Horse-Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory AscendencyJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1860 - 598 sider |
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Allen Musgrove amongst arms army Arthur Butler battle of Camden better brave brother Captain Carolina Christopher Shaw Colonel command companion comrade Cornwallis Cote daughter David Ramsay door Dove Cote duty earnest enemy ensign exclaimed father fear feelings followed forest Galbraith girl give Habershaw halted hand Harry Winter head hear heard heart Henry Horse Shoe Robinson hour Innis James Curry Jermyn John Ramsay journey lady laugh Lindsay look Lord Cornwallis Major Butler Mary Musgrove Mildred's miles mind Mistress morning mought mountain night North Carolina officer party Peppercorn Philip Lindsay present prisoner replied Butler replied Horse Shoe replied Mildred retreat ride rifle river road saddle sergeant side silent sister soldier soon speak Stephen Stephen Foster Tarleton tell thought tion tone Tories travellers troopers troops turned Tyrrel Wat Adair Waxhaws Whigs whilst woods word young
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Side 461 - The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper Wails manhood in glory. The autumn winds rushing Waft the leaves that are searest, But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest.
Side 435 - Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near ! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear : When, waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again...
Side 579 - They closed full fast on every side, No slackness there was found; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground.
Side 269 - I will not leave one of you to be put upon a musterroll if you raise a hand at this moment." Both parties now stood, for a brief space^ eyeing each other in a fearful suspense, during which there was an expression of...
Side 265 - I know the place very well," said the sergeant, very thoughtfully ; "there is woods just on this side of it." "That's true," replied the dame; "but what is it you are thinking about, Mr. Robinson?" " How long before this rain began was it that they quitted this house?"
Side 266 - I will say no more," answered the mother. " But Andy, my child, be sure to let Mr. Robinson keep before you." Horse Shoe now loaded the fire-arms, and having slung the pouch across his body, he put the pistol into the hands of the boy ; then shouldering his rifle, he and his young ally left the room. Even on this occasion, serious as it might be deemed, the sergeant did not depart without giving some manifestation of that lightheartedness which no difficulties ever seemed to have the power to conquer.
Side 267 - I remembered the old field up here, and the little log hut in the middle of it; and it was natural to suppose that they had just got about near that hut, when this rain came up; and then, it was the most supposable case in the world, that they would naturally go into it, as the driest place they could find. So now, you see, it's my calculation that the whole batch is there at this very point of time. We will go slowly along, until we get to the other end of this wood, in sight of the old field, and...
Side 267 - The lad did as he was directed, and Horse Shoe, having secured his rifle in the same way, put his horse up to a gallop, and took the road in the direction that had been pursued by the soldiers. As soon as our adventurers had gained a wood, at the distance of about half a mile, the sergeant relaxed his speed, and advanced at a pace a little above a walk. "Andy," he said, "we have got rather a ticklish sort of a job before us, so I must give you your lesson, which you will understand better by knowing...
Side 267 - we have got rather a ticklish sort of a job before us, so I must give you your lesson, which you will understand better by knowing something of my plan. As soon as your mother told me that these thieving villains had left her house about fifteen minutes before the rain came on, and that they had gone along upon this road, I remembered the old field up here, and the little log hut in the middle of it; and it was natural to suppose that they had just got about near that hut when this rain came up ;...
Side 269 - Lower your rifle, sir. In the presence of a superior force, taken by surprise and without arms, it is my duty to save bloodshed. With the promise of fair usage and the rights of prisoners of war, I surrender this little foraging-party under my command." "I'll make the terms agreeable,