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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... a fair bright day and brave men we Tyburn . A whispered name reached my ear as I hurried th crowd - it was the name of Lovat ! -old Simon Frazier . Lord of hood- " ier muttered betwee d . He muttered the. CHAPTER FIFTH. ...
... a fair bright day and brave men we Tyburn . A whispered name reached my ear as I hurried th crowd - it was the name of Lovat ! -old Simon Frazier . Lord of hood- " ier muttered betwee d . He muttered the. CHAPTER FIFTH. ...
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... brave young fellow from this same valley of the Brandiwine Colonel Frazier his commission named him , although he commanded but a single company of riflemen . " And out of Fort Cumberland , with the clear heavens above and the green ...
... brave young fellow from this same valley of the Brandiwine Colonel Frazier his commission named him , although he commanded but a single company of riflemen . " And out of Fort Cumberland , with the clear heavens above and the green ...
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... brave Captain Frazier , but all was in vain ! General Braddock merely desired his men to advance in reg'lar order , and fire at the bushes in parade - ground style - whether they were killed or not made not a ha'penny's difference , so ...
... brave Captain Frazier , but all was in vain ! General Braddock merely desired his men to advance in reg'lar order , and fire at the bushes in parade - ground style - whether they were killed or not made not a ha'penny's difference , so ...
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... brave man Gotlieb- " said the old man , with a peculiar smile as he turned away towards the barn - yard- " a very brave man- " he shouted smilingly over his shoulder as he looked back- " but brave men are apt to meet sudden deaths ...
... brave man Gotlieb- " said the old man , with a peculiar smile as he turned away towards the barn - yard- " a very brave man- " he shouted smilingly over his shoulder as he looked back- " but brave men are apt to meet sudden deaths ...
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... brave ! A hundred gallant fellows , gathered within the shelter of the green wood - gathered for a merry carou- sal - their swords by their sides , their rifles within reach ; their steeds- black as the raven's plume - reined in ...
... brave ! A hundred gallant fellows , gathered within the shelter of the green wood - gathered for a merry carou- sal - their swords by their sides , their rifles within reach ; their steeds- black as the raven's plume - reined in ...
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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...