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... river first swelled into the bay . Others , ascending higher up the stream , unloaded at the head of navigation , from which point the goods were carried across the country to Philadelphia by teams , the blockade of the Delaware , by ...
... river first swelled into the bay . Others , ascending higher up the stream , unloaded at the head of navigation , from which point the goods were carried across the country to Philadelphia by teams , the blockade of the Delaware , by ...
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... river , and as it was much wanted at camp , he had been despatched to receive and for- ward it to head - quarters . There were as yet no signs of daybreak , when Major Gordon , who had slept but indifferently , awoke and looked at his ...
... river , and as it was much wanted at camp , he had been despatched to receive and for- ward it to head - quarters . There were as yet no signs of daybreak , when Major Gordon , who had slept but indifferently , awoke and looked at his ...
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... river , off whose mouth occurred the transactions recorded in the preceding chap- ters , stands the village , or rather hamlet , of Sweetwater . It is one of those quiet , solitary spots , nestled by lake and wood , which makes visitors ...
... river , off whose mouth occurred the transactions recorded in the preceding chap- ters , stands the village , or rather hamlet , of Sweetwater . It is one of those quiet , solitary spots , nestled by lake and wood , which makes visitors ...
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... river front , the whole place smells dreadfully , leastways to a man from the woods . Before the war broke out , some of my acquaintances there , rich men , you know , used to come down here to hunt awhile , once a year . It was a sight ...
... river front , the whole place smells dreadfully , leastways to a man from the woods . Before the war broke out , some of my acquaintances there , rich men , you know , used to come down here to hunt awhile , once a year . It was a sight ...
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... river . Lord Howe considered the revolution virtually at an end , and issued his proclamation , offering pardon to all who , within sixty days , would lay down their arms and take the oath of allegiance . 66 You do not know , Miss ...
... river . Lord Howe considered the revolution virtually at an end , and issued his proclamation , offering pardon to all who , within sixty days , would lay down their arms and take the oath of allegiance . 66 You do not know , Miss ...
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added answered Kate Arab Arrison Aunt Chloe awhile beautiful began bloodhound boat Captain Powell CHAPTER Charles child companion conflagration continued Count Pulaski countenance cousin cried dame dark death debbil Emerson Bennett Eugene Sue eyes face fire followed forest Forks G. W. M. Reynolds girl glancing half hand head hear heard heart heerd hero heroine hope horse hour instant Kate's knew lady laugh Liberty or death listened looked Lord Maggy Major Gordon miles Miss Aylesford morning Mullen Neck never niece night once outlaws patriots paused person Pomp Price 25 Price 50 cents reached refugees replied ride river road rushed seemed seen ship shore side sight soon spoke stood suddenly Sweetwater there's thing thought trees Trenton turned Uncle Lawrence Valentine Vox voice Warren watch wave whole wild wind woods words young
Popular passages
Page 279 - By thine Agony and bloody Sweat ; by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us.
Page 78 - SWEET AUBURN ! loveliest village of the plain, Where health and plenty cheered the laboring swain, Where smiling spring its earliest visit paid, And parting summer's lingering blooms delayed : Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene...
Page 99 - Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned to stray ; Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
Page 278 - Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou vengeance of our sins : spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever.
Page 268 - Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on, And turns no more his head ; Because he knows, a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread.
Page 351 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...
Page 317 - God is also in sleep, and dreams advise. Which he hath sent propitious some great good Presaging, since, with sorrow and heart's distress Wearied, I fell asleep : but now lead on ; In me is no delay ; with thee to go Is to stay here ; without thee here to stay Is to go hence unwilling ; thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places thou. Who for my wilful crime art banish'd hence...
Page 142 - Never, lago. Like to the Pontic sea, Whose icy current and compulsive course Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on To the Propontic and the Hellespont ; Even so my bloody thoughts, with violent pace, Shall ne'er look back, ne'er ebb to humble love. Till that a capable and wide revenge Swallow them up. — Now, by yond marble heaven, In the due reverence of a sacred vow {Kneels, I here engage my words.
Page 323 - Is there, in human form, that bears a heart — A wretch ! a villain ! lost to love and truth ! That can, with studied, sly, ensnaring art, Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth...
Page 343 - Is an unlesson'd girl, unschool'd, unpractis'd; Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn; happier than this, She is not bred so dull but she can learn ; Happiest of all is, that her gentle spirit Commits itself to yours to be directed, As from her lord, her governor, her king.