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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... terrible confession of broken vows , innocence betrayed , and holy rites profaned Still as the blood ran down , in separate streams , he shrieked , " Strike , Bernard , strike ! " The memory of this day is terrible , but , oh God - the ...
... terrible confession of broken vows , innocence betrayed , and holy rites profaned Still as the blood ran down , in separate streams , he shrieked , " Strike , Bernard , strike ! " The memory of this day is terrible , but , oh God - the ...
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... terrible , than the flames of a never - ending fire , imagined by priests , or taught by the dogmas of superstition ! Aye - curl your lip with that in- credulous smile , and laugh in my face , if it pleases you ! But , Clarence , there ...
... terrible , than the flames of a never - ending fire , imagined by priests , or taught by the dogmas of superstition ! Aye - curl your lip with that in- credulous smile , and laugh in my face , if it pleases you ! But , Clarence , there ...
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... terrible , than , -let me whisper it in your ear , than this phantom form which glides by my 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 ...
... terrible , than , -let me whisper it in your ear , than this phantom form which glides by my 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 ...
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... terrible omen and doom . A mother , a kind , a beloved mother , lay across her own threshold , slain and dis- honored ! A father kissed the path leading to his home --- his blood dyed and crimsoned his native hearth . Two brothers were ...
... terrible omen and doom . A mother , a kind , a beloved mother , lay across her own threshold , slain and dis- honored ! A father kissed the path leading to his home --- his blood dyed and crimsoned his native hearth . Two brothers were ...
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... terrible excitement , the soldier 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 ...
... terrible excitement , the soldier 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 ...
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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...