Braddock: A Story of the French and Indian WarsFunk & Wagnall's Company, 1893 - 470 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 82
Page 3
... asked : 66 What does she look like ? " " A large frigate , bearing down upon us , sir ! " A whisper ran over the deck that the strange ship was a French frigate . The English crew had cause to become excited by the appearance of a ...
... asked : 66 What does she look like ? " " A large frigate , bearing down upon us , sir ! " A whisper ran over the deck that the strange ship was a French frigate . The English crew had cause to become excited by the appearance of a ...
Page 14
... asked them to take up the hatchet against the English , but that they had refused , because their friendship for the people of Massachusetts was " as firm as the mountain , and as enduring as the sun and moon . ” Some of those hardy ...
... asked them to take up the hatchet against the English , but that they had refused , because their friendship for the people of Massachusetts was " as firm as the mountain , and as enduring as the sun and moon . ” Some of those hardy ...
Page 22
... asked . " I cannot go much further . " " Be brave , Mrs. Williams . Live for your hus- band and five children ! " said George . She made a noble effort to keep up ; but , com- ing to the foot of the mountain , she cast her eyes up the ...
... asked . " I cannot go much further . " " Be brave , Mrs. Williams . Live for your hus- band and five children ! " said George . She made a noble effort to keep up ; but , com- ing to the foot of the mountain , she cast her eyes up the ...
Page 34
... asked : " Will you inform the governor of our arrival ? ” " It will be of no use , monsieur . much engaged . " He is very " Will you tell him Pierre De Vere , from Grand Pre , Acadia , is waiting ? " " Pierre De Vere , " said the ...
... asked : " Will you inform the governor of our arrival ? ” " It will be of no use , monsieur . much engaged . " He is very " Will you tell him Pierre De Vere , from Grand Pre , Acadia , is waiting ? " " Pierre De Vere , " said the ...
Page 37
... asked M. De Vere . " I have just been at the bedside of a dying sinner , " the priest answered , " and my soul is filled with grief . Oh , ' tis heart - rending to witness the death of such an one ! " " Could you not give him absolution ...
... asked M. De Vere . " I have just been at the bedside of a dying sinner , " the priest answered , " and my soul is filled with grief . Oh , ' tis heart - rending to witness the death of such an one ! " " Could you not give him absolution ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Acadian Adele admiral Adrianne American answered army asked attack Augustine Braddock British brother camp Captain Stevens captured chief Colonel colonies command Coureur des Bois cried dark Earl of Loudon Egad Elmer Stevens enemy England English eyes father fell fire fleet forest Fort Edward Fort Necessity Fort William Henry France French French and Indians frontier gazed George Stevens George Washington Georgia governor Grand Grand Pre guns head heard horses hundred Jean Lake Lake George land Lawrence lieutenant Logstown Loudon Mademoiselle Major Bridges miles military militia Miss Philipse Monsieur De Barre Montcalm musket never night Noah Stevens officers Oglethorpe prisoners provincials Quebec Quesne regulars returned rifles river royal sail Salle Saturfield savages sent ship shore side soldiers soon South Carolinia Spaniards story stranger thousand town troops Vaudreuil vessels Virginia Williamsburg Winslow Wolfe wounded York young Zounds