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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... bosom , the distant hills , that now arise into the midnight sky . A magnificent domain , this Earldom of Monthermer ; a proud old man , this white haired Earl ; a beauti- ful lady , this orphan ward , who bethrothed to his son , now ...
... bosom , the distant hills , that now arise into the midnight sky . A magnificent domain , this Earldom of Monthermer ; a proud old man , this white haired Earl ; a beauti- ful lady , this orphan ward , who bethrothed to his son , now ...
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... bosom , the lily which had gleamed from her dark hair . " This " shrieked the Earl . " This , is but the seventeenth of July , but the Eleventh of September , the Fourteenth of November - they are yet to come . " BLANCHE OF BRANDYWINE ...
... bosom , the lily which had gleamed from her dark hair . " This " shrieked the Earl . " This , is but the seventeenth of July , but the Eleventh of September , the Fourteenth of November - they are yet to come . " BLANCHE OF BRANDYWINE ...
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... bosom rose and fell with that beautiful pulsation which now avoids and now wooes the light ; and from the calm , open forehead to the small and chisseled foot , each look , every gesture , each motion of the soft and rounded limbs , the ...
... bosom rose and fell with that beautiful pulsation which now avoids and now wooes the light ; and from the calm , open forehead to the small and chisseled foot , each look , every gesture , each motion of the soft and rounded limbs , the ...
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... bosom throbbed as though the heart were bursting . " And , uncle , " she exclaimed , fixing her dark eyes upon his countenance , with a low and thrilling whisper , my mother ! -my mother ! · 66 99 The voice of the maiden failed - and ...
... bosom throbbed as though the heart were bursting . " And , uncle , " she exclaimed , fixing her dark eyes upon his countenance , with a low and thrilling whisper , my mother ! -my mother ! · 66 99 The voice of the maiden failed - and ...
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... bosom arose throbbing to her very face . " I have found thee - my mother , I have found thee ! " The murmured words broke from her lips , and again and yet again she wept . " Blanche , one word more and I have done , " the uncle ...
... bosom arose throbbing to her very face . " I have found thee - my mother , I have found thee ! " The murmured words broke from her lips , and again and yet again she wept . " Blanche , one word more and I have done , " the uncle ...
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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...