The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B.J. Murray, 1834 |
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... reached Paris , when a mis- chance occurred , which might have had serious consequences . John , having been left alone , began , with childish curiosity , to examine the locks of a pair of loaded pistols . Being igno- rant of their ...
... reached Paris , when a mis- chance occurred , which might have had serious consequences . John , having been left alone , began , with childish curiosity , to examine the locks of a pair of loaded pistols . Being igno- rant of their ...
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... reached Berlin , and were received with distinction by Frederic II . The Prussian army , organised by that great tactician , was considered the best disciplined in Europe . The Duke of Hamilton and his friends readily obtained ...
... reached Berlin , and were received with distinction by Frederic II . The Prussian army , organised by that great tactician , was considered the best disciplined in Europe . The Duke of Hamilton and his friends readily obtained ...
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... reached Vienna , and obtained introductions to the Imperial Court . At that time the most brilliant expectations were entertained of Joseph II . , which vanished before the termi- nation of his brief reign . He was singularly curious ...
... reached Vienna , and obtained introductions to the Imperial Court . At that time the most brilliant expectations were entertained of Joseph II . , which vanished before the termi- nation of his brief reign . He was singularly curious ...
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... reached Rome , and Dr. Moore was filled with those vivid emotions , which the recollection of its former greatness is calculated to excite . In a letter to Mrs. Moore , he writes : - ' I have not yet time to give you my sen- ' timents ...
... reached Rome , and Dr. Moore was filled with those vivid emotions , which the recollection of its former greatness is calculated to excite . In a letter to Mrs. Moore , he writes : - ' I have not yet time to give you my sen- ' timents ...
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... reached Paris . There the ensign quitted his father , to fly to Glasgow . I still recollect his mother's transports on embracing her eldest son , who had left her when a wild schoolboy , and had returned an accomplished youth . Absence ...
... reached Paris . There the ensign quitted his father , to fly to Glasgow . I still recollect his mother's transports on embracing her eldest son , who had left her when a wild schoolboy , and had returned an accomplished youth . Absence ...
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afterwards alarm Anderson arms army arrived artillery assembled attack Bastia batteries bayonets besieged boats Brigands British camp cannon Captain Castlebar cavalry coast Colonel Moore column command commenced corps Corsicans detachment diers dragoons Duke of Hamilton Duke of York Dundas Egypt embarked enemy enemy's entrenchments escaped father favourable fire flank fleet force Fornelli forward France French frigates front garrison gave Gibraltar grenadiers ground guard guns hill horse hundred infantry inhabitants intelligence Ireland Irish island Lake landed letter Lord Cornwallis Lord Hood Lucia manded ment military Minorca Moore's Morne Fortuné negroes neral night officers orders Paoli party pickets reached rear rebels received redoubt regiment reinforcement repulsed reserve resolved sailed sent ship shore shot siege Sir Charles Stuart Sir Gilbert Elliot Sir James Sir Ralph Abercrombie soldiers soon storm tained thousand tion took town troops Viceroy Vizir Wexford wish wounded