The Spirit of the Old DominionShepherd & Pollard, 1827 - 293 sider |
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Side 29
... dead.- " Ho ! sergeant , help ! " " Come this way and be damned to you , " said he , as he heard his quondam companion bawling his name through the house . In a moment the door of his prison was burst open with a tremendous crash , and ...
... dead.- " Ho ! sergeant , help ! " " Come this way and be damned to you , " said he , as he heard his quondam companion bawling his name through the house . In a moment the door of his prison was burst open with a tremendous crash , and ...
Side 30
... dead body of his tormentor , the Tory lieuterant , lying upon the floor . " Had I not been bullet proof , " said the sergeant , " that fellow would have given me my quietus ; he had the assurance to fire a pistol right into my eyes ...
... dead body of his tormentor , the Tory lieuterant , lying upon the floor . " Had I not been bullet proof , " said the sergeant , " that fellow would have given me my quietus ; he had the assurance to fire a pistol right into my eyes ...
Side 31
... dead rascal's body . " " But , " said Jarvis , hesi- tating , " there is a young lady in this house , to whom I owe my life : when Pyle , and his band of cut- throats , were in the act of butchering me to - night , when 1 was bound and ...
... dead rascal's body . " " But , " said Jarvis , hesi- tating , " there is a young lady in this house , to whom I owe my life : when Pyle , and his band of cut- throats , were in the act of butchering me to - night , when 1 was bound and ...
Side 40
... dead upon the field , and a large num- ber were desperately wounded . Enquiry was made by Lee into the cause of Eggleston's attack ; when it was discovered , that Pickens had not sufficiently concealed his militia in the woods ; they ...
... dead upon the field , and a large num- ber were desperately wounded . Enquiry was made by Lee into the cause of Eggleston's attack ; when it was discovered , that Pickens had not sufficiently concealed his militia in the woods ; they ...
Side 43
... dead bodies of the enemy yet lay unburied , and the shattered roofs , the crumbling walls , the desola- tion which reigned throughout the place , showed how far the resistance of the besieged had con- ducted the punishment . In passing ...
... dead bodies of the enemy yet lay unburied , and the shattered roofs , the crumbling walls , the desola- tion which reigned throughout the place , showed how far the resistance of the besieged had con- ducted the punishment . In passing ...
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appearance army Arnold awaiting Bacon battle of Trenton beloved beneath Benedict Arnold body bosom burst Carle Carmine cause Cavalier Champ Colonel Pyle commander commenced cottage countenance death deep desperate door Drumhead earth Edgar enemy enemy's escape excited exclaimed face faithful band fate father feelings fellow fire Flint Mills Flora Fosdyck gallant gave gazed glow Governor hand Haw river head heard heart honour horse horses hoofs hour Insurgent Chief Jamestown Jarvis Kanawha river lady Lee's legion legion length looked loud ment miserable morning Nathaniel Bacon neighbourhood never night officer once party Peaks of Otter prisoners rapidly rendered replied retired river scene seemed sergeant Sir William Berkeley slowly song soon sorrow spirit spot strange stranger sunk sword Tarleton Templeton Thornhill thought tink tion tone Tory traitor troops uncle Virginia voice whole wild young Mountaineer
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Side 249 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Side 293 - Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might...
Side 293 - Sea fruits, that tempt the eye, But turn to ashes on the lips ! His country's curse, his children's shame. Outcast of virtue, peace, and fame. May he, at last, with lips of flame On the parch'd desert thirsting die, — While lakes that shone in mockery nigh...
Side 293 - Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim, — With hopes, that but allure to fly, With joys, that vanish while he sips, Like Dead- Sea fruits, that tempt the eye, But turn to ashes on the lips...
Side 64 - BALQUHITHER. LET us go, lassie, go, To the braes o' Balquhither, Where the blaeberries grow 'Mang the bonnie Highland heather ; Where the deer and the rae, Lightly bounding together, Sport the lang summer day On the braes o
Side 65 - I'll cover it o'er Wi' the flowers o' the mountain ; I will range through the wilds, And the deep glens sae dreary, And return wi" their spoils To the bower o' my dearie. When the rude wintry win...
Side 70 - But she'll plague you, and vex you, Distract and perplex you ; False-hearted and ranging, Unsettled and changing, What then do you think, she is like ? Like a sand ? like a rock ? Like a wheel ? like a clock ? Ay, a clock that is always at strike.
Side 92 - Which like a pestilence sweeps the lower sky, Dreaded by every orb and planet nigh. This hath my father heard. Oh ! Marcian, He is a worldly and a cruel man, And made me once a victim ; but again It shall not be. I have had too much of pain, Too much for such short hours as life affords, And I would fain from out the golden hoards Of joy, pluck Some fair ornament, at last, To gild my life with — but my life hath past.
Side 293 - ... Outcast of virtue, peace, and fame. May he, at last, with lips of flame On the parch'd desert thirsting die, — While lakes that shone in mockery nigh Are fading off...
Side 64 - twas wild and grand, The praise of hearts that scorn the world's control, Disdaining all but Love's delicious band, The chain of gold and flowers, the tie of soul.