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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... GILBERT GATES . “ You see , my name's Hessian Dick --- be gaw ! " the sleeping soldier mur- mured in his sleep , as his head rolled to and fro under the mingled influence . of brandy and fatigue ... " and my name's Hessian Dick ! --- be ...
... GILBERT GATES . “ You see , my name's Hessian Dick --- be gaw ! " the sleeping soldier mur- mured in his sleep , as his head rolled to and fro under the mingled influence . of brandy and fatigue ... " and my name's Hessian Dick ! --- be ...
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... Gilbert , you've an eye for tradict me ? —I'll sliver your ears off . ha , ha ! -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 ...
... Gilbert , you've an eye for tradict me ? —I'll sliver your ears off . ha , ha ! -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 ...
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... Gilbert - Gilbert - Here , fill me this beaker with ale , again . " " He wants a goot lambasting , by Saint Christuffel ! " murmured Gotlieb between his teeth . " Rein in , Gotlieb , rein in , " exclaimed Iron Tom , of Dilworth - corner ...
... Gilbert - Gilbert - Here , fill me this beaker with ale , again . " " He wants a goot lambasting , by Saint Christuffel ! " murmured Gotlieb between his teeth . " Rein in , Gotlieb , rein in , " exclaimed Iron Tom , of Dilworth - corner ...
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... Gilbert Gates ! as sure as my name's Hessian Dick ! " cried the Ser- geant , as , turning to one side , he surveyed the stranger with a drunken leer . Why , Gilbert , what's broke loose ? " 66 And as the light flashed over the face and ...
... Gilbert Gates ! as sure as my name's Hessian Dick ! " cried the Ser- geant , as , turning to one side , he surveyed the stranger with a drunken leer . Why , Gilbert , what's broke loose ? " 66 And as the light flashed over the face and ...
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... Gilbert Gates glided out of the room with the same cat - like pace with which he had entered , and , at his heels , with steps unsteady from intoxication , followed the corpulent Hams- dorff , shaking the floor as he stumbled onward ...
... Gilbert Gates glided out of the room with the same cat - like pace with which he had entered , and , at his heels , with steps unsteady from intoxication , followed the corpulent Hams- dorff , shaking the floor as he stumbled onward ...
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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...