 ... attack, the husband would fly with one child, the wife with another, and, perhaps, one only escape ; the village cavalcade, making its way to meeting on Sunday, in files on horseback, the farmer holding the bridle in one hand, and a child in the other,...  History of the Old Township of Dunstable: Including Nashua, Nashville ... - Pagina 92door Charles James Fox - 1846 - 278 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | George Bancroft - 1837 - 496 pagina’s
...the bridle in one hand, and a child in the other, his wife seated on a pillion behind him, it may be with a child in her lap, as was the fashion in those...villages, " like the lightning on the edge of the clouds." 1 What need of repeating the same tale of horrors ? Brookfield was set on fire, and rescued... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1839 - 494 pagina’s
...the bridle in one hand, and a child in the other, his wife seated on a pillion behind him, it may be with a child in her lap, as was the fashion in those...villages, " like the lightning on the edge of the clouds." l What need of repeating the same tale of horrors ? Brookfield was set on fire, and rescued... | |
 | 1839 - 648 pagina’s
...the bridle in one hand, and a child in the other, his wife seated on a pillion behind him, it may be with a child in her lap, as was the fashion in those...villages, ' like the lightning on the edge of the clouds.' " We are sure that the high opinion which we entertain of these volumes will be acquiesced... | |
 | John George Cochrane - 1841 - 510 pagina’s
...the bridle in one hand, and a child in the other, his wife seated on a pillion behind him, it may be with a child in her lap, as was the fashion in those...discharged with fatal aim from an ambuscade by the way side. The forest that protected the ambush of the Indians secured their retreat. They hung upon... | |
 | 1841 - 566 pagina’s
...the bridle in one hand, and a child in the other, his wife seated on a pillion behind him, it may be with a child in her lap, as was the fashion in those...discharged with fatal aim from an ambuscade by the way side. The forest that protected the ambush of the Indians secured their retreat. They hung upon... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1841 - 368 pagina’s
...the bridle in one hand, and a child in the other, his wife seated on a pillion behind him, it may be with a child in her lap, as was the fashion in those...moment when least expected, bullets would come whizzing amongst them, discharged from an ambuscade by the wayside. The forest, that protected the ambush of... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1844 - 500 pagina’s
...the bridle in one hand, and a child in the other, his wife seated on a pillion behind him, it may be with a child in her lap, as was the fashion in those...but, at the moment when least expected, bullets would whiz amongst them, discharged with fatal aim from an ambuscade by the way-side. The forest, that protected... | |
 | Elam Smalley - 1851 - 600 pagina’s
...the shepherd's boy among the sheep, were shot down by skulking foes, whose approach was invisible. The forest, that protected the ambush of the Indians,...villages, ' like the lightning on the edge of the clouds.' " What need of repeating the same tale of horrors ? Brookfield was set on fire, and rescued... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 948 pagina’s
...other, his wife seated on a pillion behind him, it may be with a child in her lap, as was the fashion of those days, could not proceed safely ; but, at the moment when least expected, bullets would whiz among them, discharged with fatal aim from an ambuscade by the wayside. The red men hung upon... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 948 pagina’s
...those days, could not proceed safely ; but, at the moment when least expected, bullets would whiz among them, discharged with fatal aim from an ambuscade by the wayside. The red men huug upon the skirts of the English villages ' like the lightning on the edge of the clouds.'... | |
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