The battle has to be fought out, and the best way to safety is to win a victory.

I have not the least doubt that, as soon as it is known that the king has landed, there will be no more shilly-shallying or hesitation.

Every loyal man will mount his horse, and call out his tenants, and, in a few days, England will be in a blaze from end to end." Charlie troubled himself but little with what was going on.

His father had promised him that, when the time did come, he should ride by his side, and with that promise he was content to wait, knowing that, at present, his strength would be of but little avail, and that every week added somewhat to his weight and sinew.
One day he was in the garden with Ciceley.

The weather was hot, and the girl was sitting, in a swing, under a shady tree, occasionally starting herself by a push with her foot on the ground, and then swaying gently backward and forward, until the swing was again at rest.