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... officers , employed them- selves in extricating the regiment from the broken ground , and drawing them up on the side of the hill in two lines , the one to support the other . The word was then given to advance ; and in a few minutes ...
... officers , employed them- selves in extricating the regiment from the broken ground , and drawing them up on the side of the hill in two lines , the one to support the other . The word was then given to advance ; and in a few minutes ...
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... officers come to this knoll . " He moved to a small moss - grown cairn , probably the resting - place of some Celtic chief of other times , and the call of " Officers to the front , " soon brought them around their commander . " I did ...
... officers come to this knoll . " He moved to a small moss - grown cairn , probably the resting - place of some Celtic chief of other times , and the call of " Officers to the front , " soon brought them around their commander . " I did ...
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Walter Scott. " These fellows , " said Major Allan , an old cavalier officer of experience , " are three or four to one - I should not mind that much upon a fair field ; but they are posted in a very formidable strength , and shew no ...
Walter Scott. " These fellows , " said Major Allan , an old cavalier officer of experience , " are three or four to one - I should not mind that much upon a fair field ; but they are posted in a very formidable strength , and shew no ...
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... officer prepared for his expedition , " this young gentle- man is your nephew and your apparent heir ; for God's sake , permit me to go . It was my counsel , and I ought to stand the risk . " " Were he my only son , " said Claverhouse ...
... officer prepared for his expedition , " this young gentle- man is your nephew and your apparent heir ; for God's sake , permit me to go . It was my counsel , and I ought to stand the risk . " " Were he my only son , " said Claverhouse ...
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... officers , detached themselves from each flank of the Presbyterian army , and , meeting in the cen- tre , approached the ditch which divided the hollow as near as the morass would permit . Towards this group , but keeping the opposite ...
... officers , detached themselves from each flank of the Presbyterian army , and , meeting in the cen- tre , approached the ditch which divided the hollow as near as the morass would permit . Towards this group , but keeping the opposite ...
Términos y frases comunes
Ailie answered Morton arms army auld battle blood body Bothwell Burley canna carabines Castle cause Claverhouse command Cornet council Covenant Covenanters Cuddie defend dragoons Duke Duke of Monmouth ed Morton Edith enemy Erastian Evandale's exclaimed eyes favour fear fire followers frae Glasgow Grahame gude Halliday hand hastily hath head Headrigg hear heard heart Heaven Henry Morton hinny honour horse insurgents Jenny John Gudyill Kettledrummle King Lady Margaret leaders leddy look Lord Evan Lord Evandale Macbriar mair Major Bellenden maun Mause ment Milnwood Miss Bellenden mither moderate party Monmouth morning muckle officer ower party Poundtext preacher Presbyterian prisoner puir replied Morton retreat Scotland seemed shewed soldiers speak suld sword thae thee thing Tillietudlem tion troopers turned voice wad hae weel whig woman word young
Pasajes populares
Página 194 - Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 'twas natural to please : His motions all accompanied with grace ; And paradise was open'd in his face.
Página 80 - This heat of his may turn into a zeal, And stand up for the beauteous discipline, Against the menstruous cloth and rag of Rome. We must await his calling, and the coming Of the good spirit. You did fault, t' upbraid him With the brethren's blessing of Heidelberg, weighing What need we have to hasten on the work.
Página 233 - Beggar's Opera. So deep was the slumber which succeeded the agitation and embarrassment of the preceding day, that Morton hardly knew where he was when it was broken by the tramp of horses, the hoarse voice of men, and the wild sound of the trumpets blowing the reVeille".
Página 54 - Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered : for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Página 102 - And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Página 35 - Yes,' replied Burley, with stern and gloomy deliberation, ' I am that John Balfour who promised to lay thy head where thou should'st never lift it again ; and God do so to me, and more also, if I do not redeem my word.
Página 56 - For Tophet is ordained of old ; Yea, for the king it is prepared ; He hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood ; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Página 294 - Ah, fields beloved in vain, Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain ? I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Página 23 - Those that were stout of heart are spoil'd, They slept their sleep outright; And none of those their hands did find, That were the men of might.