 Sobieski, anxious for the fate of the day, mounted the dike, and looked eagerly around for the arrival of some messenger from the little army. As the wind blew strongly from the south, a cloud of dust precluded his view; but from the approach of firing...  Thaddeus of Warsaw ... - Page 31by Jane Porter - 1829Full view - About this book
 | Jane Porter - 1817 - 236 pages
...the little army. At the wind hlew strongly from the south, a cloud of dust precluded his view ; hut from the nearer approach of the firing, and the clashing of arms, he was led to fear that his friends had heen defeated, and were thus retreating towards the camp. He quitted the lines instantly, to call out... | |
 | Jane Porter - 1831 - 482 pages
...a backward step, their faces towards the foe. Meanwhile Sobieski, anxious for the fate of the day, mounted the dyke, and looked eagerly around for the...south, a cloud of dust precluded his view; but from the approach of firing, and the clashing of arms, he was led to fear that his friends had been defeated,... | |
 | William Godwin - 1832 - 964 pages
...a backward step, their faces towards the foe. Meanwhile Sobieski, nnxious for the fate of the day, mounted the dyke, and looked eagerly around for the...south, a cloud of dust precluded his view; but from the approach of firing, and the clashing of arms, he was led to fear that his friends had been defeated,... | |
 | Eva March Tappan - 1914 - 656 pages
...toward the foe. Meanwhile the Palatine Sobieski, anxious for the fate of the day, mounted the dike, and looked eagerly around for the arrival of some...south, a cloud of dust precluded his view; but from the approach of firing and the clash of arms, he was led to fear that his friends had been defeated, and... | |
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