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1.  With the Boer Forces / Hillegas, Howard C.
   , and it was not an extraordinary matter to hear burghers express their admiration of deeds of valour by the soldiers of the Queen. The burghers, it may be added, were not bitter enemies of the British soldiers, and upon hundreds of occasions ...  details...
   • creator(s) - Hillegas, Howard C.
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   • subject(s) - boer; boers; burghers; commando; pretoria; burgher; british; boer army; general joubert; army; spion kop; war; thaba n'chu; enemy; general cronje; general botha; boer women; battle; boer burgher; louis botha; military; thaba n'chu; burghers; boer army; pretoria; boer; general joubert; military; enemy; boer women; louis botha; boer burgher; battle; war; general cronje; boers; british; general botha; army; burgher; spion kop; commando;
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2.  On Commando / Van Warmelo, Dietlof, 1872-1966
   to our leaders. Ds. Postma, who accompanied us everywhere, led us in prayer. Not one of the burghers seems ... reach a house or farm that has already been looted, they join in the looting 'because the burghers  details...
   • creator(s) - Van Warmelo, Dietlof, 1872-1966
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   • subject(s) - commando; burghers; lager; magalies mountains; khakies; enemy; president steyn; general beyers; krokodil river; commandant boshoff; white kopje; burghers; enemy; president steyn; magalies mountains; krokodil river; lager; commandant boshoff; general beyers; white kopje; commando; khakies;
   • title - On Commando
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3.  Three Years' War / De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf, 1854-1922
   CHAPTER PAGE I. I GO ON COMMANDO AS A PRIVATE BURGHER 3 II. NICHOLSON ... 39 VII. THE WILD FLIGHT FROM POPLAR GROVE 49 VIII. THE BURGHERS  details...
   • creator(s) - De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf, 1854-1922
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   • subject(s) - burghers; commandos; botha; lord milner; boer; president steyn; general botha; general froneman; african republic; british; south african; judge hertzog; cape colony; lord kitchener; vereeniging conference; orange; surrender; government; president; enemy;; lord milner; enemy;; commandos; general froneman; burghers; president; boer; government; judge hertzog; orange; vereeniging conference; president steyn; south african; lord kitchener; surrender; british; general botha; african republic; botha; cape colony;
   • title - Three Years' War
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4.  In the Shadow of Death /
   State Government. The burghers were commandoed in the event of resistance on the part of the native ... . I attached myself to the Rouxville Commando, under Commandant J. Olivier, as a private burgher. When Prinsloo  details...
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   • subject(s) - kritzinger; boer; boers; burghers; commando; british; enemy; colonists; cape colony; cape; surrender; colony; dutch; south africa; republics; orange; war; orange river; colonists; burghers; cape; boer; colony; enemy; orange; orange river; war; kritzinger; boers; surrender; south africa; british; dutch; republics; commando; cape colony;
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5.  Selected Official Documents of the South African Republic and Great Britain A Documentary Perspective Of The Causes Of The War In South Africa / Various
   in a second Volksraad to burghers of two years' standing. The latest legislation concerning the right ... of the Sand River Convention can alone fully satisfy the burghers of the Republic. It also shares  details...
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   • subject(s) - volksraad; african republic; republic; south african; volksraad shall; article; african; first volksraad; second volksraad; president; enfranchised burghers; executive council; staats courant; council; full franchise; majesty's government; government; sou; volksraad shall; president; staats courant; government; sou; enfranchised burghers; volksraad; executive council; first volksraad; african; council; south african; article; second volksraad; african republic; majesty's government; republic; full franchise;
   • title - Selected Official Documents of the South African Republic and Great Britain A Documentary Perspective Of The Causes Of The War In South Africa
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6.  Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy / Major, Charles, 1856-1913
   with him in the castle. At Basel he was sitting with a burgher and a burgher's frau. In Styria he ate boar's meat ... was usual among the burgher class. The smaller girl was certainly attractive, but I did not care  details...
   • creator(s) - Major, Charles, 1856-1913
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   • subject(s) - yolanda; twonette; castleman; burgundy; fraeulein; duke; karl; princess; lord d'hymbercourt; count calli; burgher girl; castleman's house; asked yolanda; king louis; duke; lord d'hymbercourt; burgher girl; burgundy; count calli; princess; king louis; twonette; castleman's house; castleman; fraeulein; asked yolanda; karl; yolanda;
   • title - Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
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7.  The Boer in Peace and War / Mann, Arthur M.
   .] Defence in the Transvaal and Orange Free State is provided for principally by the burghers, who are liable ... police force as valuable only in time of peace. The burghers themselves comprise the entire force  details...
   • creator(s) - Mann, Arthur M.
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   • subject(s) - boer; boers; boer; boers;
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8.  Cyrano De Bergerac / Rostand, Edmond, 1868-1918
   A MUSKETEER ANOTHER A SPANISH OFFICER A PORTER A BURGHER HIS SON A PICKPOCKET A SPECTATOR A GUARDSMAN BERTRAND ... MARGUERITE THE DUENNA SISTER CLAIRE AN ACTRESS THE PAGES THE SHOP-GIRL The crowd, troopers, burghers (male  details...
   • creator(s) - Rostand, Edmond, 1868-1918
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   • subject(s) - cyrano; roxane; guiche; ragueneau; bret; christian; sister martha; mother marguerite; sister claire; first cadet; christian; guiche; first cadet; sister martha; ragueneau; roxane; mother marguerite; bret; cyrano; sister claire;
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9.  The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas / Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
   to consume the day. A black of middle age followed the burgher to the threshold; and another negro ... that were never disturbed, without wearing an appearance of unnatural effort. The substantial burgher was a little  details...
   • creator(s) - Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
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   • subject(s) - ludlow; brigantine; alida; captain ludlow; barberie; alderman; belle barberie; coquette; master seadrift; cruiser; ship; captain; vessel; alida; captain ludlow; barberie; master seadrift; ship; captain; brigantine; ludlow; alderman; cruiser; coquette; belle barberie; vessel;
   • title - The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas
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10.  The Devil In The Belfry / Poe, Edgar Allen
    burghers were fond of their sauer-kraut, but then they were proud of their clocks. All people who hold ... me!- here was a sight for the honest burghers of Vondervotteimittiss! To speak plainly, the fellow  details...
    • creator(s) - Poe, Edgar Allen
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    • subject(s) - vondervotteimittiss; belfry; borough; steeple; cabbages; leather; council; big; bell; huge; clock; american literature; cabbages; bell; vondervotteimittiss; council; huge; leather; steeple; belfry; borough; big; american literature; clock;
    • title - The Devil In The Belfry
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