England's Artillerymen: An Historical Narrative of the Services of the Royal Artillery, from the Formation of the Regiment to the Amalgamation of the Royal and Indian Artilleries in 1862Hall, Smart and Allen, 1865 - 330 Seiten |
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England's Artillerymen: An Historical Narrative of the Services of the Royal ... James Alexander Browne Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2022 |
England's Artillerymen: An Historical Narrative of the Services of the Royal ... James Alexander Browne Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2022 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Seite 291 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Seite 319 - Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way; For honour travels in a strait so narrow Where one but goes abreast: keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons That one by one pursue: if you...
Seite 296 - I was safe under the neck. And a more extraordinary situation I never was in. The head, which is an enormous mass of rock, about thirty-five feet in height, overhangs its base many feet on every side. A ledge of tolerably level rock runs round three sides of the base, about six feet in width, bounded...
Seite 24 - From the bleak shores of the sea to the lands where the Father of Waters Seizes the hills in his hands, and drags them down to the ocean, Deep in their sands to bury the scattered bones of the mammoth.
Seite 305 - Sir John Hawkins, however, in his History of Music, says : — ' It seems that the old English march of the foot was formerly in- high estimation, as well abroad as with us ; its characteristic is dignity and gravity, in. which respect it differs greatly from the French, which, as it is given by Mersennus, is brisk and alert.
Seite 322 - element,' but the word is over-worn. \Exit. Vio. This fellow is wise enough to play the fool ; And to do that well craves a kind of wit : He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time, And, like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye.
Seite 253 - General Williams, you have made yourself a name in history, and posterity will stand amazed at the endurance, the courage, and the discipline which this siege has called forth in the remains of an army. Let us arrange a capitulation that will -satisfy the demands of war without outraging humanity.
Seite 181 - Forced from their homes, a melancholy train, To traverse climes beyond the western main ; Where wild Oswego spreads her swamps around, And Niagara stuns with thundering sound...
Seite 186 - ... several uncommon incidents : our troops having for a moment been pushed back, some of our guns remained for a few minutes in the enemy's hands ; they were, however, not only quickly recovered, but the two pieces, a...
Seite 304 - Since nought so stockish, hard and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature. The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted.