The life of lieutenant-general sir John Moore, Volumen2J. Murray, 1834 |
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... arms , an host unparalleled in this island . But as the local forces were spread over the whole country , and the capital was particularly menaced , the principal part of the regular troops were stationed between the sea - coast and ...
... arms , an host unparalleled in this island . But as the local forces were spread over the whole country , and the capital was particularly menaced , the principal part of the regular troops were stationed between the sea - coast and ...
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... arms and wept . The principal officers testified towards her intrinsic respect ; but she shunned conspicuousness , being un- assuming as the mother of a peasant . After remaining two months in tranquil content- ment , some movements of ...
... arms and wept . The principal officers testified towards her intrinsic respect ; but she shunned conspicuousness , being un- assuming as the mother of a peasant . After remaining two months in tranquil content- ment , some movements of ...
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... arms , found me ' at Dungeness Point . 6 6 6 6 My horse suffered ; I galloped him the ' whole way back . The Volunteers , Sea Fencibles , and all , were turned out , and very cheerful - not at all dismayed at the ' prospect of meeting ...
... arms , found me ' at Dungeness Point . 6 6 6 6 My horse suffered ; I galloped him the ' whole way back . The Volunteers , Sea Fencibles , and all , were turned out , and very cheerful - not at all dismayed at the ' prospect of meeting ...
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... seized on Liguria and Lucca , deriding good faith and the law of nations . With him power was right , and arms his great charter . In autumn he broke up his camp at Bou- logne 1805. ] 27 CHAPTER XIII Transactions in Sicily •
... seized on Liguria and Lucca , deriding good faith and the law of nations . With him power was right , and arms his great charter . In autumn he broke up his camp at Bou- logne 1805. ] 27 CHAPTER XIII Transactions in Sicily •
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... arms headed by brave chiefs , and the whole Neapolitan nation were loyal and ready to rise , to exterminate the French , if they had only the countenance of a small British force . This fallacious representation was in every particular ...
... arms headed by brave chiefs , and the whole Neapolitan nation were loyal and ready to rise , to exterminate the French , if they had only the countenance of a small British force . This fallacious representation was in every particular ...
Términos y frases comunes
affairs affectionate Anderson arms arrived assured attack believe Bonaparte brigade British brother cannon Captain cavalry Circello Colonel command corps Corunna dear Mother despatches detachment Drummond Duke Duke of York duty endeavour enemy England Farewell Father fleet force France frigate garrison Geneva Gibraltar Graham happy hear honour hope infantry Jack James Jane join Junta King land letter Lord Castlereagh Lord Hood Madrid Majesty manded Marshal Soult ment military Minister Moore's morning Naples never night numbers O'Hara obliged officers packet Paget Portugal Queen received regiment reserve retreat Robert Brownrigg sail sent ship Sicilian Sicily Sir Arthur Sir Arthur Wellesley Sir Charles Sir David Baird Sir Harry Sir Harry Burrard Sir John Moore Sir Ralph soldiers soon Soult Spain Spaniards Spanish Stuart Sweden tained thousand tion told Toulon town troops West Indies wish wounded write wrote
Pasajes populares
Página 234 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Página 234 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Página 224 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Página 227 - I hope the People of England will be satisfied! - I hope my Country will do me justice!
Página 234 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory ! SONG.
Página 236 - During the season of repose, his time was devoted to the care and instruction of the officer and soldier; in war, he courted service in every quarter of the globe. Regardless of personal considerations, he esteemed that to which his country called him the post of honour • and by his undaunted spirit, and unconquerable perseverance, he pointed the way to victory.
Página 233 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast...
Página 231 - Wolfe, his last moments were gilded by the prospect of success, and cheered by the acclamations of victory ; like Wolfe, also, his memory will for ever remain sacred in that country which he sincerely loved, and which he had so faithfully served.
Página 137 - John was directed to send forward the cavalry by land ; but it was left to his discretion whether to march the infantry by land also, or to transport them by sea to Corunna, and form a junction with Sir David Baird's corps there.
Página 235 - for subsequent military fame ; and his ardent mind, while it ' looked forward to those brilliant achieVements for which it was ' formed, applied itself with energy and exemplary assiduity to ' the duties of that station. " ' In the school of regimental duty he obtained that correct ' knowledge of his profession so essential to the proper direction ' of the gallant spirit of the soldier, and he was enabled to estab...