Life of General Sir William Napier, 2권J. Murray, 1864 |
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... Turning now to the charge that the author undervalued the patriotic efforts of the Spaniards , and showed a strong bias against them , the following extracts , out of many others of a similar tendency , are taken from the History ...
... Turning now to the charge that the author undervalued the patriotic efforts of the Spaniards , and showed a strong bias against them , the following extracts , out of many others of a similar tendency , are taken from the History ...
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... turn to the Duke of Wellington , and ask what were his opinions as to the aid he derived from Spanish co - operation . Here follow a few of them . Extracts from Lord Wellington's Correspondence , 1809 . " I come now to another topic ...
... turn to the Duke of Wellington , and ask what were his opinions as to the aid he derived from Spanish co - operation . Here follow a few of them . Extracts from Lord Wellington's Correspondence , 1809 . " I come now to another topic ...
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... turn , which right General Napier denied . The Privy Council gave this right to the court , but gave at the same time the right to the Lieutenant - Governor to terminate the conference at any moment , thereby rendering it practic- ally ...
... turn , which right General Napier denied . The Privy Council gave this right to the court , but gave at the same time the right to the Lieutenant - Governor to terminate the conference at any moment , thereby rendering it practic- ally ...
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... turn to his work , official writing and business , until luncheon ; after which , when well enough , he either rode or drove to different parts of the island , and thereby made himself thoroughly acquainted by per- sonal observation ...
... turn to his work , official writing and business , until luncheon ; after which , when well enough , he either rode or drove to different parts of the island , and thereby made himself thoroughly acquainted by per- sonal observation ...
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... turning the whole country into a wilderness for nothing , and the Scindian race is actually being extirpated by these robbers . The hunting grounds so much talked of is a district which the treaty forced them to give up to the ...
... turning the whole country into a wilderness for nothing , and the Scindian race is actually being extirpated by these robbers . The hunting grounds so much talked of is a district which the treaty forced them to give up to the ...
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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.