 | Francis Scott Key - American poetry - 1857 - 228 pages
...the fort had surrendered, or the attack upon it been abandoned. 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... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - Americanisms - 1859 - 570 pages
...of the poems of that writer. The following is condensed from it : "In the campaign of the British, during the war of 1S12, when they destroyed the Capitol...Mr. Skinner, and Dr. Beanes were then permitted to laud where they pleased. " Under the excitement of the time, Mr. Key, as he stated to Judge Taney,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...whether the fort had surrendered, or the attack upon it bad been abandoned. They paced the deck the rest of the night in painful suspense, watching with intense anxiety for the return of day. At length the lighf came, and they saw that ''our flag was still there," and soon they were informed that the attack... | |
 | Music - 1862 - 432 pages
...whether the fort hnd surrendered or the attack upon it been abandoned. They paced the deck the rest of the night in painful suspense, watching with intense...anxiety for the return of day, at length the light came, and they saw that "our flag was still there," and soon they were informed that the attack had failed.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...whether the fort had surrendered, or the attack upon it had been abandoned. They paced the deck the rest of the night in painful suspense, watching with intense...anxiety for the return of day. At length the light came, and they saw that "our flag was still there," and soon they were informed that the attack had failed.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1865 - 798 pages
...whether the fort had surrendered, or the attack upon it had Wen abandoned. They paced tho deck the rest of the night in painful suspense, watching with intense...anxiety for the return of day. At length the light came, and they saw that " our flag was still there," and soon they were informed that the attack had failed.... | |
 | Samuel Tyler - Electronic books - 1872 - 672 pages
...whether the fort had surrendered or the attack had been abandoned. 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... | |
 | John Thomas Scharf - 1879 - 878 pages
...whether the fort had surrendered or the attack had been abandoned. They paced the de.?k 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 us soon... | |
 | George Henry Preble - Flags - 1880 - 928 pages
...did not know whether the fort had surrendered or the attack been abandoned. They paced the deck for the remainder 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... | |
 | John Piersol McCaskey - Hymns, English - 1881 - 188 pages
...know whether the fort had surrendered or the attack been abandoned. They paced the deck for the rest of the night in painful suspense, watching with intense anxiety for the return of the day. As soon as it dawned, their glasses were turned to the fort, and, with a thrill of delight,... | |
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But it suddenly ceased some time before day ; and as they had no communication with any of the enemy's ships, they did not know whether the fort had surrendered, or the attack upon it been abandoned. 
