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 pages |
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... Walford , along the brow of the hill , where arises the mansion of Colonel Frazier . Scarce knowing what I did , maddened by her beauty , I seized her hand . She repulsed me with a chilling look . I pressed that fair , white hand to my ...
... Walford , along the brow of the hill , where arises the mansion of Colonel Frazier . Scarce knowing what I did , maddened by her beauty , I seized her hand . She repulsed me with a chilling look . I pressed that fair , white hand to my ...
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... Walford was disclosed in the light , a beautiful picture of womanly indignation and womanly scorn . And over her face of beauty , shaded by raven locks of glossy hair , and over her form of queenly grace , robed in vestments of white ...
... Walford was disclosed in the light , a beautiful picture of womanly indignation and womanly scorn . And over her face of beauty , shaded by raven locks of glossy hair , and over her form of queenly grace , robed in vestments of white ...
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... Walford , down at Rock .Farm , seven miles away . The hour is still and silent , and here , in the full glow of the moon - beams , will Norman Frazier tell to Blanche Walford the story of his life , and of her own ! " Blanche looked ...
... Walford , down at Rock .Farm , seven miles away . The hour is still and silent , and here , in the full glow of the moon - beams , will Norman Frazier tell to Blanche Walford the story of his life , and of her own ! " Blanche looked ...
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... Walford ! " " Rock Farm , Walford ! " murmured Blanche , in an absent tone . " They sought her hand , " the uncle resumed , drawing Blanche towards the moonlight . The younger Brother , named Philip Walford - he was a widower , and his ...
... Walford ! " " Rock Farm , Walford ! " murmured Blanche , in an absent tone . " They sought her hand , " the uncle resumed , drawing Blanche towards the moonlight . The younger Brother , named Philip Walford - he was a widower , and his ...
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... Walford - my friend - was as unlike his family as day is to night , and his sister Mary - my wife - she seemed a fair flower , blooming amid the ashes of a desolated hearthstone . John , I say , took my sister home to Rock Farm ...
... Walford - my friend - was as unlike his family as day is to night , and his sister Mary - my wife - she seemed a fair flower , blooming amid the ashes of a desolated hearthstone . John , I say , took my sister home to Rock Farm ...
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