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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... pacquet resting upon my very heart . You will find its destin and its object written upon the envelope . Swear to me , Clarence , b God that made you , by your hope of Heaven , swear , that whether I f battle , or in some nameless fray ...
... pacquet resting upon my very heart . You will find its destin and its object written upon the envelope . Swear to me , Clarence , b God that made you , by your hope of Heaven , swear , that whether I f battle , or in some nameless fray ...
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... pacquet of important papers were stolen from the cabinet of Sir William Howe by a spy . These were most important papers - they detailed the plan of this campaign - they contained intelligence most im- portant to Washington , most ...
... pacquet of important papers were stolen from the cabinet of Sir William Howe by a spy . These were most important papers - they detailed the plan of this campaign - they contained intelligence most im- portant to Washington , most ...
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... pacquet , " spoke the old man , in a bold yet hushed and whispered voice . " Hug it closely to thy heart . Part not with it , save with thy life . Away with it to Washington - to him it may be worth a nation's ransom ? For six long days ...
... pacquet , " spoke the old man , in a bold yet hushed and whispered voice . " Hug it closely to thy heart . Part not with it , save with thy life . Away with it to Washington - to him it may be worth a nation's ransom ? For six long days ...
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... pacquet in your charge , a pacquet to which he affixed great value " " And that pacquet I gave back to him some twenty hours ago , afore daybreak , " returned Mayland . " No , no , gal , the sold'ers can't want no- thin , wi ' me ...
... pacquet in your charge , a pacquet to which he affixed great value " " And that pacquet I gave back to him some twenty hours ago , afore daybreak , " returned Mayland . " No , no , gal , the sold'ers can't want no- thin , wi ' me ...
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... pacquet , while the other was laid upon the neck of his gallant war - steed . He was tall and majestic in height with a form of iron muscle and sinew , marked by broad shoulders , a prominent chest , long arms , and long lower limbs ...
... pacquet , while the other was laid upon the neck of his gallant war - steed . He was tall and majestic in height with a form of iron muscle and sinew , marked by broad shoulders , a prominent chest , long arms , and long lower limbs ...
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arms band banner battle beautiful beheld Blanche blood bosom Brandywine brave breast British British army brother 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 fight flashed forest gallant gallant band gazed Gilbert Gates girl glance glare gleaming glittering 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 murter muttered pacquet pale 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 sward sword terrible thee tone trees trembling troopers upraised valley voice war horse Washington waving whispered wild woods words yonder
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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...