The HussarG.B. Zieber & Company, 1845 - 284 páginas |
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... give you that , for I have promised it to one of my ne phews ; but you shall have the next that falls . ' The Curate returned home scarcely disappointed , for he thought that the Bishop's reason was a fair one ; and he counted surely on ...
... give you that , for I have promised it to one of my ne phews ; but you shall have the next that falls . ' The Curate returned home scarcely disappointed , for he thought that the Bishop's reason was a fair one ; and he counted surely on ...
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... give you this . I have promised it to my sister's son ; but you shall have the next . ' " The Curate was disappointed this time , but he said little ; neither was he much surprised when , on repairing a third time to the episcopal ...
... give you this . I have promised it to my sister's son ; but you shall have the next . ' " The Curate was disappointed this time , but he said little ; neither was he much surprised when , on repairing a third time to the episcopal ...
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... give him the living . ' " " The Curate got the living . But I had no cousin , Sir ; so I got no living . " I was much struck with Landsheit's story . But if he got no living , he has at least earned for himself the repu tation of a good ...
... give him the living . ' " " The Curate got the living . But I had no cousin , Sir ; so I got no living . " I was much struck with Landsheit's story . But if he got no living , he has at least earned for himself the repu tation of a good ...
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... give to the enemy a moment's command of the river . Moreover , as soon as the French columns showed themselves in rear of the houses opposite , there went forth an order to rip up all the pavements , a strict ob- servance of which ...
... give to the enemy a moment's command of the river . Moreover , as soon as the French columns showed themselves in rear of the houses opposite , there went forth an order to rip up all the pavements , a strict ob- servance of which ...
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... give passports to the in- habitants ; the emigrants were indeed permitted to with- draw and take shelter in Elberfeld ; but the people of the place it was considered more politic to detain in their houses , in order that the feelings ...
... give passports to the in- habitants ; the emigrants were indeed permitted to with- draw and take shelter in Elberfeld ; but the people of the place it was considered more politic to detain in their houses , in order that the feelings ...
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Términos y frases comunes
20th Light Dragoons Abrantes Accordingly advance Alcoy appeared arms army arrived ascertained barracks batteries became began Bishopric of Cologne brought Captain carbines carried cavalry Colonel Colonel Adam columns command comrades consequence corps course detachment dragoons duty effect enemy enemy's English eyes fell fire fleet force Foreign Hussars forward French front gave ground guard Guernsey guns halted hand head horses hour immediately infantry kraal lady look Lord William Bentinck Monte Video Moreover morning mounted moved never night o'clock occupied officer once ourselves outposts parade party passed patrols picket Port au Prince position prisoners pushed quarters rear received regiment retreat returned road rode scarcely seemed sent sergeant ship Sicily side Sir David Baird skirmishers soldiers soon sort Spaniards Spanish squadron stood Tarragona thing tion told took Tortosa town troops videttes village whole wine
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Página 3 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man, As modest stillness, and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Página 30 - keeping the word of promise to the ear, and breaking it to the hope...
Página 145 - ... breeches, our hands, arms, and swords, were all besmeared with blood. Moreover, as the enemy gave way we continued to advance, amid a cloud of dust so thick, that to see beyond th« distance of those immediately* about yourself, was impossible.
Página 158 - ... which heroic achievement he was created a count of the sacred Roman Empire, December 14, 1595. He was a brother-in-law to Henry, Earl of Southampton ; but he was a Roman Catholic, and this fact debarred him from any official service under the Virginia Company, which was soon after incorporated. While it is not necessary for me to give a detailed account of the North Virginia colony, because its history has been fully and fairly written, still in order to understand the colonial movement as it...
Página 6 - Sir," said he, in his slightly-broken English, " by reminding you of a passage in the life of Frederic the Great. There was a poor curate, who, after many years' faithful service in the diocese, applied to the bishop for a vacant living. ' Ah !' replied the bishop, who fully acknowledged his merits ; ' so you knew that that living was vacant did you? Well, I am very sorry I cannot give you...