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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… D'Abernons manor in Duxford, and the Templars under their general charter claimed more extensive privileges. At …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in Whitwick township. The soil on the south and west is in general thin, with a cold clay substratum, and the surface …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… myself there. No news except that they seem to be nearer a general assault than they were before in the Crimea. Freezing … done at Sebastopol, a most miserable state of things. General Canrobert has resigned his office of Commander in … although he is a good soldier, he is not a good commander. General Pelissier succeeds to him. 20. Sunday. Went to chapel …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… 'Whetstone', drew 'Truss' (for hernia), cut up wood etc. General Beatson who was sent out to get the Bashi bazouks … read it will come to the same opinion as I have, viz, that General Williams and his companions were brave men who were … by the English government partly. Also that the Russian General Mouriaveff behaved like an honourable and humane man. …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… do I say so) the magazine is not going to be started. The General Committee of the Society appointed a sub-corn to see … so flat (thanks to Mr Saunders) that when referred to the General Committee it quite disgusted them. That combined with … rid of him, although through politeness he is feted etc. General Todleben who defended Sebastopol so well for them, …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… was this, that it extorted the expression from a Governor General, that he wished General Havelock would conduct the whole army. Field Marshall … an order obligingly forwarded to us by Mr J McConnell the general loco superintendent. I received a considerable amount …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… up wood etc, went on with centre of Blind School, began general view of Blind School, began 3 fishes etc. Very cold. … letter, marked lot of wood, arranged photographs, began a general view of ruins at Baalbec etc. My father went today to …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… news arrived that, on Friday morning, the Russians under General Liprandi, to the number of 50 or 60,000, had attacked … with their cavalry. They attacked the French, under General Gortschakoff, instead of under General Liprandi, as at first supposed. They left 3000 dead. …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… What they will be of course is not known, but it is the general opinion that we ought to assert our dignity before …