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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... exclaimed the young lord , leaning over the oaken table , while his face glowed in the light of the lamp beams " & dark , a fearful , and an eternal hell - far more dread , far more terrible , than the flames of a never - ending fire ...
... exclaimed the young lord , leaning over the oaken table , while his face glowed in the light of the lamp beams " & dark , a fearful , and an eternal hell - far more dread , far more terrible , than the flames of a never - ending fire ...
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... exclaimed the young lord in a quiet , even voice , that came through his clenched teeth . " Y - e - s , y - e - s , my lord , " exclaimed the complacent soldier . " But just look at the case . Here is young Lord Percy , heir of the ...
... exclaimed the young lord in a quiet , even voice , that came through his clenched teeth . " Y - e - s , y - e - s , my lord , " exclaimed the complacent soldier . " But just look at the case . Here is young Lord Percy , heir of the ...
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... exclaimed the young lord , " let me whisper a word in your ear . You speak of you know not what . Clarence , gaze upon me , and tell me , do I look like a man who would hesitate to use any means to accomplish a vow , for the fulfilment ...
... exclaimed the young lord , " let me whisper a word in your ear . You speak of you know not what . Clarence , gaze upon me , and tell me , do I look like a man who would hesitate to use any means to accomplish a vow , for the fulfilment ...
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... exclaimed , " I am a doomed - a fated man ! Doomed and fated ! One little week will measure out my life ! But in life or death , Blanche Walford must be mine ! " " Goodness me , Morthermer ! " Clarence exclaimed , " you will really ...
... exclaimed , " I am a doomed - a fated man ! Doomed and fated ! One little week will measure out my life ! But in life or death , Blanche Walford must be mine ! " " Goodness me , Morthermer ! " Clarence exclaimed , " you will really ...
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... exclaimed , suddenly turning round , " how far from this valley are the British forces ? " " About ten or twelve miles to the south east , " returned Captain Howard . " The Continentals , under Mister Washington , are supposed 14 ...
... exclaimed , suddenly turning round , " how far from this valley are the British forces ? " " About ten or twelve miles to the south east , " returned Captain Howard . " The Continentals , under Mister Washington , are supposed 14 ...
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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...