Christian against the ferocious curses of the Moor, the clouds of smoke rolled away from the eastern point of the rampart, and the golden head of the sun peered from the horizon. Its first ray shot direct upon the radiant crest of Aben Humeya, and a rifle... The Pastor's Fire-side: A Novel - Pagina 168door Jane Porter - 1817Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
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...amidst the still grappling of foe to foe, and the anathemas of 7 the Christian against the ferociouJ curses of the Moor, the clouds of smoke rolled away...cry was echoed from rank to rank with shrieks and howjings ; and a single blast of a trumpet immediately succeeded. The breach was abandoned, as if by... | |
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...redoubled fury. " I did not fire in vain :—the bullet sped—the bandit leaped high from the ground, and in spite of a momentary exertion in its victim to spring forward, he staggered and fell on his back, and the sanguine stream issued from his side in torrents. He lifted his powerless hand... | |
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