Yankee Travels Through the Island of Cuba, Or, The Men and Government, the Laws and Customs of Cuba, as Seen by American EyesD. Appleton & Company, 346 & 348 Broadway, 1856 - 412 Seiten |
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Seite 273 - I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife, is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please God. But he that is with a wife, is solicitous for the things of the world, bow he may please his wife ; and he is divided.
Seite 241 - Passion, interest, or caprice, suggested daily motives for the dissolution of marriage ; a word, a sign, a message, a letter, the mandate of a freedman, declared the separation ; the most tender of human connections was degraded to a transient society of profit or pleasure.
Seite 273 - But he that is with a wife, is solicitous for the things of the world, how he may please his wife ; and he is divided.
Seite 127 - The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants : it is always unknown ; it is different in different men ; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst it is every vice, folly, and passion, to which human nature is liable.'*- — Lord Camden.
Seite 68 - Poles, cutting down the gunners, took the battery, the whole army was in flight, abandoning arms, ammunitions, and baggage. " This surprising exploit, in the glory it conferred upon one party, and the disgrace it heaped upon the other, can hardly be paralleled in the annals of war. It is indeed almost incredible, even to those who are acquainted with Spanish armies, that a position, in itself nearly impregnable, and defended by twelve thousand men, should, without any panic, but merely from a deliberate...
Seite 67 - French wings, spreading over the mountain side, commenced a warm skirmishing fire, which was as warmly returned, while the frowning battery at the top of the causeway was held in readiness to crush the central column, when it should come within range. At that moment Napoleon rode into the mouth of the pass, and attentively examined the scene before him ; the infantry were making no progress, and a thick fog mixed with smoke hung upon the ascent ; suddenly, as if by inspiration, he ordered the Polish...
Seite 68 - Poles fell in among the gunners, and took the battery, the whole Spanish army was in flight, abandoning arms, ammunition, baggage, and a number of prisoners. This surprising exploit, in the glory it conferred upon one party, and the disgrace it heaped upon the other, can hardly be paralleled in the annals of war. It is indeed almost incredible, even to those who are acquainted with Spanish armies, that a position, in itself nearly impregnable, and defended by 12,000 men should, without any panic,...
Seite 41 - He, therefore, can scarcely sing, in words of the old song, ' How happy the soldier who lives on his pay, And spends half-a-crown on three halfpence a day !' After having completed three years in the army, the recruits pass into the reserve, and have to turn out for two weeks' drill every second year, till the end of the ten years.
Seite 68 - The charge itself, viewed as a simple military operation, was extravagantly rash ; but taken as the result of Napoleon's sagacious estimate of the real value of Spanish troops, and his promptitude in seizing the advantage offered by the smoke and fog that clung to the side of the mountain, it was a most felicitous example of intuitive genius.
Seite 38 - At this moment (the morning's dawn), we heard the barking of a small dog, and four or five ncgros rushed suddenly from the huts, evidently alarmed. On seeing' them, one of our dogs barked, and they shouted and began to run. Shortly afterwards, others issued from both huts, stumbling as if they had been sleeping, and commenced also flying in all directions. Our three men rushed to the huts, and the dogs which pulled most strenuously, increased their velocity. Pepe Torres, with sword in hand, entered...