 | 1847 - 650 páginas
...cheerful countenance. " What are we about ?" he called out. " Here is Maedonald carrying all before him on the left, and if we do not make haste he will leave us nothing to do! Charge!" And at his voice, the Gordon chivalry, afraid — it was the only... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1847 - 592 páginas
...cheerful countenance. ' What are we about? ' he called out. ' Here is Macdonald carrying all before him on the left, and if we do not make haste he will leave us nothing to do! Charge!' And at his voice, the Gordon chivalry, afraid — it was the only... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1849 - 338 páginas
...cheerful countenance. " What are we about ? " he called out. " Here is Macdonald carrying all before him on the left, and if we do not make haste he will leave us nothing to do ! Charge ! " And at his voice the Gordon chivalry, afraid — it was the only... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1849 - 332 páginas
...cheerful countenance. " What are we about ? " he called out. " Here is Macdonald carrying all before him on the left, and if we do not make haste he will leave us nothing to do ! Charge ! " And at his voice the Gordon chivalry, afraid — it was the only... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 478 páginas
...AUL.DERNE. , 13 which he had adopted. "What are we doing?" he called out to Lord Gordon ; " MacDonald has been victorious on the left, and if we do not make haste, he will carry oft' all the honours of the day." Lord Gordon instantly charged with the gentlemen of his name, and... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1859 - 426 páginas
...What are we doing 1 ' he called out to Lord Gordon ; ' MacDonald has been victorious on the right, and if we do not make haste, he will carry off all...every point, and compelled to fly with great loss. had got his men again secured in the enclosures ; he himself, having been all along the last to retreat,... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1861 - 424 páginas
...What are we doing 1 ' he called out to Lord Gordon ; ' MaoDonald has been victorious on the right, and if we do not make haste, he will carry off all...and beat the Covenanters' horse off the field ; but tlie foot, though deserted by the horse, stood firm for some time, for they were veteran troops. At... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1861 - 316 páginas
...What are we doing ? " he called out to Lord Gordon ; " MacDonald has been victorious on the right, and if we do not make haste he will carry off all the honors of the day." Lord Gordon instantly charged with the gentlemen of his name, and beat the Covenanters'... | |
 | William Cook Mackenzie - 1906 - 442 páginas
..." What are we doing ? " he called out to Lord Gordon. " Macdonald has been victorious on the right, and if we do not make haste, he will carry off all the honours of the day." The Gordons charged ; the Covenanting horse fled ; the veterans of the foot, after a short stand, were... | |
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Covenanters' horse off the field ; but the foot, though deserted by the horse, stood firm for some time, for they were veteran troops. At length they were routed on every point, and compelled to fly with great loss. 