 | Peace - 1834 - 242 pages
...the most delicate and accomplished young women in society, equally chaste [?] and ' warlike. Those modern Camillas felt a veneration for the profession of arms. — they delighted in the smoke of cannon, and the sound of the trumpet. ' Often,' a general told me, ' in the most desperate crisis of... | |
 | American literature - 1835 - 638 pages
...aides-de-camp, two of the most beautiful, the most delicate, and accomplished women in society, of the time : equally chaste and warlike, these modern Camillas...profession of arms — they delighted in the smoke of the'cannon, and the sound of the trumpet. Often, a General told me, in the most desperate cries of... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Manners and customs - 1845 - 364 pages
...aides-de-camp two of the most beautiful, accomplished and delicate young women in the society of that time. Equally chaste and warlike, these modern Camillas...smoke of the cannon and the sound of the trumpet. In the most desperate charges of the battle, their slender but animated voices were heard rallying... | |
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... French women do not love so violently, — as by a passion for that action and adventure which they are willing to seek, even in a camp. At the battle of... 