 | Charlotte Smith - 1793 - 358 páginas
...an opportunity he never before had of hearing the American party tell their own (lory, which ferved only to excite his pity for them, and a pity not unmixed with refpect ; while his aftonifhment increafed as he confidered the infatuation of the Britifli Cabinet,.... | |
 | Charlotte Smith - 1820 - 364 páginas
...done, he was alternately guarded by the British officers : — a circumstance that gave Orlando an opportunity he never before had of hearing the American...his new acquaintance when he thought of his wife and child — anguish with which Orlando well knew how to sympathize — his surprise and curiosity were... | |
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After he is out of it, Mrs. Smith talks of the Americans' . . . fighting in defence of their liberties (of all those rights which his campaign as a British officer had not made him forget were the most sacred to an Englishman... 