Lionel Lincoln: Or, The Leaguer of BostonD. Appleton, 1881 - 464 стор. |
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Abigail Pray Agnes already Americans answered appeared arms army baronet betrayed blood Boston bride calash Captain Polwarth Cecil changeling Charlestown child coln colonies colonists companion concealed continued countenance cried Danforth danger dark Dock Square door exclaimed eyes F. O. C. Darley face fear feelings fire followed gentleman glance grave grenadiers hand head heard heart hill honor hour instant interrupted Job Pray king King's Chapel lady Lechmere light light infantry listen look M'Fuse ma'am Major Lincoln manner ment Meriton Miss Dynevor mother night officer once party passed paused Province House Ralph Ravenscliffe religious province returned Lionel scene seated secret Seth Shearflint silent simpleton smile soldier soon speak spirit stood stranger streets succeeded sudden thing thou thought tion town troops turned uncon uttered valet voice whole wish woman young youth
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Сторінка 268 - But woe unto you, Pharisees ! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 43 Woe unto you, Pharisees ! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. 44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
Сторінка 195 - ... it was that the judgment of Heaven fell on mother and son — sickness made him what you see, a being with the form, but without the reason of man, and I have grown the wretch I am. But it has all been foretold, and warnings enough have I had of it all ; for is it not said, that He 'will visit the sins of the fathers upon the children until the third and fourth generation }' Thank God, my sorrows and sins will end with Job, for there never can be a third to suffer !"
Сторінка 228 - ... demanded the richest display of the pageantry of war. The troops formed with beautiful accuracy, and the columns moved steadily along the shore, and took their assigned stations under cover of the brow of the eminence. Their force was in some measure divided; one moiety attempting the toilsome ascent of the hill, and the other moving along the beach, or in the orchards of the more level ground, towards the husbandmen on the meadows.
Сторінка 235 - Fresh companies were placed in the columns, and most of the troops were withdrawn from the meadows, leaving merely a few skirmishers to amuse the Americans who lay behind the fence. When each disposition was completed, the final signal was given to advance. Lionel had taken post in his regiment, but marching on the skirt of the column he commanded a view of most of the scene of battle. In his front moved a battalion, reduced to a handful of men in the previous assaults. Behind these came a party...
Сторінка 456 - And woman's tears fell fast, and children wailed aloud. Then rose another hoary man and said, In faltering accents, to that weeping train, " Why mourn ye that our aged friend is dead ? Ye are not sad to see the gathered grain, Nor when their mellow fruit the orchards cast, Nor when the yellow...
Сторінка 231 - It shall be done, sir," repeated Clinton, as the other departed, his own honest brow sternly knit under high martial excitement. " The artillery have their orders, and the work will be accomplished without delay." "This, Major Lincoln!" cried his more sophisticated companion, " this is one of the trying duties of the soldier; To fight, to bleed, or even to die, for his prince, is his happy privilege : but it is sometimes his unfortunate lot to become the instrument of vengeance.
Сторінка 82 - Antony ; he hears no music ; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mocked himself and scorned his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.
Сторінка 228 - The advance of the British line, so beautiful and slow, resembled rather the ordered steadiness of a drill, than an approach to a deadly struggle. Their standards fluttered proudly above them; and there were moments when the wild music of their bands was heard rising on the air, and tempering the ruder sounds of the artillery. The young and thoughtless in their ranks turned their faces backward, and smiled exultingly, as they beheld steeples, roofs, masts, and heights, teeming with their thousands...