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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... Gotlieb there : and , Gotlieb , you make a face at that sleepin ' red coat , —dang it , ain't his steak a burning ? —but , I tell you , for all that ; times hain't as they used to be . The world's gone wrong , I say - upside down - it ...
... Gotlieb there : and , Gotlieb , you make a face at that sleepin ' red coat , —dang it , ain't his steak a burning ? —but , I tell you , for all that ; times hain't as they used to be . The world's gone wrong , I say - upside down - it ...
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... Gotlieb at the same time , with a glance that seemed to say , now , see me give Hirpley a rostin " . " " Now , Hirpley , I don't see why you should complain . You've plenty of customers here at Chadd's Ford- plenty . Yer house is always ...
... Gotlieb at the same time , with a glance that seemed to say , now , see me give Hirpley a rostin " . " " Now , Hirpley , I don't see why you should complain . You've plenty of customers here at Chadd's Ford- plenty . Yer house is always ...
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... Gotlieb Hoff , his clear , ruddy face , with the clustering locks of light golden hair , the large blue eyes , and the sand - hued beard , all standing out boldly in the hearth light ; while , at his very shoul- der , his long slender ...
... Gotlieb Hoff , his clear , ruddy face , with the clustering locks of light golden hair , the large blue eyes , and the sand - hued beard , all standing out boldly in the hearth light ; while , at his very shoul- der , his long slender ...
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... Gotlieb with great emphasis , " tat is , mitout the wife and the baby . " " But , " continued the stout - built ... Gotlieb Hoff - d'ye see this checker - board ? hey ? You do ? I'm glad you can see somethin ' with your three - inch ...
... Gotlieb with great emphasis , " tat is , mitout the wife and the baby . " " But , " continued the stout - built ... Gotlieb Hoff - d'ye see this checker - board ? hey ? You do ? I'm glad you can see somethin ' with your three - inch ...
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... Gotlieb Hoff , slowly rising from his seat- " what's tat ! -you tamt stuffed , red petty - coat ! -what say you , apout the shool - master's daughter ? " He sprang toward the sleeping soldier , and raised his hand to strike him on the ...
... Gotlieb Hoff , slowly rising from his seat- " what's tat ! -you tamt stuffed , red petty - coat ! -what say you , apout the shool - master's daughter ? " He sprang toward the sleeping soldier , and raised his hand to strike him on the ...
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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...