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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... , of wild and dreamy beauty , that were gazing all softly and sadly into mine , and seemed melting with liquid light as they gazed ! And , while a fair white hand was laid upon my throbbing brow , I looked upon that 12 . MONTHERMER .
... , of wild and dreamy beauty , that were gazing all softly and sadly into mine , and seemed melting with liquid light as they gazed ! And , while a fair white hand was laid upon my throbbing brow , I looked upon that 12 . MONTHERMER .
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... gazed upon this lovely face , I marked that the form of the proud girl was that of a queen- each gesture was grace - each attitude was loveliness . I loved her - with whole soul I loved her without knowing who she was scarce knowing her ...
... gazed upon this lovely face , I marked that the form of the proud girl was that of a queen- each gesture was grace - each attitude was loveliness . I loved her - with whole soul I loved her without knowing who she was scarce knowing her ...
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... gazed upon her fair face with all a father's love - all a father's pride . The face was beautiful ! oh , how beautiful ! -Such a face as visits the poet in his dreams - the artist in his reverie - a face where thought , and tenderness ...
... gazed upon her fair face with all a father's love - all a father's pride . The face was beautiful ! oh , how beautiful ! -Such a face as visits the poet in his dreams - the artist in his reverie - a face where thought , and tenderness ...
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... gazed wonderingly upon her uncle's face , warming with sudden enthusiasm— " lovely as a dream ! " " On a scene somewhat like this , " resumed her uncle , traversing the bal cony , " on a scene somewhat like this - a quiet valley ...
... gazed wonderingly upon her uncle's face , warming with sudden enthusiasm— " lovely as a dream ! " " On a scene somewhat like this , " resumed her uncle , traversing the bal cony , " on a scene somewhat like this - a quiet valley ...
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... gazed upon the scene of pastoral loveliness . Far away in the west , sinking behind the distant woodlands , the moon flung long columns of silvery light along the mass of forest , rising behind forest , a vast lake of foliage ...
... gazed upon the scene of pastoral loveliness . Far away in the west , sinking behind the distant woodlands , the moon flung long columns of silvery light along the mass of forest , rising behind forest , a vast lake of foliage ...
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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...