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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... look at the case . Here is young Lord Percy , heir of the broad lands of Monthermer , renowned in the Court of Windsor , famed in the circles of Almacks — the envy of the one sex , the adoration of the other - the well known roue - the ...
... look at the case . Here is young Lord Percy , heir of the broad lands of Monthermer , renowned in the Court of Windsor , famed in the circles of Almacks — the envy of the one sex , the adoration of the other - the well known roue - the ...
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... look like a man who would hesitate to use any means to accomplish a vow , for the fulfilment of which he has sworn the safety of his soul ? " 66 Why , Monthermer , " drawled the Captain , " to tell you the truth , your face , just now ...
... look like a man who would hesitate to use any means to accomplish a vow , for the fulfilment of which he has sworn the safety of his soul ? " 66 Why , Monthermer , " drawled the Captain , " to tell you the truth , your face , just now ...
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... Look here , iron Tom --- look here , Gotlieb Hoff - d'ye see this checker - board ? hey ? You do ? I'm glad you can see somethin ' with your three - inch skull , Gotlieb . This checker- board is Brandiwine valley - them black checkers ...
... Look here , iron Tom --- look here , Gotlieb Hoff - d'ye see this checker - board ? hey ? You do ? I'm glad you can see somethin ' with your three - inch skull , Gotlieb . This checker- board is Brandiwine valley - them black checkers ...
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... Look ! you've woke the porpoise ! " " Where's Captain Howard ? Where's my beef - steak - be gaw ! " cried the redoubtable Hessian Dick , unclosing his large , muddy eyes . " Hey ? Why the - don't you answer , lueface ! Who am I ? Hey ...
... Look ! you've woke the porpoise ! " " Where's Captain Howard ? Where's my beef - steak - be gaw ! " cried the redoubtable Hessian Dick , unclosing his large , muddy eyes . " Hey ? Why the - don't you answer , lueface ! Who am I ? Hey ...
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... Look here , Publican , why can't ye stand straight , and not be waggling about there as tho ' you had a pipe of brandy under your belt . My name's Hessian Dick - damme , every body knows Hessian Dick . How far is't from here to the ...
... Look here , Publican , why can't ye stand straight , and not be waggling about there as tho ' you had a pipe of brandy under your belt . My name's Hessian Dick - damme , every body knows Hessian Dick . How far is't from here to the ...
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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...