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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... head to foot . With trembling steps , he turns to the farther corner of the chamber and lifts the purple tapestry . Three doors , known only to the Earl and his servitor , are revealed , with a few strange words , written on their dark ...
... head to foot . With trembling steps , he turns to the farther corner of the chamber and lifts the purple tapestry . Three doors , known only to the Earl and his servitor , are revealed , with a few strange words , written on their dark ...
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... head . How long will it be ere the British troops arrive this far , on their path northward ? " " Not more than three days , my lord , " answered Howard . " ' Tis now the seventh of September , Anno Domini , 1777 , as the copy books say ...
... head . How long will it be ere the British troops arrive this far , on their path northward ? " " Not more than three days , my lord , " answered Howard . " ' Tis now the seventh of September , Anno Domini , 1777 , as the copy books say ...
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... head with a sardonic grin . " Axe your grand - mother , ” he continued , “ axe her - axe the old lady her own self . Pr'aps she'll tell you where old sattin's a drivin ' us to ! " 66 Why Hirpley Hawson , you are in a ter❜ble pucker ...
... head with a sardonic grin . " Axe your grand - mother , ” he continued , “ axe her - axe the old lady her own self . Pr'aps she'll tell you where old sattin's a drivin ' us to ! " 66 Why Hirpley Hawson , you are in a ter❜ble pucker ...
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... head ? —that's ' Fildelfy , that's the city , its ownself . Well , now , what're you staring at ? In less than four days the black checkers and the white ' uns are ' goin ' to play a game - a nice game of blood and smoke - and the game ...
... head ? —that's ' Fildelfy , that's the city , its ownself . Well , now , what're you staring at ? In less than four days the black checkers and the white ' uns are ' goin ' to play a game - a nice game of blood and smoke - and the game ...
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... head off . Ha , And so , Gilbert , you've an eye for tradict me ? —I'll sliver your ears off . ha , ha ! -Captain Howard's the boy . this pretty girl - the daughter of the old school - master ? have you ? So has the Captain . " " Mein ...
... head off . Ha , And so , Gilbert , you've an eye for tradict me ? —I'll sliver your ears off . ha , ha ! -Captain Howard's the boy . this pretty girl - the daughter of the old school - master ? have you ? So has the Captain . " " Mein ...
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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...