Soldiers and Sailors: Or, Anecdotes, Details, and Recollections of Naval and Military LifeGrant & Griffith, 1842 - 340 páginas |
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... fought , and the victories they had won . Of Frederick the Great , of Prussia ; Charles of Sweden ; Peter the Great , of Russia ; Buonaparte of France ; and Marlborough and Wellington of England ; with Hawkins , Drake , Frobisher ...
... fought , and the victories they had won . Of Frederick the Great , of Prussia ; Charles of Sweden ; Peter the Great , of Russia ; Buonaparte of France ; and Marlborough and Wellington of England ; with Hawkins , Drake , Frobisher ...
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... fought on foot , jumping into them again , and driving off , when it suited their purpose . " 99 " Had we any sailors at that time ? " " I fancy not : if we had they must have been . very different to what British sailors are now , or ...
... fought on foot , jumping into them again , and driving off , when it suited their purpose . " 99 " Had we any sailors at that time ? " " I fancy not : if we had they must have been . very different to what British sailors are now , or ...
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... fought on horseback ; but when William the Con- queror came , soldiers were mostly cavalry . Under the feudal system , if a man held land to a certain amount , called a ' knight's fee , ' he was obliged to serve the crown a period of ...
... fought on horseback ; but when William the Con- queror came , soldiers were mostly cavalry . Under the feudal system , if a man held land to a certain amount , called a ' knight's fee , ' he was obliged to serve the crown a period of ...
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... fought against Mehemet Ali , the men re- quired for the army in Egypt so little liked the service , that when sent off to join their corps , some knocked out their teeth , others blinded themselves , and numbers made themselves cripples ...
... fought against Mehemet Ali , the men re- quired for the army in Egypt so little liked the service , that when sent off to join their corps , some knocked out their teeth , others blinded themselves , and numbers made themselves cripples ...
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... Monument of Peter the Great . - Duke of Marlborough . 66 CAN you tell us , uncle , the names of the greatest warriors who have ever lived , and of the most famous battles which have ever been fought ? " " Some of them I can tell you , but.
... Monument of Peter the Great . - Duke of Marlborough . 66 CAN you tell us , uncle , the names of the greatest warriors who have ever lived , and of the most famous battles which have ever been fought ? " " Some of them I can tell you , but.
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Página 274 - May the great God whom I worship grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it ; and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet...
Página 315 - 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 53 - This day is called the feast of Crispian. He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say "Tomorrow is Saint Crispian." Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say "These wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Página 62 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Página 75 - Fitz-James's blade was sword and shield. He practised every pass and ward, To thrust, to strike, to feint, to guard ; While less expert, though stronger far, The Gael maintained unequal war. Three times in closing strife they stood, And thrice the Saxon blade drank blood ; No stinted draught, no scanty tide, The gushing flood the tartans dyed.
Página 315 - 11 reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory.
Página 105 - Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling, The darling of our crew; No more he'll hear the tempest howling, For death has broach'd him to. His form was of the manliest beauty, His heart was kind and soft; Faithful below he did his duty, And now he's gone aloft.
Página 74 - Then each at once his falchion drew, Each on the ground his scabbard threw, Each looked to sun and stream and plain, As what they ne'er might see again ; Then, foot and point and eye opposed, In dubious strife they darkly closed.
Página 19 - Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul : The mind's the standard of the man.
Página 151 - His arms are neutral, hanging and swinging in a curve aloof; his hands, half open, look as if they had just been handling ropes, and had no object in life but to handle them again. He is proud of appearing in a new hat and slops, with a belcher handkerchief flowing loosely round his neck, and the corner of another out of his pocket. Thus equipped, with pinchbeck buckles in his...