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... ultimatum , offering an accom- modation on condition that France would evacuate Prussia , and come to an arrangement with the king of Sweden , INVASION OF RUSSIA , 1812 . 37 which remained without 36 EUROPE AND THE ALLIES .
... ultimatum , offering an accom- modation on condition that France would evacuate Prussia , and come to an arrangement with the king of Sweden , INVASION OF RUSSIA , 1812 . 37 which remained without 36 EUROPE AND THE ALLIES .
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... remained without any answer , on the part of the French Government . Both prepared for the worst , and on the 23d of June , Napoleon arrived on the banks of the Niemen , with his countless hosts , for the invasion of Russia . The armies ...
... remained without any answer , on the part of the French Government . Both prepared for the worst , and on the 23d of June , Napoleon arrived on the banks of the Niemen , with his countless hosts , for the invasion of Russia . The armies ...
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... remained not unwilling prisoners in the castle of Valencey . The throne of Spain was now vacant . The right to fill it was assumed by the emperor , in virtue of the cession to him , by Charles , of his rights . The council of Castile ...
... remained not unwilling prisoners in the castle of Valencey . The throne of Spain was now vacant . The right to fill it was assumed by the emperor , in virtue of the cession to him , by Charles , of his rights . The council of Castile ...
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... remained able to serve the gun . He seemed to bear a charmed life . Though shot and shell fell thick and fast around him , he still stood unharmed , and rapidly loaded and discharged his gun . At length , worn out by his own exertions ...
... remained able to serve the gun . He seemed to bear a charmed life . Though shot and shell fell thick and fast around him , he still stood unharmed , and rapidly loaded and discharged his gun . At length , worn out by his own exertions ...
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... remained alive . This victory at Baylen greatly encouraged the Spanish troops , whose ardor was beginning to fail , before the con- quering career of Bessières , and the disgust and ter- ror occasioned by the murders and excesses of the ...
... remained alive . This victory at Baylen greatly encouraged the Spanish troops , whose ardor was beginning to fail , before the con- quering career of Bessières , and the disgust and ter- ror occasioned by the murders and excesses of the ...
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allies arms arrived artillery assault attack Austria Badajos Balaklava battalions batteries battle battle of Inkerman besieged brave brigade British cannon Canrobert cavalry charge command commenced Constantinople contest courage Crimea Czar Danube dead death defence division Duke EDWARD LIVERMORE Emperor empire enemy England English Eupatoria Europe fell fire Fitzroy Somerset fleet force France French army garrison ground guard guns harbor heights hill honor horse hundred infantry inhabitants killed Lord Raglan miles military morning mountain Murids musketry Napoleon night o'clock occupied officers Omer Pacha opened Pacha position possession Prince prisoners ranks reached redoubt regiment retire retreat river road Russian Saragossa scarcely scene Schamyl Sebastopol shell ships shot side siege Silistria Sir John Moore soldiers soon Soult Spain Spanish starost Sultan thousand tion took town treaty troops Turkey Turkish Turks valley victory village Wellington whole wounded yards
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Seite 204 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Seite 203 - THERE was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's Capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it?
Seite 95 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Seite 94 - No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet, nor in shroud, we wound him ; But he lay, like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Seite 204 - Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated ; who could guess If ever more should meet those mutual eyes, Since upon night so sweet such awful morn could rise?
Seite 94 - NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried.
Seite 203 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...
Seite 204 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Seite 9 - Constantine ; but which, in a few hours, had been stripped of the pomp of royalty. A melancholy reflection, on the vicissitudes of human greatness, forced itself on his mind ; and he repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry : "The spider has wove his web in the Imperial palace ; and the owl hath sung her watch-song on the towers of Afrasiab.
Seite 95 - Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him.