Of course they ain't never been under fire yet, and it ain't likely they'll lick the hull
rebel army all-to-oncet the first time; but I think they'll fight better than some, if worse than others.
Now, were I a
rebel," said Miss Joliffe, half aloud, "I might fancy that the ghosts of these ancient governors had been summoned to form the funeral procession of royal authority in New England.
Until the very last morning after Washington's troops had shown themselves on Nook's Hill, these unfortunate persons could not believe that the audacious
rebels, as they called the Americans, would ever prevail against King George's army.
Bhurtee was relieved by Neill next day, but the
rebels took me away with them in their retreat, and it was many a long year before ever I saw a white face again.
Friends of Cecil's," he repeated, "'and so really dee-sire-
rebel.
Monsieur Colbert, we have passed all our lives in making
rebels, and yet you see plainly, that so far from being taken, we take others.
We went out to meet the
rebels at Shahgunge early in July, and we beat them back for a time, but our powder gave out, and we had to fall back upon the city.
If an she be a
rebel, I suppose you intend to betray her up to the court.
But the principal argument for reposing the power of pardoning in this case to the Chief Magistrate is this: in seasons of insurrection or rebellion, there are often critical moments, when a welltimed offer of pardon to the insurgents or
rebels may restore the tranquillity of the commonwealth; and which, if suffered to pass unimproved, it may never be possible afterwards to recall.
He carried a bunch of keys swung round his neck by a golden chain; his hands were thrust carelessly into his pockets, and he seemed to have no idea at all that the City was threatened by
rebels.
And seldom had small boys more need of a friend, for the morning after the siege the storm burst upon the
rebels in all its violence.
Bounderby, now blowing a gale, 'that there are a set of rascals and
rebels whom transportation is too good for
