Blanche of Brandywine: Or, September the Eleventh, 1777. A Romance, Combining the Poetry, Legend, and History of the Battle of BrandywineG. B. Zieber & Company, 1846 - 343 páginas |
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... Captain Howard , I am in no mood for trifling ! " exclaimed the young lord in a quiet , even voice , that came through his clenched teeth . " Y - e - s , y - e - s , my lord , " exclaimed the complacent soldier . " But just look at the ...
... Captain Howard , I am in no mood for trifling ! " exclaimed the young lord in a quiet , even voice , that came through his clenched teeth . " Y - e - s , y - e - s , my lord , " exclaimed the complacent soldier . " But just look at the ...
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... Captain , " to tell you the truth , your face , just now , wears that strange , wild look , that I have often noticed pass over your features in the gayest moments of the ball - room , or amid the most jovial revellers of the mess ...
... Captain , " to tell you the truth , your face , just now , wears that strange , wild look , that I have often noticed pass over your features in the gayest moments of the ball - room , or amid the most jovial revellers of the mess ...
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... , suddenly turning round , " how far from this valley are the British forces ? " " About ten or twelve miles to the south east , " returned Captain Howard . " The Continentals , under Mister Washington , are supposed 14 MONTHERMER .
... , suddenly turning round , " how far from this valley are the British forces ? " " About ten or twelve miles to the south east , " returned Captain Howard . " The Continentals , under Mister Washington , are supposed 14 MONTHERMER .
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... Captain Howard , " you have not told me all . I know there is something more resting upon your mind - some dark presentiment of coming doom - some fearful forboding of overshadowing evil . It was of this you spoke some few minutes since ...
... Captain Howard , " you have not told me all . I know there is something more resting upon your mind - some dark presentiment of coming doom - some fearful forboding of overshadowing evil . It was of this you spoke some few minutes since ...
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... Captain Howard's the boy . this pretty girl - the daughter of the old school - master ? have you ? So has the Captain . " " Mein Gott ! " exclaimed Gotlieb Hoff , slowly rising from his seat- " what's tat ! -you tamt stuffed , red petty ...
... Captain Howard's the boy . this pretty girl - the daughter of the old school - master ? have you ? So has the Captain . " " Mein Gott ! " exclaimed Gotlieb Hoff , slowly rising from his seat- " what's tat ! -you tamt stuffed , red petty ...
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arms band banner battle beautiful beheld blacksmith Blanche blood blue bosom Brandywine brave breast British British army brow Captain Chadd's Ford cheek Clerwoode cloud Colonel Frazier Continental army Count Pulaski cried dark eyes David Walford dead death Debbil deep door exclaimed face father fell flashed forest gallant gallant band gazed Gilbert Gates girl glance glare gleaming glittering Gotlieb Hoff grasp graveyard green green velvet grey hair hand head heart Hessian hill Hirpley horse hurrah knife La Fayette Lady Isidore light lips look Lord Cornwallis Lord Percy maiden Mayland mingled Monthermer murmured muttered pacquet pale Philip Walford Quaker quivering Randulph the Prince Riders rifle Rose ruffian Sampson scene scythe shadow shone shoulder shouted shrieked side silent slouching hat smile smoke soldier soul steed stood stout strange stranger sword terrible thee tone trees trembling troopers valley voice war horse Washington waving whispered wild woods word yonder
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Página 286 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Página 287 - But, before the line of irrecoverable separation be drawn between us, let us reason the matter together: Your conduct is an invitation to the enemy, yet not one in a thousand of you has heart enough to join him. Howe is as much deceived by you as the American cause is injured by you.
Página 66 - You see," said Mr. Pecksniff, passing the candle rapidly from roll to roll of paper, "some traces of our doings here. Salisbury Cathedral from the north. From the south. From the east. From the west. From the south-east. From the nor'-west. A bridge. An alms-house. A jail. A church. A powder-magazine. A wine-cellar. A portico. A summer-house. An ice-house. Plans, elevations, sections, every kind of thing. And this...