The Pastor's Fire-side: A Romance, Volume 4Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821 |
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Page 87
... camp . The moment it was told him , he ordered our countrymen to be pursued and seized ; and , at the same time , he denounced a similar fate , to all who should henceforward presume to bear any Spanish THE PASTOR'S FIRE - SIDE . 87.
... camp . The moment it was told him , he ordered our countrymen to be pursued and seized ; and , at the same time , he denounced a similar fate , to all who should henceforward presume to bear any Spanish THE PASTOR'S FIRE - SIDE . 87.
Page 89
... evening Santa Cruz ordered a flag of truce to be in readiness for the Moorish camp at day - break . At the mention of so dangerous an expedition , every officer shrunk back . None spoke . But Santa THE PASTOR'S FIRE - SIDE . 89.
... evening Santa Cruz ordered a flag of truce to be in readiness for the Moorish camp at day - break . At the mention of so dangerous an expedition , every officer shrunk back . None spoke . But Santa THE PASTOR'S FIRE - SIDE . 89.
Page 91
... camp . Another volley succeeded , and the plain was again obscured again it cleared ; but no Louis was to be seen . Vengeance alone now occupied the breasts of the men upon the Spanish lines . Their courage revived with their ...
... camp . Another volley succeeded , and the plain was again obscured again it cleared ; but no Louis was to be seen . Vengeance alone now occupied the breasts of the men upon the Spanish lines . Their courage revived with their ...
Page 92
... camp . The horse of Louis had been transfixed by two balls , and lay struggling on the ground . He ex- tricated himself from the dying animal , and was rising from its side , just as the salley - port of Ceuta opened , to rescue or ...
... camp . The horse of Louis had been transfixed by two balls , and lay struggling on the ground . He ex- tricated himself from the dying animal , and was rising from its side , just as the salley - port of Ceuta opened , to rescue or ...
Page 93
... camp , and depend on Providence for conducting him to the presence of his father . Santa Cruz would not hear him to an end . He regarded this last act , of firing upon a single man , as so glaring a proof of apostacy from honour , as ...
... camp , and depend on Providence for conducting him to the presence of his father . Santa Cruz would not hear him to an end . He regarded this last act , of firing upon a single man , as so glaring a proof of apostacy from honour , as ...
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Aben Humeya Adelmelek Alice answered apostacy arms Athelstone Barbary Basha Blas bosom breast brother camp cella Ceuta CHAP Christian clasped command Coningsby Cornelia countenance cousin cried dark death dispatched drew Duke de Ripperda Duke of Wharton Duke Wharton Duke's enemy exclaimed eyes face faith father fear fell Ferdinand fortress garrison gazed Gibraltar Governor of Gibraltar hand happy head heard heart heaven honour hope hour King knees knew Larach Lindisfarne lips looked Lorenzo Louis de Montemar Louis's Marcella Marchioness Marquis de Montemar Marquis Santa Cruz Martini ment Mequinez mind Moorish Moors Morewick mother Muley Hamet ness never night noble obeyed once passed Pastor Patinos Penil Queen renegado replied Louis rose Sidi sigh silent Sister of Mercy smile smuggler soon soul Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit spoke stood tears tenderness Tetuan thought tion told troops turned uncle Uzeda virtue voice wish wounds