They are as different in their form as the owners are in their dress; and every tent is a portraiture of the temper and taste of the persons who encamp in it. Some are made of boards and some of sailcloth ; some partly of one and partly of the other.... The Harvard Graduates' Magazine - Página 601editado por - 1920Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 páginas
...of sail-cloth. Some partly of the one, " and partly of the other. Others again are made " of stone and turf, brick or brush. Some are " thrown up in...marquees, looking like " the regular camp of the enemy." * • There was one deficiency, however, which no CHAP, skill in Washington could retrieve or atone... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1851 - 572 páginas
...of sail-cloth. Some partly of the one, " and partly of the other. Others again are made " of stone and turf, brick or brush. Some are " thrown up in a hurry, others cwriously wrought " with doors and windows, done with wreaths and " withes in the manner of a basket.... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 606 páginas
...some of sail-cloth ; some partly of one and partly of the other. Again, others are made of stone or turf, brick or brush. Some are thrown up in a hurry ; others are curiously wrought with doors and windows, done with wreaths and withes, in the manner of a basket.... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 594 páginas
...some of sail-cloth ; some partly of one and partly of the other. Again, others are made of stone or turf, brick or brush. Some are thrown up in a hurry ; others are curiously wrought with doors and windows, done with wreaths and withes, in the manner of a basket.... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1851 - 596 páginas
...some of sail-cloth ; some partly of one and partly of the other. Again, others are mad«of stone or turf, brick or brush. Some are thrown up in a hurry : others are curiously wrought with doors and windows, done with wreaths and withes, in the manner of a basket... | |
| Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 426 páginas
...some of sailcloth. Some partly of the one, and partly of the other. Others again are made of stone and turf, brick or brush. ' Some are thrown up in...marquees, looking like the regular camp of the "enemy."* There was one deficiency, however, which no skill in Washington could retrieve or atone for, and which... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 410 páginas
...some of sailcloth. Some partly of the one, and partly of the other. ' Others again are made of stone and turf, brick or brush. ' Some are thrown up in...marquees, looking like the regular camp of the ' enemy." * There was one deficiency, however, which no skill in Washington could retrieve or atone for, and... | |
| Washington Irving - 1855 - 554 páginas
...some are partly of one, and partly of the other. Again others are made of stone and turf, brick and brush. Some are thrown up in a hurry, others curiously wrought with wreaths and withes." One of the encampments, however, was in striking contrast with the rest, and might... | |
| John Stetson Barry - 1857 - 494 páginas
...of sailcloth ; some partly of the one, and partly of the other. Again, others are made of stone arid turf, brick or brush. Some are thrown up in a hurry...a basket. Some are your proper tents and marquees, look1 Gordon's Am. Rev. i. 368 ; Ram- the losses then sustained, say's Am. Rev. i. 222 ; Bradford,... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 594 páginas
...and some of sailcloth. Some partly of one and partly of the other. Again, others are made of stone and turf, brick or brush. Some are thrown up in a hurry, others curiously wrought, the doors and windows done with wreaths and withes in the manner of a basket. Some are your proper... | |
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