himself bathed in blood , from
three severe wounds which he had had received in different parts of his body .
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had received in different parts of his body . But there was no help or succour to be
had , for all around him had been killed , both on his own bench , and the
benches immediately before and behind him ; so that out of the eighteen persons
who ...
had received in different parts of his body . But there was no help or succour to be
had , for all around him had been killed , both on his own bench , and the
benches immediately before and behind him ; so that out of the eighteen persons
who ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Sir John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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