The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral GroundPutnam, 1897 - 430 էջ |
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... officers of the mother - country with the wealthier and most powerful families of the vicinity , until , at the commencement of hostilities , their united influ- ence had very nearly thrown the colony into the scale on the side of the ...
... officers of the mother - country with the wealthier and most powerful families of the vicinity , until , at the commencement of hostilities , their united influ- ence had very nearly thrown the colony into the scale on the side of the ...
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... officers of the British army , " cried Sarah , smiling know- ingly on the pedler . " I know some of them by sight , " said Birch , glancing his eyes round the apartment , taking in their course Captain Wharton , and resting for an ...
... officers of the British army , " cried Sarah , smiling know- ingly on the pedler . " I know some of them by sight , " said Birch , glancing his eyes round the apartment , taking in their course Captain Wharton , and resting for an ...
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... officer in his regimentals . " I had flattered myself , " cried young Wharton , with a laugh , " that I looked better on the canvas than in a mas- querade . You must be a close observer , sir . " " Necessity has made me one , " said ...
... officer in his regimentals . " I had flattered myself , " cried young Wharton , with a laugh , " that I looked better on the canvas than in a mas- querade . You must be a close observer , sir . " " Necessity has made me one , " said ...
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... officer , a few guineas will buy off those rascals at any time , should I meet them . No , no , Mr. Birch , here I stay until morning . ' " Money could not liberate Major André , " said the pedler , dryly . Both the sisters now turned ...
... officer , a few guineas will buy off those rascals at any time , should I meet them . No , no , Mr. Birch , here I stay until morning . ' " Money could not liberate Major André , " said the pedler , dryly . Both the sisters now turned ...
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... officer , gathering himself up in military pride ; " no , Mr. Cæsar , running is not my trade . " While speaking , he walked deliberately to the window , where the family were already collected in the greatest consternation . At the ...
... officer , gathering himself up in military pride ; " no , Mr. Cæsar , running is not my trade . " While speaking , he walked deliberately to the window , where the family were already collected in the greatest consternation . At the ...
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The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground ; with the Portrait of the Author James Fenimore Cooper Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1842 |
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American appearance arms army aunt Betty body bosom brother Cæsar Captain Jack Captain Lawton Captain Wharton cheek Colonel Wellmere command companion comrade continued cottage countenance cried danger dear death door dragoons dreadful duty enemy escape exclaimed eyes face father feelings fire Flanagan followed Frances gazing gentleman George Singleton glance hand Harper Harvey Birch head heart Henry Wharton hill Hollister honor horse hour housekeeper inquired interrupted Isabella John Lawton Katy knew ladies light listened Locusts look Major Dunwoodie manner Mason Miss Peyton Miss Wharton musket never night observed officer party passed paused pedler prisoner replied retired returned rock Sarah seat seemed sentinel sergeant side silence Sir Henry Clinton sister Sitgreaves Skinner smile soldier soon stood surgeon thought threw tion took trooper troops turned Virginians voice washerwoman Washington woman wounded young youth