The HussarG.B. Zieber & Company, 1845 - 284 páginas |
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... reached Dusseldorf . Now , as the Bava- rians had taken neither side in the strife , and the Austrians were principals in opposing the French , this movement naturally convinced us that the period could not in all probability be distant ...
... reached Dusseldorf . Now , as the Bava- rians had taken neither side in the strife , and the Austrians were principals in opposing the French , this movement naturally convinced us that the period could not in all probability be distant ...
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... reached it in the month of April , and again met with the kindest treatment ; my uncle being annoyed at nothing except that I should have been left at my years to travel unattended . By this time , however , though still a raw youth , I ...
... reached it in the month of April , and again met with the kindest treatment ; my uncle being annoyed at nothing except that I should have been left at my years to travel unattended . By this time , however , though still a raw youth , I ...
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... , when the sad news reached me ; and many a time since have I felt my cheeks moist , when the image of my excellent relative has come back to my memory . CHAPTER II . In which the soldier gets better acquainted 18 THE HUSSAR .
... , when the sad news reached me ; and many a time since have I felt my cheeks moist , when the image of my excellent relative has come back to my memory . CHAPTER II . In which the soldier gets better acquainted 18 THE HUSSAR .
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... reached them in time , and the general , throwing himself between the fugitives and their line of retreat , stopped them . Then we closed upon them from the rear , in such force , that resistance became hopeless ; we surrounded them ...
... reached them in time , and the general , throwing himself between the fugitives and their line of retreat , stopped them . Then we closed upon them from the rear , in such force , that resistance became hopeless ; we surrounded them ...
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... reached our ground , a squadron wheeled back by threes , and they were admitted into the heart of the square . It is customary in like cases to tie up the eyes of the prisoners , in order that they may not shrink when the signal for ...
... reached our ground , a squadron wheeled back by threes , and they were admitted into the heart of the square . It is customary in like cases to tie up the eyes of the prisoners , in order that they may not shrink when the signal for ...
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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...