Historical Tales: The Romance of Reality, Том 1J.B. Lippincott, 1893 - 319 стор. |
Інші видання - Показати все
Historical Tales, the Romance of Reality: American Charles Morris Попередній перегляд недоступний - 2016 |
Загальні терміни та фрази
adventures alarm Albemarle American appeared armed army Arnold battle Biarni Blennerhasset boat Boone Boston British bullets camp canoes Captain captured Champe Champlain Colonel Colonel Sheppard colony command crew Cushing danger daring Eirek enemy England escape Ethan Allen eyes fell fire flames flight foes force forest Fort Schuyler fortune French frigate fugitives garrison gave governor Green Mountain boys Greenland guns hands haste hope horse hour hundred Indians iron-clad Iroquois island journey ketch knew lake Lake George land Leif Lexington men LIBBY PRISON Marion Merrimac miles militia minutes morning Morse night Norsemen officers onward party passed patriot peril Phips prisoners proved pursuers pushed Putnam quickly reached regicides returned rifle river road sail savages seemed seize sent sentinel ship shore shot side Simon Girty stood story strange stream told took troops vessel Vineland warriors Washington William Phips woods
Популярні уривки
Сторінка 95 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father ; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Сторінка 94 - I have been the more particular in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there.
Сторінка 232 - Well knows the fair and friendly moon The band that Marion leads,— The glitter of their rifles, The scampering of their steeds.
Сторінка 95 - Street wharf, near the boat I came in, to which I went for a draught of the river water; and being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther.
Сторінка 88 - Drum, drum, I say,' and turning to his excellency, said, 'If I am interrupted again I will make the sun shine through you in a moment.
Сторінка 94 - I was in my working dress, my best clothes being to come round by sea. I was dirty from my journey; my pockets were stuffed out with shirts and stockings, and I knew no soul nor where to look for lodging.
Сторінка 100 - But the Great Being above allowed it to be a place of residence for us ; so, fathers, I desire you to withdraw, as I have done our brothers the English ; for I will keep you at arm's length.
Сторінка 258 - I can make it go round the world," said Morse to his fellow-passengers, his imagination expanding in the ardor of his new idea. " Well, captain," he said, with a laugh, on leaving the ship, " should you hear of the telegraph one of these days as the wonder of the world, remembe'" that the discovery was made on board the good ship Sully.
Сторінка 95 - Thus refreshed, I walked again up the street, which by this time had many clean-dressed people in it, who were all walking the same way. I joined them, and thereby was led into the great meeting-house of the Quakers near the market...
Сторінка 90 - I set out however in a boat for Amboy, leaving my chest and things to follow me round by sea. In crossing the bay, we met with a squall that tore our rotten sails to pieces, prevented our getting into the Kill, and drove us upon Long Island.