 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1850 - 570 pàgines
...being able to tell an untruth without blushing, she was shut up, and the officer in command having the modesty not to search her at the time, he sent for an old tory matron as more fitting for the purpose. Emily was not wanting in expedients, and as soon as the door was closed she ate up the... | |
 | Elizabeth Fries Ellet - 1848 - 362 pàgines
...being able to tell an untruth without blushing, she was shut up ; and the officer in command having the modesty not to search her at the time, he sent for an old tory matron as more fitting for the purpose. Emily was not wanting in expedients, and as soon as the door was closed, she ate up the... | |
 | Jesse Clement - 1851 - 496 pàgines
...Coming from the direction of Greene's army and not being able to tell an untruth without blushing, Emily was suspected and confined to a room ; and as...expedient, and as soon as the door was closed and the bustle a little subsided, she ate wp the letter, piece by piece. After a while the matron arrived,... | |
 | Oliver Bell Bunce - 1852 - 484 pàgines
...Coming from the direction of Greene's army, and not being able to tell an untruth without blushing, Emily was suspected and confined to a room ; and as...expedient, and as soon as the door was closed and the bustle a little subsided, she ate up the letter, piece by piece. After a while the matron arrived,... | |
 | Jesse Clement - 1869 - 490 pàgines
...Coming from the direction of Greene's army and not being able to tell an untruth without blushing, Emily was suspected and confined to a room; and as the officer in command had the modest/ not to search her at tlie time, he sent for an old tory matron as more fitting for that purpose.... | |
 | Oliver Bell Bunce - 1870 - 466 pàgines
...Coming from the direction of Greene's army, and not being able to tell an untruth without blushing, Emily was suspected and confined to a room ; and as...in command had the modesty not to search her at the tune, he sent for an old tory matron as more fitting for that purpose. Emily was not wanting in expedient,... | |
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... information, except that she was mounted on horseback, upon a side-saddle, and on the second day of her journey she was intercepted by Lord Rawdon's scouts. Coming from the direction of Greene's army and not being able to tell an untruth without blushing... 