 It was dreadful to know that not men only, but women and children, were subject to this miserable fate. By a strange neglect, or in the indulgence of mistaken humanity, Sir John Moore's army had carried along with it more than the too large proportion...  A Corner of Spain - Page 190de Walter Wood - 1910 - 203 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
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...by the rules of our service to armies in the field, — and these poor wretches were now heightening the horror of passing events by a display of suffering...taken in labour on the road ; and in the open air, amidst showers of sleet and snow, gave birth to infants, which, with their mothers, perished as soon... | |
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...by the rules of the service to armies in the field— and these poor wretches were now heightening the horror of passing events by a display of suffering even more acute than those endured by their husbands. " Some were taken in labour on the road, and in the open air, amidst... | |
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...had carried along with it more than the too large proportion of women allotted by the rules of our service to armies in the field : and these poor wretches...taken in labour on the road ; and in the open air, amidst showers of sleet and snow, gave birth to infants, which, with their mothers, perished as soon... | |
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...had carried along with it more than the too large proportion of women allotted by the rules of our service to armies in the field ; and these poor wretches...that endured by their husbands. Some were taken in labor on the road ; and, in the open air, amid showers of sleet and snow, gave birth to infants, which,... | |
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...had carried along with it more than the too large proportion of women allotted by the rules of our service to armies in the field; and these poor wretches...taken in labour on the road; and in the open air, amidst showers of sleet and snow, gave birth to infants, which, with their mothers, perished as soon... | |
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