 They paced the deck for the residue of the night in painful suspense, watching with intense anxiety for the return of day, and looking every few minutes at their watches, to see how long they must wait for it; and as soon as it dawned, and before it was...  The Anthony Memorial: A Catalogue of the Harris Collection of American ... - Page 277by Brown University. Library, Henry Bowen Anthony, Albert Gorton Greene, Caleb Fiske Harris, John Calvin Stockbridge - 1886 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
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...and looking every few minutes at their watches to see how long they must wait for it ; and as soon as it dawned, and before it was light enough to see...turned to the fort, uncertain whether they should see there the stars and stripes or the flag of the enemy. At length the light came, and they saw that our... | |
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...looking every few minutes at their watches, to see how long they must wait for it ; and as soon as it had dawned, and before it was light enough to see objects...turned to the fort, uncertain whether they should see there the stars and stripes, or the flag of the enemy. At length the light came, and they saw that... | |
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...single companion, he watched every shell from the moment it was fired until it fell. As soon as day dawned, and before it was light enough to see objects...turned to the fort, uncertain whether they should see there the Stars and Stripes or the flag of the enemy. During the night the conception of the poem began... | |
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