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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... 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 lofty ...
... 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 lofty ...
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... eyes , an acquiline nose , high cheek bones , with broad , ex- pansive cheeks , while the determined mouth and the full , square chin , gave some indications of the character and will of the old soldier , who , attired in the uniform of ...
... eyes , an acquiline nose , high cheek bones , with broad , ex- pansive cheeks , while the determined mouth and the full , square chin , gave some indications of the character and will of the old soldier , who , attired in the uniform of ...
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... eyes full , black , and dreamy , the fringes long and quiver- ing , the cheeks rounded and swelling , the lips small , and trembling with ex- pression while the hue of the maiden's countenance , clear and snowy- white , deepened into ...
... eyes full , black , and dreamy , the fringes long and quiver- ing , the cheeks rounded and swelling , the lips small , and trembling with ex- pression while the hue of the maiden's countenance , clear and snowy- white , deepened into ...
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... eyes- " The child , my uncle , the child ? " " It grew up in the presence of its uncle , a blessing and a charm , " ex- claimed Frazier- " The light of his home - dear to him as his own beloved Rose . It was you , Blanche , you ! " She ...
... eyes- " The child , my uncle , the child ? " " It grew up in the presence of its uncle , a blessing and a charm , " ex- claimed Frazier- " The light of his home - dear to him as his own beloved Rose . It was you , Blanche , you ! " She ...
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... eyes lighted up with a wild flash , " and I feel my hand grasping for my sword . Would to God I knew my suspicions true or false ! Were it true , then , as God gave me being , Norman Frazier would avenge his sister's wrong , and Philip ...
... eyes lighted up with a wild flash , " and I feel my hand grasping for my sword . Would to God I knew my suspicions true or false ! Were it true , then , as God gave me being , Norman Frazier would avenge his sister's wrong , and Philip ...
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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...