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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... blue eyes , and snowy hair . They stood alone in the centre of that lighted hall , admired by an hundred eyes , flattered by a chorus of voices , this lovely girl , and proud old man . Say as you gaze upon this festival scene , this ...
... blue eyes , and snowy hair . They stood alone in the centre of that lighted hall , admired by an hundred eyes , flattered by a chorus of voices , this lovely girl , and proud old man . Say as you gaze upon this festival scene , this ...
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... blue eyes , around the dark and dismal apartment . " You are agitated , Monthermer - you are , by my soul . Now , I don't like this agitation , for - for- " he continued , with a faint and commisserating smile , as he quietly settled ...
... blue eyes , around the dark and dismal apartment . " You are agitated , Monthermer - you are , by my soul . Now , I don't like this agitation , for - for- " he continued , with a faint and commisserating smile , as he quietly settled ...
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... blue eyes , a prominent acquline nose , and thin and well formed , yet expressionless lips , looked the very picture of easy assurance and genteel selfishness . His military cloak falling back over his shoulders , gave to view the gaudy ...
... blue eyes , a prominent acquline nose , and thin and well formed , yet expressionless lips , looked the very picture of easy assurance and genteel selfishness . His military cloak falling back over his shoulders , gave to view the gaudy ...
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... blue eye shone with interest- " And that commission ? " " Secret ! " said Percy , in that deep , even tone of voice which went to the heart of his listener- " Secret from all eyes , secret from all ears but my father's . I am but the ...
... blue eye shone with interest- " And that commission ? " " Secret ! " said Percy , in that deep , even tone of voice which went to the heart of his listener- " Secret from all eyes , secret from all ears but my father's . I am but the ...
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... blue blazes take ' em . A purty time as Chadd's Ford's people shall have ' twixt two fires ! Oh , sich a nice time ! " And , roused up to a pitch of irrepressible excitement , the host stopped suddenly before the oaken table , and ...
... blue blazes take ' em . A purty time as Chadd's Ford's people shall have ' twixt two fires ! Oh , sich a nice time ! " And , roused up to a pitch of irrepressible excitement , the host stopped suddenly before the oaken table , and ...
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Blanche of Brandywine, Or, September the Eleventh, 1777: A Romance ... George Lippard Vista completa - 1846 |
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...