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A story of almost unexampled horror is given in the American papers, being the substance of a deposition by a survivor of the wreck of a ship called the Elvina, which left Calcutta on Dec. 22, bound for
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Also: We understand she's also considering suing her parents for naming her Elvina.
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No word yet on whether the comely brunette also plans to also sue her own Web site, Elvinabeck. com, which contains images of Elvina accessible by any Internet user, not just her 1,777 Facebook friends.
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Or MySpace, where the dishy star of Bar Starz and Private High Musical has posted approximately 250 personal images, including a delightfully candid shot of Elvina checking out a male stripper's, err, professional qualifications.
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The British pickets were driven back in disorder, and the village of Elvina was carried by the first French column.
MacMillan's Reading Books Book V Anonymous
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They got over an inclosure in their front, charged the enemy most gallantly, and drove them out of the village of Elvina; but Major
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Major Napier, commanding the fiftieth, was wounded and taken prisoner, and Elvina then became the scene of another contest; which being observed by the Commander-in-Chief, he addressed a few animating words to the forty-second, and caused it to return to the attack.
MacMillan's Reading Books Book V Anonymous
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Helvina or Elvina, dedicated by a member of the gens Elvia, references to which are found on inscriptions of the district.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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In the centre, the obstinate dispute for Elvina terminated in favour of the British; and when the night set in, their line was considerably advanced beyond the original position of the morning, while the French were falling back in confusion.
MacMillan's Reading Books Book V Anonymous
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General Sir John Moore, while earnestly watching the result of the fight about the village of Elvina, was struck on the left breast by a cannon-shot; the shock threw him from his horse with violence; yet he rose again in a sitting posture, his countenance unchanged, and his steadfast eye still fixed upon the regiments engaged in his front, no sigh betraying a sensation of pain.
MacMillan's Reading Books Book V Anonymous
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