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Then they have to wait long years for Rawdon's father to die... but I don't want to give away the whole plot.
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But Becky's plans come to naught because Rawdon's aunt disinherits him for marrying beneath his station.
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Mr. Thackeray has introduced us to sundry gentlemen and ladies bearing a faint likeness to them; but he also permitted us to behold Lady Beckie Crawley _née_ Sharpe boxing little Rawdon's ears, and to meet Mr.. Hobson Newcome at one of her delightful "at homes," where Runmun Loll, of East Indian origin, was the lion of the evening.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Various
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After Lord Rawdon's retreat from Camden, Gen. Greene pushed his operations southwardly, and has obliged the enemy to abandon or surrender all their posts in South Carolina, except
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She pursued her journey on horseback, and on the second day was intercepted by Lord Rawdon's scouts.
Woman on the American Frontier William Worthington Fowler
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Ligonier (206) went to him, at Lord Rawdon's request, with the words wrote down which his Grace was to use, on his subject.
George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue
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On November 23 he had abandoned the vicinity of Norfolk, and had sailed to Wilmington, N.C., hoping to rouse the Tories in that section; but Lord Rawdon's army being now in great danger, Leslie was ordered to his assistance, and he accordingly set out for the British army near Camden.
In Ancient Albemarle Catherine Albertson 1938
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Lord Rawdon's army was stationed near Camden, South Carolina, and Gates, who had joined Caswell on August 17, having learned that the British general was daily expecting a supply of food and stores for his men, determined to intercept the convoy and capture the supplies for his own army.
In Ancient Albemarle Catherine Albertson 1938
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So when, as here at Rawdon's, one sees a vine clinging to a little porch, and home-like windows peeping over the fences, one takes a long breath.
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Carolina were captured at Charleston, and the lands from the sea to the mountains were left at the mercy of Tarleton's and Rawdon's bands of redcoats and their Tory supporters.
The Reign of Andrew Jackson Frederic Austin Ogg 1914
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