The HussarG.B. Zieber & Company, 1845 - 284 páginas |
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... showed themselves in rear of the houses opposite , there went forth an order to rip up all the pavements , a strict ob- servance of which converted a clean and well - regulated town , in the course of four - and - twenty hours , into ...
... showed themselves in rear of the houses opposite , there went forth an order to rip up all the pavements , a strict ob- servance of which converted a clean and well - regulated town , in the course of four - and - twenty hours , into ...
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... showed himself anxious only to secure for his people a safe retreat . But all his exertions did not prevail . There lay on the frontier an English regiment , the fifteenth dragoons , commanded , I believe , by Lord Cathcart in person ...
... showed himself anxious only to secure for his people a safe retreat . But all his exertions did not prevail . There lay on the frontier an English regiment , the fifteenth dragoons , commanded , I believe , by Lord Cathcart in person ...
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... showed the whole of the surrounding scenery for a moment , and then all was dark ; while rock and covert sent back in long and terrible echoes , the peals which in rapid succession followed one another . Not a murmur escaped us ...
... showed the whole of the surrounding scenery for a moment , and then all was dark ; while rock and covert sent back in long and terrible echoes , the peals which in rapid succession followed one another . Not a murmur escaped us ...
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... showed to her , assuring her , at the same time , that if I died , all should be hers , whereas if I recovered , she should have only a part . Honour be to that noble - hearted negress whose right 5 THE HUSSAR . 49 there quitted our ...
... showed to her , assuring her , at the same time , that if I died , all should be hers , whereas if I recovered , she should have only a part . Honour be to that noble - hearted negress whose right 5 THE HUSSAR . 49 there quitted our ...
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... showed at last the Portuguese colours , very much to our chagrin . Though , therefore , there was much lamentation over bulk - heads knocked away , and sea - stock displaced , no bones were broken ; and we steered our course again ...
... showed at last the Portuguese colours , very much to our chagrin . Though , therefore , there was much lamentation over bulk - heads knocked away , and sea - stock displaced , no bones were broken ; and we steered our course again ...
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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...