The HussarG.B. Zieber & Company, 1845 - 284 páginas |
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... moved by the force of his eloquence . Nevertheless , it soon became apparent that , on the part of our superiors , very little confidence was reposed in us . The camp was broken up the very next day , and the six regiments were ...
... moved by the force of his eloquence . Nevertheless , it soon became apparent that , on the part of our superiors , very little confidence was reposed in us . The camp was broken up the very next day , and the six regiments were ...
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... moved along the common roads of the country - that in the centre , to which our regiment was attached , was compelled to make a way for itself . Nor was the labour of doing so light . The entire face of the country was overspread with ...
... moved along the common roads of the country - that in the centre , to which our regiment was attached , was compelled to make a way for itself . Nor was the labour of doing so light . The entire face of the country was overspread with ...
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... moved on for the purpose of storming it . Nothing could be executed in better style than this attack . One rush put the assailants in posses- sion of the battery ; from which the enemy retreated in disorder , leaving some prisoners ...
... moved on for the purpose of storming it . Nothing could be executed in better style than this attack . One rush put the assailants in posses- sion of the battery ; from which the enemy retreated in disorder , leaving some prisoners ...
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... moved slowly down Channel . The armament to which I was now attached , had at its head Admiral Popham and General Sir David Baird ; the former in command of the fleet , the latter of the troops . Our first rendezvous was the Cove of ...
... moved slowly down Channel . The armament to which I was now attached , had at its head Admiral Popham and General Sir David Baird ; the former in command of the fleet , the latter of the troops . Our first rendezvous was the Cove of ...
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... moved as near to the beach as seemed compa- tible with a due regard to their own safety . Meanwhile , the enemy were not idle . Their batteries along shore , both numerous and heavily armed , kept up an incessant fire , particularly ...
... moved as near to the beach as seemed compa- tible with a due regard to their own safety . Meanwhile , the enemy were not idle . Their batteries along shore , both numerous and heavily armed , kept up an incessant fire , particularly ...
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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...