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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... fire from each ; and lifts the soul into a purer light , a holier atmosphere . May the blessings of God be upon your grey hairs . May the love of the nation , which now comes sweetly through the graves of your own Ashland , be an ...
... fire from each ; and lifts the soul into a purer light , a holier atmosphere . May the blessings of God be upon your grey hairs . May the love of the nation , which now comes sweetly through the graves of your own Ashland , be an ...
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... fire , imagined by priests , or taught by the dogmas of superstition ! Aye - curl your lip with that in- credulous smile , and laugh in my face , if it pleases you ! But , Clarence , there is a hell - dark , fearful and terrible . That ...
... fire , imagined by priests , or taught by the dogmas of superstition ! Aye - curl your lip with that in- credulous smile , and laugh in my face , if it pleases you ! But , Clarence , there is a hell - dark , fearful and terrible . That ...
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... fire and brilliancy , murmured forth the story of his dream , while around , the gloom of the apartment , the faint flickering flashes of lamplight , and the silence of the hour , added awe and terror to the legend . CHAPTER SECOND ...
... fire and brilliancy , murmured forth the story of his dream , while around , the gloom of the apartment , the faint flickering flashes of lamplight , and the silence of the hour , added awe and terror to the legend . CHAPTER SECOND ...
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... fires ! Oh , sich a nice time ! " And , roused up to a pitch of irrepressible excitement , the host stopped suddenly ... fire . " I wonder if you ain't in a dreadful pucker , " he continued in his low , drawling tone of voice , • . " 6 ...
... fires ! Oh , sich a nice time ! " And , roused up to a pitch of irrepressible excitement , the host stopped suddenly ... fire . " I wonder if you ain't in a dreadful pucker , " he continued in his low , drawling tone of voice , • . " 6 ...
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... fire flashed round the room and made a picture of the scene . There were the warm flashes of light falling round the apartment , red- dening the rafters and glowing along the smoky walls ; there was the massive oaken table , with the ...
... fire flashed round the room and made a picture of the scene . There were the warm flashes of light falling round the apartment , red- dening the rafters and glowing along the smoky walls ; there was the massive oaken table , with the ...
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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...