The Light Dragoon Or, the Rancheros of the Poisoned Lance
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Hazel, Harry) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from The Light Dragoon Or, the Rancheros of the Poisoned Lance: A Tale of the Battle Fields of Mexico In which our readers arc introduced to a very pretty girl - to the village in which she resided, and to an old soldier who had ´ done the state some service.´ An Interesting Interview. News from the War. Arrival of a Recruiting Officer. Symptoms of an Excitement. Rosalia Granville - pretty, blue-eyed, rosy-cheeked Rosalia - everybody knew her - that is, every body who resides within two leagues round about the beautiful village of L - situated - we sha´nt tell exactly the spot - but somewhere north of Mason & Dixon´s Line; and if the reader can boast of Yankee origin, he will be able to guess, if he but follow us through the startling adventures of his romance in real life. We feel a decided reluctance in divulging the locale of several of our characters, for the very simple reason, that they, being naturally sensitive, might demur at the somewhat free use we intend to make of them; and when they return from the wars, flushed with victory, and find themselves the heroes of a romance, their belligerent spirits might make a demonstration in a quarter where it would be decidedly disagreeable to our feelings. We commenced with Rosalia Granville, and we wish our readers to know more of her, before we begin to weave the curious and mysterious plots and counterplots which must necessarily characterise our story. - Rose - as she was familiarly called for brevity´s sake - we said was pretty, and had blue eyes; her figure was petite, sylph-like in proportion, and light and agile as a fairy-queen´s; but these qualities, however fascinating, were the least of Rose Granville´s charms. Her eyes, like all blue eyes, were mild, when not kindled with the fire that is sometimes hidden within the soul, even of azure-eyed beauties. Seldom, it is true, did the concealed fire radiate from her countenance. Seldom was it that the latent spirit brought into activity those qualities which the world had not yet seen - but when they were aroused, her eyes twinkled like twin* stars from their spheres, full of fire, soul, life and love. Rose Granville, within the little circle of her acquaintance, was known but as a mild, amiable beauty - intelligent, witty, agreeable and lovely withal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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