The Partisan: A Tale of the Revolution, Հատոր 2Harper & Brothers, 1835 |
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... close strife - the desperate struggle ; the contest , unrelaxing , unyielding to the last , save only with death or conquest . These old trees have looked down upon blood and battles ; the thick array and the solitary combat between ...
... close strife - the desperate struggle ; the contest , unrelaxing , unyielding to the last , save only with death or conquest . These old trees have looked down upon blood and battles ; the thick array and the solitary combat between ...
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... close to the gushing spring , and silent in the bush , like the tiger in his jungle , awaiting until the foragers had squatted around it for the enjoyment of their mid- day meal ; then , rushing forth with a fierce halloo , seize upon ...
... close to the gushing spring , and silent in the bush , like the tiger in his jungle , awaiting until the foragers had squatted around it for the enjoyment of their mid- day meal ; then , rushing forth with a fierce halloo , seize upon ...
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... close in the thick and knotty wood , which girdled the swamp , we will at present leave him . Singleton had well concealed his little squadron in the same shelter . Like a true partisan , he had omit- ted no precautions . His scouts ...
... close in the thick and knotty wood , which girdled the swamp , we will at present leave him . Singleton had well concealed his little squadron in the same shelter . Like a true partisan , he had omit- ted no precautions . His scouts ...
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... close clustering with his troop in the deep wood that lay behind it . Here , for a brief period at least , his lurking - place was secure , and he only desired it for a few days longer . Known to the enemy , he could not have held it ...
... close clustering with his troop in the deep wood that lay behind it . Here , for a brief period at least , his lurking - place was secure , and he only desired it for a few days longer . Known to the enemy , he could not have held it ...
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... close upon the left hand fork of the White Oak Branch , a leetle above the road that runs to Williamsburg . I come down that road when I crossed the Santee . " " And where did you cross the Santee ? " " At Vance's ; I ' spose you know ...
... close upon the left hand fork of the White Oak Branch , a leetle above the road that runs to Williamsburg . I come down that road when I crossed the Santee . " " And where did you cross the Santee ? " " At Vance's ; I ' spose you know ...
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approach arms army Baron De Kalb beheld Blonay brave British calabash Camden Charlestown close Colonel Proctor Colonel Walton command continentals Cornwallis creek cried Cypress danger Davis dear death Dorchester duty enemy father feel fight force Gaskens Gates glance hand hear heard hoecake hope horse hour Humphries hurried John Davis Kalb Kate Katharine keep knew Lance Frampton laugh lips looked Lord Rawdon Major Singleton maniac Marion ment mind Miss Walton moved movement never night North Carolina Oakenburg officers once orders partisan party Porgy prisoner quiet Rawdon reply rest river road Robert rush Santee Sargeant Hastings scouts seemed sergeant soldier soon spirit spoke spot steed stood strife Swamp Fox sword Tarleton tell terrapin there's thick thing thought Thumbscrew tion tisans tories tree troop trooper turned voice watched Wateree river Wetherspoon whigs wild wood words
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Էջ 8 - Now pile the brush and roll the log : Hard pillow, but a soldier's head, That's half the time in brake and bog, Must never think of softer bed. The owl is hooting to the night, The cooter crawling o'er the bank, And in that pond the plashing light Tells where the alligator sank.
Էջ 7 - We follow where the Swamp Fox* guides, His friends and merry men are we ; And when the troop of Tarleton rides, We burrow in the cypress tree. The turfy hammock is our bed, Our home is in the red deer's den, Our roof, the tree-top overhead, For we are wild and hunted men.
Էջ 8 - And that's a sign we move in haste. He whistles to the scouts and hark! You hear his order calm and low. Come, wave your torch across the dark, And let us see the boys that go. We may not see their forms again, God help 'em, should they find the strife!
Էջ 8 - ... stir the fire, and lie at ease, The scouts are gone, and on the brush I see the colonel bend his knees, To take his slumbers too — but, hush ! He's praying, comrades : 'tis not strange ; The man that's fighting day by day, May well, when night comes, take a change, And down upon his knees to pray.
Էջ 7 - We fly by day and shun its light, But prompt to strike the sudden blow, We mount and start with early night, And through the forest track our foe, And soon he hears our chargers leap, The flashing saber blinds his eyes, And ere he drives away his sleep, And rushes from his camp, he dies.
Էջ 9 - tis the signal ! start so soon. And through the Santee swamp so deep, Without the aid of friendly moon, And we, Heaven help us! half asleep! But courage, comrades! Marion leads, The Swamp Fox takes us out to-night; So clear your swords, and spur your steeds, There's goodly chance, I think, of fight. X. We follow where the Swamp Fox guides, We leave the swamp and cypress tree, Our spurs are in our coursers...
Էջ 8 - Our spurs are in our coursers' sides, And ready for the strife are we. The tory camp is now in sight, And there he cowers within his den; He hears our shout, he dreads the fight, He fears, and flies from Marion's men.
Էջ 6 - ... crowded vessels, flying from the land they had vainly struggled to subdue. You should hear the old housewives dilate upon these transactions. You should hear them paint the disasters, the depression of the Carolinians ! how their chief city was besieged and taken ; their little army dispersed or cut to pieces ; and how the invader marched over the country, and called it his. Anon, they would show you the little gathering in the swamp — the small scouting squad timidly stealing forth into the...
Էջ 196 - The troops will observe the profoundest silence upon the march ; and any soldier who offers to fire without the command of his officer, must be instantly put to death.
Էջ 6 - ... aims at larger game. Under some such leader as Colonel Washington, you should see them, anon, well mounted, streaking along the Ashley river road, by the peep of day, well skilled in the management of their steeds, whose high necks beautifully arch under the curb, while, in obedience to their riders' will, they plunge fearlessly through brake and through brier, over the fallen tree, and into the suspicious water Heedless of all things but the proper achievement of their bold adventure, the warriors...