The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Volumen2;Volúmenes4-5Baudry's European Library, 1837 - 477 páginas |
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... became odious , as reminding them of the aspect of a conqueror . Caricatures , farces , lampoons , all the petite guerre by which individual malice has occasionally sought gratification , were resorted to , as the only expressions of ...
... became odious , as reminding them of the aspect of a conqueror . Caricatures , farces , lampoons , all the petite guerre by which individual malice has occasionally sought gratification , were resorted to , as the only expressions of ...
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... became now obvious , that Flanders , or the adjoining French fron- tier , must be the scene of action . The general headquarters were fixed at Laon ; a very strong position , where some preparations were made for forming an army of ...
... became now obvious , that Flanders , or the adjoining French fron- tier , must be the scene of action . The general headquarters were fixed at Laon ; a very strong position , where some preparations were made for forming an army of ...
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... became the principal object of the French to se- cure the wood , from which they might debouche upon the Brussels road . The Prince of Orange made every effort to defend it ; but , in spite of his exertions , the Belgians gave way , and ...
... became the principal object of the French to se- cure the wood , from which they might debouche upon the Brussels road . The Prince of Orange made every effort to defend it ; but , in spite of his exertions , the Belgians gave way , and ...
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... became to press upon the rear of the English , were obliged to march through fields of standing corn , which being reduced to swamps by the wetness of the season , rendered rapid movement impossible . This state of the weather and roads ...
... became to press upon the rear of the English , were obliged to march through fields of standing corn , which being reduced to swamps by the wetness of the season , rendered rapid movement impossible . This state of the weather and roads ...
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... became concave , enfilading the field of battle and the high- road from Brussels to Charleroi , which intersects it . * Such was the position of the British army on this memorable morn- ing . That of the French is less capable of ...
... became concave , enfilading the field of battle and the high- road from Brussels to Charleroi , which intersects it . * Such was the position of the British army on this memorable morn- ing . That of the French is less capable of ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 383 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object : can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France ? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt...
Página 107 - Berkley's roof that ring, Shrieks of an agonizing king ! She-wolf of France, with unrelenting fangs, That tear'st the bowels of thy mangled mate, From thee be born, who o'er thy country hangs The scourge of heaven. What terrors round him wait ! Amazement in his van, with flight combined, And sorrow's faded form, and solitude behind.
Página 141 - Lord, thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle ? MICAH.
Página 388 - I saw Hamlet Prince of Denmark played, but now the old plays began to disgust this refined age, since his Majesties being so long abroad.
Página 364 - Time is of all modes of existence most obsequious to the imagination; a lapse of years is as easily conceived as a passage of hours. In contemplation we easily contract the time of real actions and therefore willingly permit it to be contracted when we only see their imitation.
Página 295 - Thro ilka bore the beams were glancing, And loud resounded mirth and dancing. Inspiring bold John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi tippenny, we fear nae evil; Wi usquabae, we'll face the Devil!
Página 159 - In gentle stream; then rose the song, the loud Acclaim of praise. The wheeling plover ceased Her plaint; The solitary place was glad, And on the distant cairns the watcher's ear Caught doubtfully at times the breeze-borne note.
Página 348 - And let those, that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for...
Página 38 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array...
Página 300 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, "Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.