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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Page vii
... pale face , he stands , gazing over the broad extent of his domains . There is agony in his writhing face , doom upon his darkened brow , remorse in his glaring blue eye . He turns and speaks to the aged servant , who grey - haired and ...
... pale face , he stands , gazing over the broad extent of his domains . There is agony in his writhing face , doom upon his darkened brow , remorse in his glaring blue eye . He turns and speaks to the aged servant , who grey - haired and ...
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... pale and expressive features , glowing in the light of the solitary lamp , there flashed one wild , one dread , and intense expression , which trembled along his lips , and brightened in his dark eyes , overarched by the darker brows ...
... pale and expressive features , glowing in the light of the solitary lamp , there flashed one wild , one dread , and intense expression , which trembled along his lips , and brightened in his dark eyes , overarched by the darker brows ...
Page 11
... pale and faded in hue , were relieved by luxuriant masses of jet black hair , sweeping aside from the calm and unwrinkled brow , and falling in glossy ringlets to the very shoul- ders , untouched by powder and untortured by the barber's ...
... pale and faded in hue , were relieved by luxuriant masses of jet black hair , sweeping aside from the calm and unwrinkled brow , and falling in glossy ringlets to the very shoul- ders , untouched by powder and untortured by the barber's ...
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... pale countenance convulsed by a fearful expression that worked along his features like a death - spasm , with his dark eyes flashing with that strange , wild light , so often noticed in their glance of late , in a voice marked by no ...
... pale countenance convulsed by a fearful expression that worked along his features like a death - spasm , with his dark eyes flashing with that strange , wild light , so often noticed in their glance of late , in a voice marked by no ...
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... pale cheek— " She waved her hand proudly to me - she bowed with a smile of keen and biting sarcasm — The neice of a Provincial gentleman were not a fitting bride for the proud English lord , whose pleasure it is , to fight for the cause ...
... pale cheek— " She waved her hand proudly to me - she bowed with a smile of keen and biting sarcasm — The neice of a Provincial gentleman were not a fitting bride for the proud English lord , whose pleasure it is , to fight for the cause ...
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