Burton: Or, The Sieges. A RomanceW. H. Colyer, 1847 |
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Sida 167 - Hebrew seers foretold an era when war and strife should cease, when every man should sit under his own vine and fig-tree with none to molest or make him afraid...
Sida 145 - And skims like a bird o'er the ice-bound flood. Now he catches the gleam from the cabin door, Which tells that his toilsome journey's o'er. Our cabin is small, and coarse our cheer, But love has spread the banquet here; And childhood springs to be caressed By our well-beloved and welcome guest.
Sida 167 - Then shall the sword be turned into a ploughshare, and the spear into a pruning hook...
Sida 144 - Lightly we spring the fire to raise, Till the rafters glow with the ruddy blaze.
Sida 183 - That he wished a compact might be settled at this time, when no decisive blow was struck, and neither party could allege being compelled to enter into such agreement. " That in case congress were disposed to treat, many things which they had not...
Sida 29 - I fear, sir," he added, addressing him, " that you may prove too inexperienced for the task to which you have been appointed. By the mass ! 1 would that your chief had chosen a more fitting messenger." " Sir Chevalier," replied the young soldier, with spirit, " wisdom is not always found with gray hairs, nor is age the infallible test of experience. If devotion to the cause I have voluntarily embraced may be thrown into the scale against my youth, and if indifference to danger may be allowed to balance...
Sida 217 - It was defended by a battery in which were mounted a few pieces of artillery, about two hundred paces in front of which was a block-house and picket. The guard placed at the block-house, being chiefly Canadians, having given a random...
Sida 70 - I've lived with all my life, is odd enough. But thou hast not misplaced thy confidence ; and, for treating me like a reasonable being, as thou hast done, instead of doing thee an injury, I would fight for thee against my mother. But one thing I will frankly tell thee, father...
Sida 234 - I'll be debtor to the State the full sum, and not burden my conscience by robbing a poor wretch," he said, advancing to the bench heaped with coins. " Ha, mort de vie !" he exclaimed, as he detected the tray of clippings ; " is this the way thou servest the State's money ? I'll drag thee before the governor, and have thee hung higher than ever Haman was."