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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... side of his small mouth to the other , and while an expression of inim- itable ease and nonchalance gathered over his features , he glanced across the table at the face of his companion , but as instantly , withdrew his gaze , for the ...
... side of his small mouth to the other , and while an expression of inim- itable ease and nonchalance gathered over his features , he glanced across the table at the face of his companion , but as instantly , withdrew his gaze , for the ...
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... side day by day ; which startles sleep from me at night - aye , the phantom form which guided me across the wide Atlantic , which led me , step by step , to this lovely vale this phantom form now with me , about me , around me , leading ...
... side day by day ; which startles sleep from me at night - aye , the phantom form which guided me across the wide Atlantic , which led me , step by step , to this lovely vale this phantom form now with me , about me , around me , leading ...
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... side to side , while his mouth was filled with savoury morsels of Hirpley's rarely cooked steak . He certainly looked the picture of a human anaconda to great perfection . " You don't know the Captain , do you , hey ? " he mumbled forth ...
... side to side , while his mouth was filled with savoury morsels of Hirpley's rarely cooked steak . He certainly looked the picture of a human anaconda to great perfection . " You don't know the Captain , do you , hey ? " he mumbled forth ...
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... SIDE . " NAY , Blanche , neice of mine , never start thus suddenly , never frown thus darkly . I ' faith , you were wrong - wrong , Blanche , wrong . What ! discredit the sincerity of the Englisher ? Ha , ha , Blanche , by the sword of ...
... SIDE . " NAY , Blanche , neice of mine , never start thus suddenly , never frown thus darkly . I ' faith , you were wrong - wrong , Blanche , wrong . What ! discredit the sincerity of the Englisher ? Ha , ha , Blanche , by the sword of ...
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... side by side with a glittering rifle , inwreathed with the antlers of the wild deer ; and opening to the south , were three large windows , reaching from ceiling to floor , the sashes thrown open , and the balcony without sweet with the ...
... side by side with a glittering rifle , inwreathed with the antlers of the wild deer ; and opening to the south , were three large windows , reaching from ceiling to floor , the sashes thrown open , and the balcony without sweet with 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...