The Lucubrations of Humphrey Ravelin, Esq. [pseud.]: Late Major in the * * Regiment of Infantry ...G. and W. B. Whitaker, 1823 - 414 páginas |
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... hours of battles , marches , and counter- marches , during which the work stood still 1 ; they had always exemption from their toil as the price of listening , while " thrice again he slew the slain . " Besides , he had himself so many ...
... hours of battles , marches , and counter- marches , during which the work stood still 1 ; they had always exemption from their toil as the price of listening , while " thrice again he slew the slain . " Besides , he had himself so many ...
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... hour of gout or ennui , I shall promise myself their indulgence : if I am prolix and tedious , who is otherwise at sixty ? I have found that my sword made an indifferent ploughshare ; and , for aught I know , I may be as unsuccessful in ...
... hour of gout or ennui , I shall promise myself their indulgence : if I am prolix and tedious , who is otherwise at sixty ? I have found that my sword made an indifferent ploughshare ; and , for aught I know , I may be as unsuccessful in ...
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... hours of happiness , when we see every object in its liveliest colouring ; when the landscape glows with its softest ... hour was it that I now spent over my segar , in the contemplation of the earliest of my literary attempts . It was ...
... hours of happiness , when we see every object in its liveliest colouring ; when the landscape glows with its softest ... hour was it that I now spent over my segar , in the contemplation of the earliest of my literary attempts . It was ...
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... hour out of each day's labour , Havresack and myself are able , with his assistance , to form a file three deep ; in which order of density we can rush upon the hides alter- nately with pike and bayonet , to ascertain the comparative 34 ...
... hour out of each day's labour , Havresack and myself are able , with his assistance , to form a file three deep ; in which order of density we can rush upon the hides alter- nately with pike and bayonet , to ascertain the comparative 34 ...
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... hour stronger , that I shall survive to witness an entire change in the organisation of our infantry , as the result of my suggestions for their improvement . I have already prepared a memorial to the Commander in Chief , praying that ...
... hour stronger , that I shall survive to witness an entire change in the organisation of our infantry , as the result of my suggestions for their improvement . I have already prepared a memorial to the Commander in Chief , praying that ...
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Página 123 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Página 155 - ... let it appear that he doth not change his country manners for those of foreign parts, but only prick in some flowers, of that he hath learned abroad, into the customs of his own country.
Página 385 - I could not tame my nature down; for he Must serve who fain would sway— and soothe, and sue. And watch all time, and pry into all place, And be a living lie, who would become A mighty thing amongst the mean, and such The mass are ; I disdain'd to mingle with A herd, though to be leader — and of wolves. The lion is alone, and so am I.
Página 255 - She was a woman of a steady mind, Tender and deep in her excess of love ; . Not speaking much, pleased rather with the joy Of her own thoughts : by some especial care Her temper had been framed, as if to make A being who, by adding love to peace, Might live on earth a life of happiness.
Página 319 - Through tangled forests, and through dangerous ways, Where beasts with man divided empire claim, And the brown Indian marks with murderous aim ; There, while above the giddy tempest flies, And all around distressful yells arise, The pensive exile, bending with his woe, To stop too fearful, and too faint to go, Casts a long look where England's glories shine, And bids his bosom sympathize with mine.
Página 109 - And whether we shall meet again, I know not. Therefore our everlasting farewell take : For ever, and for ever, farewell, Cassius ! If we do meet again, why we shall smile ; If not, why then this parting was well made.
Página 63 - No man to offend ; Ne'er to reveal the secrets of a friend ; Rather to suffer than to do a wrong; To make the heart no stranger to the tongue ; Provoked, not to betray an enemy, Nor eat his meat I choke with flattery ; Blushless to tell wherefore I wear my scars — Or for my conscience, or my country's wars ; To aim at just things; if we have wildly run Into offences, wish them all undone : 'Tis poor, in grief for a wrong done, to die — Honour, to dare to live, and satisfy.
Página 62 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Página 357 - Tecumthe, who expressed his satisfaction at it; and his last words to the general were, ' Father, tell your young men to be firm, and all will be well:' he then repaired to his people and harangued them before they were formed in their places. The small band of our regulars, discouraged by their retreat and by the privations to which they had been long exposed, gave way on the first advance of the enemy, and no exertion of their commander could rally them. While they were thus quickly routed...
Página 1 - t. Duch. How do you affect it ? Ant. My banishment feeding my melancholy, Would often reason thus. Duch. Pray, let us hear it. Ant. Say a man never marry, nor have children, What takes that from him ? only the bare name Of being a father, or the weak delight To see the...