The Light Brigade in Spain: Or, The Last Fight of Sir John MooreG. P. Putnam's sons, 1904 - 410 Seiten |
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... thought Jack ; " I've no business here ; I'd better make myself scarce . " He withdrew into the corridor , and began to walk up and down , with that curious feeling of excitement which takes hold of a boy when waiting for an interview ...
... thought Jack ; " I've no business here ; I'd better make myself scarce . " He withdrew into the corridor , and began to walk up and down , with that curious feeling of excitement which takes hold of a boy when waiting for an interview ...
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... ditch . To divert his thoughts from the cold and the unpleasantness of his journey , he ran over in his mind the events of the last few days . He dwelt partic- Negotiations ularly on the strange message he had received from 54.
... ditch . To divert his thoughts from the cold and the unpleasantness of his journey , he ran over in his mind the events of the last few days . He dwelt partic- Negotiations ularly on the strange message he had received from 54.
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... thought Jack , as he looked in at the open door of one of these . The floor was of brick , strewn with rushes . A large fire burnt in one of the grates , strings of onions hung from nails on the walls , and the place was pervaded by an ...
... thought Jack , as he looked in at the open door of one of these . The floor was of brick , strewn with rushes . A large fire burnt in one of the grates , strings of onions hung from nails on the walls , and the place was pervaded by an ...
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... thought he had heard a different account about some of his host's countrymen , but he went on : " Well then , you will not object to your sons entering my service as messengers between me and my general ? ) " But , Señor , I shall then ...
... thought he had heard a different account about some of his host's countrymen , but he went on : " Well then , you will not object to your sons entering my service as messengers between me and my general ? ) " But , Señor , I shall then ...
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... thought , would be a convenient spot at which to leave the youth with the mules while he himself went into the town and reconnoitred . Accordingly , he sent Juan into the wood with the animals and sufficient food to last them the day ...
... thought , would be a convenient spot at which to leave the youth with the mules while he himself went into the town and reconnoitred . Accordingly , he sent Juan into the wood with the animals and sufficient food to last them the day ...
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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...