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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... David and Walter - I have seen them but rarely - do they share the doom of this fated family ? " " David , the taller brother , is sullen , 5 THE DOOM OF A FATED HOUSE . 33 eyes lighted up with a wild flash, "and ...
... David and Walter - I have seen them but rarely - do they share the doom of this fated family ? " " David , the taller brother , is sullen , 5 THE DOOM OF A FATED HOUSE . 33 eyes lighted up with a wild flash, "and ...
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... David , the taller brother , is sullen , unprincipled , and selfish ! " exclaimed Colonel Frazier ; " I like him not . You know , Blanche , they are twins ? — the children of Philip's first and only wife , who died a year before John ...
... David , the taller brother , is sullen , unprincipled , and selfish ! " exclaimed Colonel Frazier ; " I like him not . You know , Blanche , they are twins ? — the children of Philip's first and only wife , who died a year before John ...
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... sod- " Do not part in anger my children . Consider your father , Walter - consider your father David . Rose do beg them not to part in anger - What will the neighbours say- " . " Oh , let the game - chicken crow ( 69 ) BOOK THE SECOND. ...
... sod- " Do not part in anger my children . Consider your father , Walter - consider your father David . Rose do beg them not to part in anger - What will the neighbours say- " . " Oh , let the game - chicken crow ( 69 ) BOOK THE SECOND. ...
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... David , oh , Walter is this the reward of your father's care , is this- ” " A father's care ! Ha - ha - ha ! " laughed Walter Walford , while a bitter sneer played over his thin lip- " A father's care ? Who taught us to cheat , to lie ...
... David , oh , Walter is this the reward of your father's care , is this- ” " A father's care ! Ha - ha - ha ! " laughed Walter Walford , while a bitter sneer played over his thin lip- " A father's care ? Who taught us to cheat , to lie ...
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... David ? ” " Dont ask me , old man- " replied the ruffian with a brutal sneer , as his stout black steed gave a bound , backward from the porch- " I've ' nough quar❜ls of my own to take care of — I have by . But d- -n my if the boy dont ...
... David ? ” " Dont ask me , old man- " replied the ruffian with a brutal sneer , as his stout black steed gave a bound , backward from the porch- " I've ' nough quar❜ls of my own to take care of — I have by . But d- -n my if the boy dont ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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...