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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... BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE , IS BY HIS KIND PERMISSION , RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED . MY DEAR SIR : I HAVE been a pilgrim in ... battle - fields , I have traced the footsteps of that religion , that patriotism , that genius , which in the olden ...
... BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE , IS BY HIS KIND PERMISSION , RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED . MY DEAR SIR : I HAVE been a pilgrim in ... battle - fields , I have traced the footsteps of that religion , that patriotism , that genius , which in the olden ...
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... Battle of Brandywine George Lippard. ( iv ) name , a simple word of three syllables , which has been shouted by the patriots of South America , charging for their rights in the thickest of the battle ; gasped with the last breath of ...
... Battle of Brandywine George Lippard. ( iv ) name , a simple word of three syllables , which has been shouted by the patriots of South America , charging for their rights in the thickest of the battle ; gasped with the last breath of ...
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... Battle of Brandywine George Lippard. ( v ) can people , I went on in my work , published it , and was rewarded for my labor , with the approbation of men of distinguished genius , in this country and in Europe . I make this remark from ...
... Battle of Brandywine George Lippard. ( v ) can people , I went on in my work , published it , and was rewarded for my labor , with the approbation of men of distinguished genius , in this country and in Europe . I make this remark from ...
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... Battle of Brandywine George Lippard. I'm a sol - dier , and name's Hessian Dick - be gaw ! Damme , d'ye con- I'll chop your d ― d head off . Ha , And so , Gilbert , you've an eye for tradict me ? —I'll sliver your ears off . ha , ha ...
... Battle of Brandywine George Lippard. I'm a sol - dier , and name's Hessian Dick - be gaw ! Damme , d'ye con- I'll chop your d ― d head off . Ha , And so , Gilbert , you've an eye for tradict me ? —I'll sliver your ears off . ha , ha ...
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... Battle of Brandywine George Lippard. " Them rebels is ' reg'lar sar- bony hands after a very significant fashion . pents , faith - snakes is kings to ' em . " The trooper muttered his favorite oath - be gaw ' - and then proceeded to ...
... Battle of Brandywine George Lippard. " Them rebels is ' reg'lar sar- bony hands after a very significant fashion . pents , faith - snakes is kings to ' em . " The trooper muttered his favorite oath - be gaw ' - and then proceeded to ...
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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...