Horse Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency, Volume 2Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835 - Albemarle County (Va.) |
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... head, — as one or another of us would, in that case, be obliged to fire. It is nothing more than military puncti- lium to give you a friendly warning of this.' 'You might dispense with this severity, I should think,' — replied the ...
... head, — as one or another of us would, in that case, be obliged to fire. It is nothing more than military puncti- lium to give you a friendly warning of this.' 'You might dispense with this severity, I should think,' — replied the ...
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... head and shoulders of a man whose motions showed him to be struggling through the thicket towards the base of the hill. This person, at length, reached a space of open ground, where he halted and looked anxiously around him, thus ...
... head and shoulders of a man whose motions showed him to be struggling through the thicket towards the base of the hill. This person, at length, reached a space of open ground, where he halted and looked anxiously around him, thus ...
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... head homeward, with some reluctance at parting .with his friends in a moment of such interest, and bore with him many messages of comfort and courage to those whom . he was about to rejoin — and more particularly from the sergeant to ...
... head homeward, with some reluctance at parting .with his friends in a moment of such interest, and bore with him many messages of comfort and courage to those whom . he was about to rejoin — and more particularly from the sergeant to ...
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... head-quarters. He found, moreover, that this, or some niher cause, had engendered a degree of exasperation against him, that showed itself in the retrenchment of his comforts, and in the augmented rigour of his confinement. Agitated ...
... head-quarters. He found, moreover, that this, or some niher cause, had engendered a degree of exasperation against him, that showed itself in the retrenchment of his comforts, and in the augmented rigour of his confinement. Agitated ...
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... head. quarters. The. ensign. must have been a good mile a-head of us, — 2 HORSE SHOE ROBINSON.
... head. quarters. The. ensign. must have been a good mile a-head of us, — 2 HORSE SHOE ROBINSON.
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Allen Musgrove amongst army arrived Arthur Butler battle of Camden better brave British brother brought cabin camp Campbell captain Carolina cavalry Christopher Shaw colonel command companions comrades Cornwallis Cote danger daughter David Ram David Ramsay despatch door duty enemy father fear feelings Ferguson followed forest Gabriel Drummond geant ground halted hand Harry Winter head heard heart Henry honour Horse Shoe Robinson hour Innis James Curry John Ramsay journey lady late look Lord Cornwallis maiden major Butler Markham Mary Musgrove Mildred Mildred's miles Miss Lindsay mistress morning mought mountain night North Carolina officer party Philip Lindsay present prisoner Ramsay's retreat ride road rode saddle scarcely scene seen sentinel sergeant Shelby Shoe's sister soldier soon spirit spot Stephen Foster Tarleton tell thing thought tion Tories trooper troops turn Tyrrel Whigs whilst wood young
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Page 119 - Like a gust of the summer wind ; Her steps were light, her breath was hush'd, And she dared not look behind. She pass'd by stealth the narrow door, The postern way also, And thought each bush her robe that tore, The grasp of a warding foe. And sJi£ has climb' d the moat so steep, With chilly dread and fear ; While th' evening Jly humm'd dull and deep, Like a wardman whisp'ring near.