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  • Lieutenant Barff, with directions to bring on more, he ran with his little party after Taylor in the direction of the entrance gorge of the

    The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War Winston S. Churchill 1919

  • I had written to Barff advising him, but had afterwards to write to tell him of the fellow's having not come up to time.

    Life of Lord Byron Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 1854

  • The said Government got cash on that bill here, and at a profit; but the very same fellow who gave it to them, after proposing to give me money for other bills on Barff to the amount of thirteen hundred dollars, either could not, or thought better of it.

    Life of Lord Byron Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 1854

  • I will make proper arrangements about her expenses through Messrs. Barff and Hancock, and the rest I leave to your discretion and to Mrs.K. 's, with a great sense of obligation for your kindness in undertaking her temporary superintendence.

    Life of Lord Byron Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 1854

  • I will make proper arrangements about her expenses through Messrs. Barff and Hancock, and the rest I leave to your discretion and to

    Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815

  • Government got cash on that bill _here_, and at a profit; but the very same fellow who gave it to them, after proposing to give me money for other bills on Barff to the amount of thirteen hundred dollars, either could not, or thought better of it.

    Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815

  • Barff advising him, but had afterwards to write to tell him of the fellow's having not come up to time.

    Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815

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