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... officers , band , and married soldiers were scattered upon ground slightly elevated , and backed by groves of dark - green foliage . In the centre of the plateau stood one solitary magnificent butter - nut tree , the branches of which ...
... officers , band , and married soldiers were scattered upon ground slightly elevated , and backed by groves of dark - green foliage . In the centre of the plateau stood one solitary magnificent butter - nut tree , the branches of which ...
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the officers ' tents were nestled , peeping up here and there from the afore- said fringe of forest which formed the limit of the turf . The many- coloured stripes of their canvass , coming out against the dark wood , made an unrivalled ...
the officers ' tents were nestled , peeping up here and there from the afore- said fringe of forest which formed the limit of the turf . The many- coloured stripes of their canvass , coming out against the dark wood , made an unrivalled ...
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... officer to visit every night a guard placed at the ferry below the Falls , at a short distance from them . A narrow path led ... Officers were invited , but only to fill up the intervals between a given number of guests , and by way of ...
... officer to visit every night a guard placed at the ferry below the Falls , at a short distance from them . A narrow path led ... Officers were invited , but only to fill up the intervals between a given number of guests , and by way of ...
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were all spread out for the benefit of the broiling sun , before each officer's tent . The heterogeneous mixtures of scarlet hunting coats , top boots , leather breeches , & c . , to say nothing of sundry dozens of shirts , was ...
were all spread out for the benefit of the broiling sun , before each officer's tent . The heterogeneous mixtures of scarlet hunting coats , top boots , leather breeches , & c . , to say nothing of sundry dozens of shirts , was ...
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... officers stowed away in two of the great hotels , and in sundry shantys and sheds in Drum- mondville ; and the company to which I belonged put up in a large building in Lundy's Lane - classic ground , on which the battle was fought , in ...
... officers stowed away in two of the great hotels , and in sundry shantys and sheds in Drum- mondville ; and the company to which I belonged put up in a large building in Lundy's Lane - classic ground , on which the battle was fought , in ...
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Seite 40 - To the broad column which rolls on, and shows More like the fountain of an infant sea Torn from the womb of mountains by the throes Of a new world, than only thus to be Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly, With many windings, through the vale :— Look back! Lo ! where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in its track, Charming the eye with dread, — a matchless cataract...
Seite 56 - The unencumbered Eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish : the Eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more certain aim, descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods.
Seite 134 - Train up a child in the way he should go, and he will not depart from it...
Seite 56 - His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself with half-opened wings, on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surge foam around.
Seite 40 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death.bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Seite 247 - LETTERS OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND.— Now first collected from the Originals in Royal Archives, and from other Authentic Sources, private as well as public. Edited, with Historical Introduction and Notes, by JO Halliwell.
Seite 56 - ... but man; and from the ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad, at one glance, on an immeasurable expanse of forests, fields, lakes and ocean, deep below him ; he appears indifferent to the...
Seite 56 - Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear, as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around ! At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all...
Seite 407 - YE who would save your features florid, Lithe limbs, bright eyes, unwrinkled forehead, From Age's devastation horrid, Adopt this plan, — 'Twill make, in climate cold or torrid, A hale old man : Avoid, in youth, luxurious diet ; Restrain the passions' lawless riot ; Devoted to domestic quiet, Be wisely gay ; So shall ye, spite of Age's fiat, Resist decay.
Seite 56 - ... glance, on an immeasurable expanse of forests, fields, lakes, and ocean, deep below him, he appears indifferent to the little localities of change of seasons ; as in a few minutes he can pass from summer to winter, from the lower to the higher regions of the atmosphere, the abode of eternal cold, and from thence descend at will to the torrid or the arctic regions of the earth.