 | William Francis Patrick Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1828 - 678 Seiten
...day, has called forth as much of falsehood and malignity as servile and interested writers could offer to the unprincipled leaders of a base faction, but...it was carried to the town by a party of soldiers. The blood flowed fast, and the torture of his wound increased ; but such was the unshaken firmness... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1828 - 698 Seiten
...day, has called forth as much of falsehood and malignity as servile and interested writers could offer to the unprincipled leaders of a base faction, but...it was carried to the town by a party of soldiers. The blood flowed fast, and the torture of his wound increased ; but such was the unshaken firmness... | |
 | 1828 - 798 Seiten
...day, has called forth as much of falsehood and malignity as servile and interested writers could offer to the unprincipled leaders of a base faction, but...it was carried to the town by a party of soldiers. The blood flowed fast, and the torture of his wound increased; but such was the unshaken firmness of... | |
 | 1836 - 480 Seiten
...day, has called forth as much of falsehood and malignity as servile and interested writers could offer to the unprincipled leaders of a base faction, but...it was carried to the town by a party of soldiers. The blood flowed fast, and the torture of his wound increased ; but such was the unshaken firmness... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 Seiten
...destructive, received his mortal wound from a cannon-ball. From the spot where he fell, the general was carried to the town by a party of soldiers, his blood flowing fast, and the torture of his wound being great; yet such was the unshaken firmness of his mind,... | |
 | Henry Wright Phillott - 1849 - 224 Seiten
...in Spain, and, unlike most proverbs, it is rigidly attended to. History of the Peninsular War. II. From the spot where he fell, the general who had conducted...it was carried to the town by a party of soldiers. The blood flowed fast, and the torture of his wound increased ; but such was the unshaken firmness... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1853 - 610 Seiten
...manner, so becoming a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight." From the spot where he fell, the General 9 bis wound was great, yet such was the unshaken firmness of his mind, that those about him, judging... | |
 | 1855 - 440 Seiten
...soldier, he was borne from the fight by his devoted men, who went up the hill weeping as they went. The blood flowed fast, and the torture of his wound was...unshaken firmness of his mind, that those about him judged, from the resolution of his countenance, that his hurt was not mortal, and said so to him. He... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1862 - 590 Seiten
...day, has called forth as much of falsehood and malignity as servile and interested writers could offer to the unprincipled leaders of a base faction, but...soldiers ; his blood flowed fast, and the torture of bis wound was great, yet such was the unshaken firmness of his mind, that those about him, judging... | |
 | Antoine Henri baron de Jomini - 1864 - 512 Seiten
...with me ;' and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier. Moore was borne from the fight. * * * "He was carried to the town by a party of soldiers; his blood flowed fast, and the torture of his wound increased, but such was the unshaken firmness of his mind, that theso about him, jndging from the resolution... | |
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Corunna ; a transaction which, up to this day, has called forth as much of falsehood and malignity as servile and interested writers could offer to the unprincipled leaders of a base faction, but which posterity will regard as a genuine example of ability... 
