 The incessant cannonade during the solemnity ; the steady attitude and unaltered voice with which the chaplain officiated, though frequently covered with dust, which the shot threw up on all sides of him ; the mute but expressive mixture of sensibility...  The Women of the American Revolution - Page 123by Elizabeth Fries Ellet - 1819Full view - About this book
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 254 pages
...officiated, tho' frequently covere>d mjith dust, from the she* which the American artillery threw around as ; the mute, but expressive mixture of sensibility and...every countenance ; these objects will remain to the Jast of life on the minds of every man vfho was present. 5. The growing duskiness of the evening added... | |
 | Noah Webster - Readers - 1809 - 202 pages
...frequently covered with dust from the shot' \vhich the American artillery threw around us ; the mule, but expressive mixture of sensibility and indignation...countenance ; these objects will remain to the last of lite on the minds of every man who was present. 5. The growing duskiness of the evening added to the... | |
 | 1812 - 426 pages
...with which the chaplain officiated, though frequcntly covered with dust, which the shot threw upon all sides of him; the mute, but expressive mixture of sensibility and indignation upon every countenauce: these objects will remain to the last' of life upon the minds of every man who was present.... | |
 | William Smith - Canada - 1815 - 252 pages
...Mr. Brudenell officiated, though frequently enveloped in dust, thrown up on all sides by the shot, the mute, but expressive mixture of sensibility and indignation upon every countenance, together with the growing duskiness of the evening, may hereafter be described as marking a character... | |
 | 1817 - 492 pages
...witnesses. The incessant cannonude during the solemnity ; the steady attitude and unaltered voice with which the chaplain officiated, though frequently covered with dust, which the shot threw upon aH sides of him ; the mute but expressive mixture of sensibility and indignation upon every countenance... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - New England - 1820 - 458 pages
...cannonade, during the solemnity; the steady attitude and unaltered voice, with which the clergyman officiated, though frequently covered with dust, which...life, upon the mind of every man who was present. The growing duskiness, added to the scenery, and the whole marked a character of that juncture, that would... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - Connecticut - 1820 - 464 pages
...with which the clergyman officiated, though frequently covered with dust, which the shot threw upon all sides of him; the mute but expressive mixture...life, upon the mind of every man who was present. The growing duskiness, added to the scenery, and the whole marked a character of that juncture, that would... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777 - 1822 - 152 pages
...incessant cannonade during the solemnity; the steady attitude and unaltered voice with which the clergyman officiated, though frequently covered with dust, which...life, upon the mind of every man who was present. The growing duskiness added to the scenery, and the whole marked a character of that juncture, that would... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777 - 1822 - 164 pages
...the clergyman odicinted,. though frequently covered with dust, which tlic shot threw up on all bides of him ; the mute but expressive mixture of sensibility...life, upon the mind of every man who was present. The growing duskiness added to the scenery, and the whole marked a character of that juncture, that would... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - New England - 1824 - 478 pages
...cannonade, during the solemnity ; the steady attitude and unaltered Toice, with which the clergyman officiated, though frequently covered with dust, which...life, upon the mind of every man who was present. The growing duskiness, added to the scenery, and the whole marked a character of that juncture, that would... | |
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