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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... fear - some dreadful fancy . Had your voyage to America no other object than the mere gratification of a devil - may - care spirit of adventure ? " " A moment , Howard , and I will tell you all , " said Monthermer , advan- vancing to ...
... fear - some dreadful fancy . Had your voyage to America no other object than the mere gratification of a devil - may - care spirit of adventure ? " " A moment , Howard , and I will tell you all , " said Monthermer , advan- vancing to ...
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... fear and doom - the remembrance of her mother , her own long- sought and newly - discovered mother , she who had smiled upon her face when the light of life first played upon its young features , she who had pressed her to her heart ere ...
... fear and doom - the remembrance of her mother , her own long- sought and newly - discovered mother , she who had smiled upon her face when the light of life first played upon its young features , she who had pressed her to her heart ere ...
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... fear , while her full , dark eyes were bright with sudden gleams of awe , and her bosom throbbed , and her breath came fast and hurried , in hushed and mur- muring gasps , as leaning over the balustrade she gazed upon the northern sky ...
... fear , while her full , dark eyes were bright with sudden gleams of awe , and her bosom throbbed , and her breath came fast and hurried , in hushed and mur- muring gasps , as leaning over the balustrade she gazed upon the northern sky ...
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... fear , it smote her very brain with terror . " Bands of men are hurrying to and fro in the flame , " she whispered , gazing upon the scene which had arisen before her like the work of enchant- ment , " they are clad in scarlet ! That ...
... fear , it smote her very brain with terror . " Bands of men are hurrying to and fro in the flame , " she whispered , gazing upon the scene which had arisen before her like the work of enchant- ment , " they are clad in scarlet ! That ...
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... fear this oaken brand ! " A gleam of human feeling lighted up the hard features of Gilbert . " Maiden , maiden ! " he cried , in a broken voice , " did thee know my direful duty - had thee heard my OATH - thee would not taunt me thus ...
... fear this oaken brand ! " A gleam of human feeling lighted up the hard features of Gilbert . " Maiden , maiden ! " he cried , in a broken voice , " did thee know my direful duty - had thee heard my OATH - thee would not taunt me thus ...
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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...