The HussarG.B. Zieber & Company, 1845 - 284 páginas |
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... turned their muzzles towards us - while the English regiment kept somewhat apart , as if ready to act should occasion require . Well , we had remained thus about an hour and a half , when the sound of military music , low and plaintive ...
... turned their muzzles towards us - while the English regiment kept somewhat apart , as if ready to act should occasion require . Well , we had remained thus about an hour and a half , when the sound of military music , low and plaintive ...
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... turned out his guard and made the men prime and load . Information was sent off to the general commanding , and some six - pounders galloping down , were turned towards the barracks . Meanwhile the hussars within complained to their ...
... turned out his guard and made the men prime and load . Information was sent off to the general commanding , and some six - pounders galloping down , were turned towards the barracks . Meanwhile the hussars within complained to their ...
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... turned the tables , and , on his own responsibility , pushed forward one dark night , and took a whole body of French gentlemen prisoners , while enjoying the festivities of a dance within their own lines . The time was now , however ...
... turned the tables , and , on his own responsibility , pushed forward one dark night , and took a whole body of French gentlemen prisoners , while enjoying the festivities of a dance within their own lines . The time was now , however ...
Página 51
... turned ; and I think now , that my continued refusal of his alliance and patronage argued more of ob stinacy , on my part , than of prudence and good sense . CHAPTER V. I return to England , and pass from THE HUSSAR . 51.
... turned ; and I think now , that my continued refusal of his alliance and patronage argued more of ob stinacy , on my part , than of prudence and good sense . CHAPTER V. I return to England , and pass from THE HUSSAR . 51.
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... At a given signal the trumpets sounded , and we rode through the streets of Cowes - men and women turning out to cheer us , and crowds of children following -and then away towards Newport , making frequent halts , THE HUSSAR . 71.
... At a given signal the trumpets sounded , and we rode through the streets of Cowes - men and women turning out to cheer us , and crowds of children following -and then away towards Newport , making frequent halts , THE HUSSAR . 71.
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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...