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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... suddenly accepts a commission in his Majesty's Huzzars , and sails for these cursed wilds of America , just the same as me , or any other miscreant of a— younger brother ! And , for what , pray , does Lord Percy do all this ? Why , for ...
... suddenly accepts a commission in his Majesty's Huzzars , and sails for these cursed wilds of America , just the same as me , or any other miscreant of a— younger brother ! And , for what , pray , does Lord Percy do all this ? Why , for ...
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... sudden burst of passion - in a voice solemn and deep - toned , he uttered the words that caused the complacent Clarence to start from his seat with a feeling of sudden horror . " Clarence , Clarence ! " he exclaimed , " I am a doomed ...
... sudden burst of passion - in a voice solemn and deep - toned , he uttered the words that caused the complacent Clarence to start from his seat with a feeling of sudden horror . " Clarence , Clarence ! " he exclaimed , " I am a doomed ...
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... suddenly arose from his seat , and hurrying forward took Lord George by the hand . " A word with you , Percy , " he said , in a low , quick voice . " I am a fop , and you may think me a heartless fellow ; but you have been my friend ...
... suddenly arose from his seat , and hurrying forward took Lord George by the hand . " A word with you , Percy , " he said , in a low , quick voice . " I am a fop , and you may think me a heartless fellow ; but you have been my friend ...
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... suddenly forward , while his voice sank to a thrilling whisper , " I may fall in battle - I may die suddenly in my bed - I may sink to Night and Death in some nameless fight or broil . When I am dead , you will find a pacquet , resting ...
... suddenly forward , while his voice sank to a thrilling whisper , " I may fall in battle - I may die suddenly in my bed - I may sink to Night and Death in some nameless fight or broil . When I am dead , you will find a pacquet , resting ...
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... sudden evil and sudden death - with me ever , riding my soul like a nightmare , and gliding beside me by day , and hovering around me by night . I feel - I know - that I am a fated man ! " " Monthermer , tell me . originate ? " How did ...
... sudden evil and sudden death - with me ever , riding my soul like a nightmare , and gliding beside me by day , and hovering around me by night . I feel - I know - that I am a fated man ! " " Monthermer , tell me . originate ? " How did ...
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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...