Blanche of Brandywine: Or, September the Eleventh, 1777. A Romance, Combining the Poetry, Legend, and History of the Battle of Brandywine |
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Page 129
... Count Pulaski shone with a smile , that wreathed the mustachio on his determined lip- " I also agree with our comrade , General Wayne . However , I am better fitted to execute than to plan . The charge suits me better than the Council ...
... Count Pulaski shone with a smile , that wreathed the mustachio on his determined lip- " I also agree with our comrade , General Wayne . However , I am better fitted to execute than to plan . The charge suits me better than the Council ...
Page 131
... Count Pulaski smiled grimly , and his eye flashed and his whiskered lip quivered , as he seemed to scent the far - off battle , with the glory of a true war - horse , trained to deathly struggle and terrible mellay ; Lord Stirling ...
... Count Pulaski smiled grimly , and his eye flashed and his whiskered lip quivered , as he seemed to scent the far - off battle , with the glory of a true war - horse , trained to deathly struggle and terrible mellay ; Lord Stirling ...
Page 205
... Count Pulaski ! " shouted Randulph the Prince , as his gold- en steed arched his proud neck , and tore the earth with his hoofs . " Hail to the Count Pulaski , my brave men ! Hail to the Marquis De La Fayette ! They fight with us to day ...
... Count Pulaski ! " shouted Randulph the Prince , as his gold- en steed arched his proud neck , and tore the earth with his hoofs . " Hail to the Count Pulaski , my brave men ! Hail to the Marquis De La Fayette ! They fight with us to day ...
Page 230
... Count Pulaski shook with rage , and giving vent to his indignation in fiery oaths , called to his own band , and rode among the pursuing British like a war - horse , with the death wound in his heart , trampling them beneath the hoofs ...
... Count Pulaski shook with rage , and giving vent to his indignation in fiery oaths , called to his own band , and rode among the pursuing British like a war - horse , with the death wound in his heart , trampling them beneath the hoofs ...
Page 236
... Count Pulaski , at the head of his brave soldiers . He is endeavoring to roll back the tide of retreat ! Let us on , gentlemen , let us join our swords with the British and side by side with Pulaski , drive the invaders back ! " At this ...
... Count Pulaski , at the head of his brave soldiers . He is endeavoring to roll back the tide of retreat ! Let us on , gentlemen , let us join our swords with the British and side by side with Pulaski , drive the invaders back ! " At this ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...