The HussarG.B. Zieber & Company, 1845 - 284 páginas |
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... of the inhabitants . Not content to live at free quarters , to levy contributions of money , grain , horses , and other material , they brought the conscription into active play among the young men of 10 THE HUSSAR .
... of the inhabitants . Not content to live at free quarters , to levy contributions of money , grain , horses , and other material , they brought the conscription into active play among the young men of 10 THE HUSSAR .
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... quarters . It was found impossible to protect the Mews from shot , while numerous store- houses , wharfs , and other places of commerce , were like- wise exposed . Still the distance between us and the enemy's position was considerable ...
... quarters . It was found impossible to protect the Mews from shot , while numerous store- houses , wharfs , and other places of commerce , were like- wise exposed . Still the distance between us and the enemy's position was considerable ...
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... quarter apart from the rest of us , though on service they did the duty of private soldiers . I have seen many a regiment since , of what might well be ac- counted the élite of the armies of Europe ; but such a body as that - so full of ...
... quarter apart from the rest of us , though on service they did the duty of private soldiers . I have seen many a regiment since , of what might well be ac- counted the élite of the armies of Europe ; but such a body as that - so full of ...
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... quarters . We had every reason to be satisfied with the pains which the English government must have taken to render us comfortable . Hut barracks , composed of wood , were prepared for us , and commodious stables for our horses ; while ...
... quarters . We had every reason to be satisfied with the pains which the English government must have taken to render us comfortable . Hut barracks , composed of wood , were prepared for us , and commodious stables for our horses ; while ...
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... quarters were assigned to us , which in themselves were far from being commodious , and which were rendered the less so by reason of their lying at some distance from the stables where our horses were accom- modated . Now , it so ...
... quarters were assigned to us , which in themselves were far from being commodious , and which were rendered the less so by reason of their lying at some distance from the stables where our horses were accom- modated . Now , it so ...
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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
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...