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... dated Horse Guards , 13th April , 1852 , from which the following are extracts : -- " It was impossible for the Commander - in - chief , however , not to observe with admiration the conduct of the troops under such painful circumstances ...
... dated Horse Guards , 13th April , 1852 , from which the following are extracts : -- " It was impossible for the Commander - in - chief , however , not to observe with admiration the conduct of the troops under such painful circumstances ...
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... dated 1st July , 1702 , at which time the regiment embarked as part of the force which pro- ceeded on the expedition against Cadiz . In 1759 , during the operations of the English to reduce Guadaloupe , the natives and planters were ...
... dated 1st July , 1702 , at which time the regiment embarked as part of the force which pro- ceeded on the expedition against Cadiz . In 1759 , during the operations of the English to reduce Guadaloupe , the natives and planters were ...
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... dated Horse Guards , 4th January , 1813 . The conduct of Lieutenant Latham having thus been made known to the Duke of York , His Royal Highness evinced that eagerness to bring merit to the notice of the Crown for which he was distin ...
... dated Horse Guards , 4th January , 1813 . The conduct of Lieutenant Latham having thus been made known to the Duke of York , His Royal Highness evinced that eagerness to bring merit to the notice of the Crown for which he was distin ...
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... dated 1st of July , 1751 , and also by the warrant of King George III . , dated 19th of December , 1768 , previously to which periods regi- 1 ments were generally designated by the names of their colonels INFANTRY REGIMENTS OF THE LINE .
... dated 1st of July , 1751 , and also by the warrant of King George III . , dated 19th of December , 1768 , previously to which periods regi- 1 ments were generally designated by the names of their colonels INFANTRY REGIMENTS OF THE LINE .
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... dated the 15th of August , 1805. The Corps of Marines having been raised in 1755 , and since that period retained on the establishment , as a branch of the permanent national force of navy , army , and marines , have been authorized to ...
... dated the 15th of August , 1805. The Corps of Marines having been raised in 1755 , and since that period retained on the establishment , as a branch of the permanent national force of navy , army , and marines , have been authorized to ...
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381 페이지 - Every subject's duty is the king's ; but every subject's soul is his own. Therefore should every soldier in the wars do as every sick man in his bed, wash every mote out of his conscience ; and dying so, death is to him advantage ; or not dying, the time was blessedly lost wherein such preparation was gained : and in him that escapes, it were not sin to think that, making God so free an offer, he let him outlive that day to see his greatness, and to teach others how they should prepare.
307 페이지 - From camp to camp through the foul womb of night The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch : Fire answers fire, and through their paly flames Each battle sees the other's umber'd face...
305 페이지 - I will ask him for my place again ; he shall tell me I am a drunkard ! Had I as many mouths as Hydra, such an answer would stop them all. To be now a sensible man, by and by a fool, and presently a beast! O strange! Every inordinate cup is unblessed and the ingredient is a devil.
319 페이지 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility. But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
304 페이지 - I remember a mass of things, but nothing distinctly ; a quarrel, but nothing wherefore. — O, that men should put an enemy in their mouths, to steal away their brains ! that we should, with joy, revel, pleasure, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts ! lago.
319 페이지 - Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage ; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect ; Let it pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon ; let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To his full height.
307 페이지 - Now entertain conjecture of a time, When creeping murmur, and the poring dark, Fills the wide vessel of the universe. From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night, The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch...
366 페이지 - ... was something in his looks and voice and manner superadded, which eternally beckoned to the unfortunate to come and take shelter under him ; so that before...
363 페이지 - But he knows me not,' said he, a second time musing. ' Possibly he may my story,' added he. ' Pray tell the captain, I was the ensign at Breda whose wife was most unfortunately killed with a musketshot as she lay in my arms in my tent.
304 페이지 - O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil!