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... Never before had Britain . grappled with so formidable a foe ; and ne- ver was a long and sanguinary contest brought to a more triumphant conclusion . On the Continent , throne after throne had been overturned , nation after nation swal ...
... Never before had Britain . grappled with so formidable a foe ; and ne- ver was a long and sanguinary contest brought to a more triumphant conclusion . On the Continent , throne after throne had been overturned , nation after nation swal ...
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... never before belonged to them . The Navy - the noblest and surest bul- wark of Old England - led the van in this protracted warfare . In the course of a few eventful years , it swept from the seas every hostile flag ; and the gigantic ...
... never before belonged to them . The Navy - the noblest and surest bul- wark of Old England - led the van in this protracted warfare . In the course of a few eventful years , it swept from the seas every hostile flag ; and the gigantic ...
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... never heard of the success of a pro- duction which does him so much credit , and which might have been the means of alleviating the in- digence which was the conclusion of so many toils and sufferings , in what is called the service of ...
... never heard of the success of a pro- duction which does him so much credit , and which might have been the means of alleviating the in- digence which was the conclusion of so many toils and sufferings , in what is called the service of ...
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... Never shall the agony of their looks be effaced from my memory . My mother's grief was loud and heart - rending , but my father's harrowed up my very soul . It was the look of despair - the expression of his blasted prospects ...
... Never shall the agony of their looks be effaced from my memory . My mother's grief was loud and heart - rending , but my father's harrowed up my very soul . It was the look of despair - the expression of his blasted prospects ...
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... Never , never , " he replied , " you bring my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave . Thomas , Thomas , you will have our deaths to answer for , " was all my mother could say ; tears and sobs choked her utterance . 66 I was immovable in ...
... Never , never , " he replied , " you bring my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave . Thomas , Thomas , you will have our deaths to answer for , " was all my mother could say ; tears and sobs choked her utterance . 66 I was immovable in ...
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Andalusia arms arrived artillery Astorga attack battle bayonets began bridge brigade British camp cannon cavalry charge Colonel column commanded commenced comrades corps Corunna covered death despatched detachment distance division dragoons Duke Duke of Wellington embarkation Emperor encamped enemy enemy's English fatigue fell fire followed force formed France French army front Galicia gave ground guard guns halted heights hill honour horse houses hussars infantry inhabitants King Joseph La Mancha leagues looked Lord Lord Wellington Madrid Marshal Ney Marshal Soult Marshal Victor ment military morning mountains moved Napoleon neral never night o'clock occupied officers passed picquets Portugal Portuguese position posts prisoners Prussians quarters rain rear regiment remained retired retreat returned river road Romana Ronda sent shot side Sir David Baird Sir John Moore soldiers soon Spain Spaniards Spanish army stood Tagus tion took town troops village Wellington whole wounded
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188 페이지 - 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.
188 페이지 - 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.
229 페이지 - Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." Sir Roderick marked, — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel.
187 페이지 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
187 페이지 - 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.
186 페이지 - 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.
285 페이지 - Marshal had promised me, that in case we should be attacked, he would support me with one or more corps, as might be necessary.
181 페이지 - General, discovering the mistake, said to them, " My brave 42d, join your comrades : ammunition is coming, and you have your bayonets !" Upon this, they instantly moved forward.
281 페이지 - We maintained our position also, and completely defeated and repulsed all the enemy's attempts to get possession of it. The enemy repeatedly attacked us with a large body of cavalry and infantry, supported by a numerous and powerful artillery ; he made several charges with the cavalry upon our infantry, but all were repulsed in the steadiest manner.
285 페이지 - Sainte, as the detachment of the light battalion of the legion which occupied it had expended all its ammunition, and the enemy occupied the only communication there was with them. The enemy repeatedly charged our infantry with his cavalry, but these attacks were uniformly unsuccessful, and they afforded opportunity to our cavalry to charge ; in one of which, Lord E.