The HussarG.B. Zieber & Company, 1845 - 284 páginas |
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... hours of the night . And , to insure the correctness of the story , he has listened to each proof - sheet as it went through the press . THE HUSSAR , therefore , is no work of fiction , but just as much the Memoirs of Norbert Land ...
... hours of the night . And , to insure the correctness of the story , he has listened to each proof - sheet as it went through the press . THE HUSSAR , therefore , is no work of fiction , but just as much the Memoirs of Norbert Land ...
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... hours , into one huge puddle . For no sooner were the stones removed than straw , mud , horse - dung , and every other filthy sub- stance was accumulated in the streets , with the view , as I afterwards found , of rendering the shells ...
... hours , into one huge puddle . For no sooner were the stones removed than straw , mud , horse - dung , and every other filthy sub- stance was accumulated in the streets , with the view , as I afterwards found , of rendering the shells ...
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... hour appointed , the hilarity of his manner , instead of allaying the fer- ment in my mind , only increased it . At last , in the latter part of July , he carried me to Celle , and gave me a room in his lodgings ; where , for the first ...
... hour appointed , the hilarity of his manner , instead of allaying the fer- ment in my mind , only increased it . At last , in the latter part of July , he carried me to Celle , and gave me a room in his lodgings ; where , for the first ...
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... determined not to waste another hour , but to take advantage of the effect of this confirmation of the men's fears at once to accomplish their purposes . The tents which we occupied were like those issued to THE HUSSAR . 23.
... determined not to waste another hour , but to take advantage of the effect of this confirmation of the men's fears at once to accomplish their purposes . The tents which we occupied were like those issued to THE HUSSAR . 23.
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... hour and a half , when the sound of military music , low and plaintive , was heard in our rear . It grew gradually louder , and we could by - and - bye dis- tinguish that a dead march was played , a circumstance which , of itself ...
... hour and a half , when the sound of military music , low and plaintive , was heard in our rear . It grew gradually louder , and we could by - and - bye dis- tinguish that a dead march was played , a circumstance which , of itself ...
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The Hussar: A German Cavalryman in British Service Throughout the Napoleonic ... Norbert Landsheit,G. R. Gleig Sin vista previa disponible - 2008 |
The Hussar: A German Cavalryman in British Service Throughout the Napoleonic ... Norbert Landsheit,G. R. Gleig Sin vista previa disponible - 2008 |
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
Pasajes populares
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...