The Light Brigade in Spain: Or, The Last Fight of Sir John MooreG. P. Putnam's sons, 1904 - 410 Seiten |
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... shouted Shirley , who was irrepressible , and who , indeed , was said to have got Marmion by heart a week after it was issued , in February of this year . The duel began . The combatants were pretty evenly matched , and as the ...
... shouted Shirley , who was irrepressible , and who , indeed , was said to have got Marmion by heart a week after it was issued , in February of this year . The duel began . The combatants were pretty evenly matched , and as the ...
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... shouted a shrill - voiced ensign . " We're busy . " From outside an angry voice bawled in reply . " Be quiet , you fellows , " cried Smith . Let us hear who it is . " The noise inside the room was hushed , and through the door came ...
... shouted a shrill - voiced ensign . " We're busy . " From outside an angry voice bawled in reply . " Be quiet , you fellows , " cried Smith . Let us hear who it is . " The noise inside the room was hushed , and through the door came ...
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... shouted aloud , as though summoning a hidden band to the rescue . The Frenchmen started back , looked fearfully around , and then , unmindful of their dead comrade on the ground , set spurs to their horses and galloped away , one of ...
... shouted aloud , as though summoning a hidden band to the rescue . The Frenchmen started back , looked fearfully around , and then , unmindful of their dead comrade on the ground , set spurs to their horses and galloped away , one of ...
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... shouted . " Palsambleu ! Where has the hog hidden himself ? Ohé ! Come out of your pig - stye , canaille that you are , and bring me some food . " He continued shouting and belabouring the counter , setting the crockery rattling on the ...
... shouted . " Palsambleu ! Where has the hog hidden himself ? Ohé ! Come out of your pig - stye , canaille that you are , and bring me some food . " He continued shouting and belabouring the counter , setting the crockery rattling on the ...
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... shouted the commissary . " Another bottle of wine . No , don't take out the stopper . Set it on the table there in front of me . " The commissary gloated at the rotund wine - skin , but made no sign of opening it . Catching an enquiring ...
... shouted the commissary . " Another bottle of wine . No , don't take out the stopper . Set it on the table there in front of me . " The commissary gloated at the rotund wine - skin , but made no sign of opening it . Catching an enquiring ...
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afrancesado Antonio army asked Astorga attack barricade Bembibre British Calatayud Captain O'Hare Cariñena Casa Alvarez Casa Vega cavalry Colonel commissary Corporal Wilkes Corunna Coso cried dark despatch Don Casimir Don Cristobal Don Fernan Don Miguel door dragoons Dugdale enemy escape eyes face fell fight fire followed French Frenchman Giles Grampus guerrilleros guns hand head heard hombre hope horse hour Jack's José Juanita La Romana lady landlord letter looked Lumsden Marshal Lannes Miguel Priego miles minutes monsieur mule musket night officers Padre Consolacion Paget Palafox passed Pepito Pomeroy quarter regiment ride road rode round ruins rush Salamanca Santa Engracia Santiago Sass Saragossa Señor Señorita sentry shouted side siege Sir John Moore smile soldiers Soult sound Spain Spaniards Spanish stood street tell Tio Jorge Tobar troopers turned Valdepeñas Valladolid Vallejo voice wall word yards
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 187 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice!
Seite 187 - well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with "me.
Seite 8 - I can possibly avoid it, for there is none other that I like so much, and none else so much deserves it ; for we were the light regiment of the Light Division, and fired the first and last shot in almost every battle, siege, and skirmish, in which the army was engaged during the war.
Seite 161 - And if the enemy are in possession of Bembibre, which I believe, they have got a rare prize. They have taken or cut to pieces many hundred drunken British cowards — for none but unprincipled cowards would get drunk in the presence, nay in the very sight of the enemies of their country: and sooner than survive the disgrace of such infamous conduct, I hope that the first cannon-ball fired by the enemy may take me in the head...
Seite 8 - ... and I love them as I hope to do my better half, (when I come to be divided.) Wherever we were, they were ; and although the nature of our arm generally gave us more employment in the way of skirmishing, yet, whenever it came to a pinch, independent of a suitable mixture of them among us, we had only to look behind to see a line, in which we might place a degree of confidence, almost equal to our hopes in Heaven ; nor were we ever disappointed...