Europe and the Allies of the Past and of Today: With a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of the Present Struggle in the East1855 |
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... victory , " soon appeared at the head of the military department of France . Austere in character , unbending in discipline , and of indefatigable energy , he resembled the great patriots of antiquity more that any other statesman of ...
... victory , " soon appeared at the head of the military department of France . Austere in character , unbending in discipline , and of indefatigable energy , he resembled the great patriots of antiquity more that any other statesman of ...
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... victory of Monte- notte , " said Napoleon , " did not induce me to think myself a superior character . It was after the passage of Lodi that the idea shot across my mind that I might become a decisive actor on the political theatre ...
... victory of Monte- notte , " said Napoleon , " did not induce me to think myself a superior character . It was after the passage of Lodi that the idea shot across my mind that I might become a decisive actor on the political theatre ...
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... Victory after victory soon completed the subjugation of the Land of the Pharaohs , while at the battle of the Nile the French fleet was almost entirely destroyed by Nelson . Cut off by this disaster from Europe , Napoleon pro- jected ...
... Victory after victory soon completed the subjugation of the Land of the Pharaohs , while at the battle of the Nile the French fleet was almost entirely destroyed by Nelson . Cut off by this disaster from Europe , Napoleon pro- jected ...
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... victory which was so soon afterwards destined to scatter to the winds the opposing allies . We now come to the campaign of Austerlitz ; the most remarkable , in a military point of view , which the history of the war afforded . In the ...
... victory which was so soon afterwards destined to scatter to the winds the opposing allies . We now come to the campaign of Austerlitz ; the most remarkable , in a military point of view , which the history of the war afforded . In the ...
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... victory , but for existence . Great numbers sought to save themselves by crossing with their artillery and cavalry a frozen lake adjoining their line of march . The ice was already be- ginning to yield under the enormous weight , when ...
... victory , but for existence . Great numbers sought to save themselves by crossing with their artillery and cavalry a frozen lake adjoining their line of march . The ice was already be- ginning to yield under the enormous weight , when ...
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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.