Life of General Sir William Napier, 2권J. Murray, 1864 |
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... bodies of the nation , with few exceptions , no words are too strong to characterize their arrogance , folly , cowardice , treachery , and ingratitude to their deliverers , the British army and its great com- mander . As instances of ...
... bodies of the nation , with few exceptions , no words are too strong to characterize their arrogance , folly , cowardice , treachery , and ingratitude to their deliverers , the British army and its great com- mander . As instances of ...
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... bodies powerful enough to fulfil their promises ; and this was proved by the result ; for on my refusal they made like offers to other men , who did accept them , and were chosen . " Now , the first of these places was this good city of ...
... bodies powerful enough to fulfil their promises ; and this was proved by the result ; for on my refusal they made like offers to other men , who did accept them , and were chosen . " Now , the first of these places was this good city of ...
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... body . We leaped together into the rocks , and then he fell like one dead from his exertions . Thus he repaid me for his pardon . He died afterwards a sergeant , and a pensioner on the Irish establishment , still young , but worn out by ...
... body . We leaped together into the rocks , and then he fell like one dead from his exertions . Thus he repaid me for his pardon . He died afterwards a sergeant , and a pensioner on the Irish establishment , still young , but worn out by ...
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... , partly to maintain the prerogatives of the Crown , partly to oppose the unjust and oppressive measures of that body towards those within their jurisdiction ; and the statement of some 82 [ CHAP . XVIII . BIOGRAPHY OF SIR WILLIAM NAPIER .
... , partly to maintain the prerogatives of the Crown , partly to oppose the unjust and oppressive measures of that body towards those within their jurisdiction ; and the statement of some 82 [ CHAP . XVIII . BIOGRAPHY OF SIR WILLIAM NAPIER .
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... body and by regiments . They are fine men and willing , but somewhat discontented at the unequal pressure on the poor and rich of the militia laws , and at the neglect and decay of military spirit and feeling among the young gentlemen ...
... body and by regiments . They are fine men and willing , but somewhat discontented at the unequal pressure on the poor and rich of the militia laws , and at the neglect and decay of military spirit and feeling among the young gentlemen ...
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205 페이지 - For we were nursed upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock by fountain, shade, and rill : Together both, ere the high lawns appear'd Under the opening eyelids of the Morn, We drove a-field, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn...
46 페이지 - And thro' the mountain-walls A rolling organ-harmony Swells up, and shakes and falls. Then move the trees, the copses nod, Wings flutter, voices hover clear : ' O just and faithful knight of God ! Ride on ! the prize is near.
267 페이지 - During mourning, the living mourners and the deceased constitute a special group, situated between the world of the living and the world of the dead, and how soon living individuals leave that group depends on the closeness of their relationship with the dead person.
46 페이지 - So pass I hostel, hall, and grange; By bridge and ford, by park and pale, All armed I ride, whate'er betide, Until I find the Holy Grail.
25 페이지 - ... him, and still bear for his memory because he cherished the principles of a just equality. They loved him also for his incessant activity in the public...
32 페이지 - ... application of a just science would have rendered the operation comparatively easy ? Because the English ministers, so ready to plunge into war, were quite ignorant of its exigencies; because the English people are warlike without being military, and under the pretence of maintaining a liberty which they do not possess, oppose in peace all useful martial establishments. Expatiating in their schools and colleges, upon Roman discipline and Roman valour, they are heedless of Roman institutions;...
44 페이지 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
313 페이지 - The path of such a man through the foul jungle of this world — the struggle of Heaven's inspiration against the terrestrial fooleries, cupidities, and cowardices — cannot be other than tragical : but the man does tear out a bit of way for himself too ; strives towards the good goal, inflexibly persistent till his long rest come : the man does leave his mark behind him, ineffaceable, beneficent to all good men, maleficent to none : and we must not complain. The British nation of this time, in...
132 페이지 - This cardinal, Though from an humble stock, undoubtedly Was fashion'd to much honour. From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
17 페이지 - ... under the command of an officer ; and yet there is not an outrage of any description, which has not been committed on a people who have uniformly received us as friends, by soldiers who never yet, for one moment, suffered the slightest want, or the smallest privation.