The HussarG.B. Zieber & Company, 1845 - 284 páginas |
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... immediately intercepted , is inevitable , inas- much as he who once passes the frontier of a foreign principality is safe from pursuit . Now the heath of Schwarm lies at no great distance from the borders of Brunswick on one side , and ...
... immediately intercepted , is inevitable , inas- much as he who once passes the frontier of a foreign principality is safe from pursuit . Now the heath of Schwarm lies at no great distance from the borders of Brunswick on one side , and ...
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... Immediately a suspicion arose that we were all to be dismounted ; and when , in addition to this , we received orders to march for Staden , to a man we concluded that we should thenceforth act as infantry on board the English fleet ...
... Immediately a suspicion arose that we were all to be dismounted ; and when , in addition to this , we received orders to march for Staden , to a man we concluded that we should thenceforth act as infantry on board the English fleet ...
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... immediately settle you on another of my estates , and adopt you as my son . " The offer was a very enticing one , but I rejected it . I did not relish the thought of deserting , and with nume- rous acknowledgments to Mr. Kiester for his ...
... immediately settle you on another of my estates , and adopt you as my son . " The offer was a very enticing one , but I rejected it . I did not relish the thought of deserting , and with nume- rous acknowledgments to Mr. Kiester for his ...
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... immediately promoted by them to the rank of a brigadier of cavalry . Well inured to the operations of war ( for he had served formerly in the French army ) , Bliss became from that time our most formidable opponent . He headed all the ...
... immediately promoted by them to the rank of a brigadier of cavalry . Well inured to the operations of war ( for he had served formerly in the French army ) , Bliss became from that time our most formidable opponent . He headed all the ...
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... Immediately a strong picket , consisting of de- tachments from all arms , was ordered to mount every day in front of the Royal Hotel ; so that each of us in his turn , had the honour to be inspected by Royalty , the King himself making ...
... Immediately a strong picket , consisting of de- tachments from all arms , was ordered to mount every day in front of the Royal Hotel ; so that each of us in his turn , had the honour to be inspected by Royalty , the King himself making ...
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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
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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...