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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... muttered his favorite oath - be gaw ' - and then proceeded to discuss the merits of his steak with a renewed appetite . " Look here , Publican , why can't ye stand straight , and not be waggling about there as tho ' you had a pipe of ...
... muttered his favorite oath - be gaw ' - and then proceeded to discuss the merits of his steak with a renewed appetite . " Look here , Publican , why can't ye stand straight , and not be waggling about there as tho ' you had a pipe of ...
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... muttered Sergeant Hamsdorff , " the Captain might a spoke to me . Didn't say anything to me . Dd bad taste . Ha , ha , ha ! " “ Friend Hamsdorff , a word with thee , " exclaimed a mild , soft voice , as the door opened , and a man of ...
... muttered Sergeant Hamsdorff , " the Captain might a spoke to me . Didn't say anything to me . Dd bad taste . Ha , ha , ha ! " “ Friend Hamsdorff , a word with thee , " exclaimed a mild , soft voice , as the door opened , and a man of ...
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... muttered between his teeth a fearful oath , that may not be again repeated . He muttered that fearful oath between his teeth , and then resumed his story . CHAPTER FIFTH . THE DOOM OF A FATED HOUSE . " I FLED , Blanche , with my sister ...
... muttered between his teeth a fearful oath , that may not be again repeated . He muttered that fearful oath between his teeth , and then resumed his story . CHAPTER FIFTH . THE DOOM OF A FATED HOUSE . " I FLED , Blanche , with my sister ...
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... muttered the old soldier grimly . to my story , Blanche . I built myself a home , here in this quiet valley . Years past , and my sister grew up a fair and lovely girl - a thing of truth , a creature of innocence - all warmth , all ...
... muttered the old soldier grimly . to my story , Blanche . I built myself a home , here in this quiet valley . Years past , and my sister grew up a fair and lovely girl - a thing of truth , a creature of innocence - all warmth , all ...
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... muttered Gilbert Gates in a murmured whisper . " I think thee enjoys thee pipe very much , friend Mayland , " he continued aloud . " In truth , a pipe is a good thing . " " Now I feel quite comfortable , " exclaimed Mayland , settling ...
... muttered Gilbert Gates in a murmured whisper . " I think thee enjoys thee pipe very much , friend Mayland , " he continued aloud . " In truth , a pipe is a good thing . " " Now I feel quite comfortable , " exclaimed Mayland , settling ...
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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...