The Story of the World for Children of the British Empire, Bücher 4W. Blackwood & Sons, 1903 |
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... native ruler or Nawab , who lived in Oriental splendour at the city of Arcot , some sixty - five miles west of Madras . This Nawab of Arcot was in his turn under the Nizam of Hyderabad , and both in the old days were under the Great ...
... native ruler or Nawab , who lived in Oriental splendour at the city of Arcot , some sixty - five miles west of Madras . This Nawab of Arcot was in his turn under the Nizam of Hyderabad , and both in the old days were under the Great ...
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... native land , " he cried piteously . Twice , in desperation , the poor home - sick boy tried to shoot himself , but twice he failed . " Surely , " he cried at the second failure- " surely I am reserved for something great . " So it ...
... native land , " he cried piteously . Twice , in desperation , the poor home - sick boy tried to shoot himself , but twice he failed . " Surely , " he cried at the second failure- " surely I am reserved for something great . " So it ...
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... native garrison : they abandoned the fort . Not a shot was fired , and Clive with his 500 men entered the city in ... native - caught the spirit of their leader , and each became a hero . History contains no more touching instance of ...
... native garrison : they abandoned the fort . Not a shot was fired , and Clive with his 500 men entered the city in ... native - caught the spirit of their leader , and each became a hero . History contains no more touching instance of ...
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... natives of Asia . The thin gruel , strained away from the rice , would do for them , " they said . With such as these Clive held the fort for fifty days . At last the French resolved to storm the town . Clive busied himself with ...
... natives of Asia . The thin gruel , strained away from the rice , would do for them , " they said . With such as these Clive held the fort for fifty days . At last the French resolved to storm the town . Clive busied himself with ...
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... flight , and the great native army was retreating in wild disorder . Clive stood triumphant on the battlefield of Plassey . With a loss of twenty- two men he had scattered an army of nearly 16 ENGLISH AND FRENCH IN AMERICA . [ 18TH CENT.
... flight , and the great native army was retreating in wild disorder . Clive stood triumphant on the battlefield of Plassey . With a loss of twenty- two men he had scattered an army of nearly 16 ENGLISH AND FRENCH IN AMERICA . [ 18TH CENT.
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Admiral Africa America arms army arrived attack Austria Bastile battle battle of Trafalgar Blücher brave British broke Bruce Cape Captain Captain Cook chapter Clive coast colonies colonists command Cook Corsica cried dauphin dead death declared dressed Dupleix Dutch East Emperor empire enemy England English escape Europe famous fell fight fire flag fleet fought France French governor guns Hardy hero honour Horatio Nelson hour India island king land Louis Louis XVI Marie Antoinette miles Mogul morning Mungo Park Napoleon NAPOLEON BONAPARTE nation native Nelson Niger night Nile palace Paris passed peace Pitt Portugal Quatre-Bras Quebec queen Raja reached retreat returned Revolution river Robert Clive Russia sailed sailor sent ships slaves snow soldiers soon South Spain stood storm story struggle throne Toulon town Trafalgar triumph troops Tuileries Versailles victory Warren Hastings Waterloo Wellesley Wellington Wolfe young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 121 - Ye are brothers ! ye are men ! And we conquer but to save ; So peace instead of death let us bring ; But yield, proud foe, thy fleet, With the crews, at England's feet, And make submission meet To our king.
Seite 169 - 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. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast...
Seite 129 - May the great God whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it, and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet!
Seite 24 - Resolved, That a committee, in conjunction with one from the Senate, be appointed to consider on the most suitable manner of paying honor to the memory of the man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow-citizens.
Seite 169 - 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. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning.
Seite 138 - Burke, moved even to tears, exclaimed, "It is not a chip of the old block; it is the old block itself.
Seite 169 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. 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. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow, But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Seite 115 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shoae round him o'er the dead.
Seite 218 - 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...
Seite 41 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.