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... answered . To Clinton , he said , laconically , " Hold out here to the last man . ' The day was evidently turning out badly , and Wellington cried to his old comrades of Vittoria , Talavera , and Salamanca , " Boys , can you think of ...
... answered . To Clinton , he said , laconically , " Hold out here to the last man . ' The day was evidently turning out badly , and Wellington cried to his old comrades of Vittoria , Talavera , and Salamanca , " Boys , can you think of ...
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... answered : " The Emperor is quite well . " A man who jests in this way is on familiar terms with events . Napo leon had several outbursts of this laughter during the breakfast of Waterloo : after breakfast he reflected for a quarter of ...
... answered : " The Emperor is quite well . " A man who jests in this way is on familiar terms with events . Napo leon had several outbursts of this laughter during the breakfast of Waterloo : after breakfast he reflected for a quarter of ...
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... answered no , and we might almost merely heard this tide of men ascending . say that Napoleon's catastrophe was brought They ... answer in the negative . Why ? On ac- count of Wellington , on account of Blucher ? No ; on account of GOD ...
... answered no , and we might almost merely heard this tide of men ascending . say that Napoleon's catastrophe was brought They ... answer in the negative . Why ? On ac- count of Wellington , on account of Blucher ? No ; on account of GOD ...
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... answered , " Infantry ; where does he expect me to get them ? Does he think I can make them ? " 11 Still the English army was the worse of the two ; the furious attacks of these great squadrons , with their iron cuirasses and steel ...
... answered , " Infantry ; where does he expect me to get them ? Does he think I can make them ? " 11 Still the English army was the worse of the two ; the furious attacks of these great squadrons , with their iron cuirasses and steel ...
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... answered undertook the task . The panic of the heroes admits of explana- tion ; in the battle of Waterloo , there is more than a storm ; there is a meteor . At nightfall , Bernard and Bertrand seized by the skirt of his coat , in a ...
... answered undertook the task . The panic of the heroes admits of explana- tion ; in the battle of Waterloo , there is more than a storm ; there is a meteor . At nightfall , Bernard and Bertrand seized by the skirt of his coat , in a ...
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Página 311 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the chequer'd shade...
Página 280 - And if my standard-bearer fall, as fall full well he may, For never saw I promise yet of such a bloody fray, Press where ye see my white plume shine, amidst the ranks of war, And be your oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre.
Página 280 - Bartholomew!" was passed from man to man ; But out spake gentle Henry, — " No Frenchman is my foe ; Down, down with every foreigner ! but let your brethren go.
Página 160 - And his low head and crest, just one sharp ear bent back For my voice, and the other pricked out on his track; And one eye's black intelligence, — ever that glance O'er its white edge at me, his own master, askance ! And the thick heavy spume-flakes which aye and anon His fierce lips shook upwards in galloping on. By Hasselt, Dirck groaned ; and cried Joris, " Stay spur ! Your Roos galloped bravely, the fault's not in her, We'll remember at Aix...
Página 160 - Good speed!' cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew ; ' Speed !' echoed the wall to us galloping through ; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast.
Página 309 - And, when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown...
Página 280 - A thousand spurs are striking deep, a thousand spears in rest, A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest ; And in they burst, and on they rushed, while, like a guiding star, Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre.
Página 296 - Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw: Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite...
Página 206 - A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave. Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay...
Página 310 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew ; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.