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 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 77
Página 15
... forward took Lord George by the hand . " A word with you , Percy , " he said , in a low , quick voice . " I am a fop , and you may think me a heartless fellow ; but you have been my friend when I had not a friend on earth , and , by ...
... forward took Lord George by the hand . " A word with you , Percy , " he said , in a low , quick voice . " I am a fop , and you may think me a heartless fellow ; but you have been my friend when I had not a friend on earth , and , by ...
Página 16
... forward , while his clear blue eye shone with interest- " And that commission ? " " Secret ! " said Percy , in that deep , even tone of voice which went to the heart of his listener- " Secret from all eyes , secret from all ears but my ...
... forward , while his clear blue eye shone with interest- " And that commission ? " " Secret ! " said Percy , in that deep , even tone of voice which went to the heart of his listener- " Secret from all eyes , secret from all ears but my ...
Página 18
... forward - the large , pale nose , tinted with red ; the wide mouth , the sallow cheeks , and the wide oyster - like eyes , all shining in the light - he cast a sudden gaze at the portly soldier sleeping at one end of the oaken table ...
... forward - the large , pale nose , tinted with red ; the wide mouth , the sallow cheeks , and the wide oyster - like eyes , all shining in the light - he cast a sudden gaze at the portly soldier sleeping at one end of the oaken table ...
Página 20
... forward , stood the irritable Hirpley Hawson , the figure of the picture , with his pale , ague - ish face contorted into an expression of combined peevishness , ill- humor , sarcasm , and misanthropy - the large , wide mouth , drawn ...
... forward , stood the irritable Hirpley Hawson , the figure of the picture , with his pale , ague - ish face contorted into an expression of combined peevishness , ill- humor , sarcasm , and misanthropy - the large , wide mouth , drawn ...
Página 28
... forward , gazing in the face of Colonel Frazier as though she would read his very heart of hearts . " Blanche , the time has come ! " exclaimed her uncle , leading her forward on to the southern balcony , where the moon - beams were ...
... forward , gazing in the face of Colonel Frazier as though she would read his very heart of hearts . " Blanche , the time has come ! " exclaimed her uncle , leading her forward on to the southern balcony , where the moon - beams were ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Blanche of Brandywine, Or, September the Eleventh, 1777: A Romance ... George Lippard Vista completa - 1846 |
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
Pasajes populares
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...