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... Toussaint and the blacks to the repossession of the island by the French , but that such resistance was impotent and ineffectual . The general Le Clerc debarked in force on the 4th of February , and got possession of several forts and ...
... Toussaint and the blacks to the repossession of the island by the French , but that such resistance was impotent and ineffectual . The general Le Clerc debarked in force on the 4th of February , and got possession of several forts and ...
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... Toussaint L'Ouver- ture , announced that it also was obliged to bow to the fortune of Bonaparté . Jerome , the youngest brother of the first consul , was the bearer of these dispatches , the first which had arrived from St. Do- mingo ...
... Toussaint L'Ouver- ture , announced that it also was obliged to bow to the fortune of Bonaparté . Jerome , the youngest brother of the first consul , was the bearer of these dispatches , the first which had arrived from St. Do- mingo ...
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... Toussaint broken off - Toussaint declared a Rebel - Generals Le Clerc , and Rochambeau , & c . march against him.— Reinforcements arrive from France . - Plan of the Campaign - partial Success and Defeat . - Attack of Toussaint in his ...
... Toussaint broken off - Toussaint declared a Rebel - Generals Le Clerc , and Rochambeau , & c . march against him.— Reinforcements arrive from France . - Plan of the Campaign - partial Success and Defeat . - Attack of Toussaint in his ...
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... Toussaint L'Ouverture who then governed it , and the great difficulties which the nature of the country , and its numerous and armed population , would most probably oppose to a forcible occu- pation of the island . As to the intrinsic ...
... Toussaint L'Ouverture who then governed it , and the great difficulties which the nature of the country , and its numerous and armed population , would most probably oppose to a forcible occu- pation of the island . As to the intrinsic ...
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... Toussaint , it must be recollected that France had abandoned the is- land , during the war , to the blacks , and that they , not knowing of the private negotiations between lord Hawkesbury and M. Otto , natu- rally considered the war ...
... Toussaint , it must be recollected that France had abandoned the is- land , during the war , to the blacks , and that they , not knowing of the private negotiations between lord Hawkesbury and M. Otto , natu- rally considered the war ...
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Page 828 - Far flash'd the red artillery. But redder yet that light shall glow On Linden's hills of stained snow; And bloodier yet the torrent flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. 'Tis morn ; but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy.
Page 828 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 829 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry. Few, few shall part where many meet ! The snow shall be their winding-sheet ; And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre.
Page 827 - Lochiel, Lochiel ! beware of the day ; For, dark and despairing, my sight I may seal, But man cannot cover what God would reveal ; 'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Page 826 - Glenullin ! whose bride shall await, Like a love-lighted watchfire, all night at the gate. A steed comes at morning ; no rider is there ; But its bridle is- red with the sign of despair. Weep Albin ! to death and captivity led ! Oh weep ! but thy tears cannot number the dead : For a merciless sword on Culloden shall wave, Culloden ! that reeks with the blood of the brave.
Page 826 - Companionless bearing destruction abroad ; But down let him stoop from his havoc on high ! Ah, home let him speed, — for the spoiler is nigh ! Why flames the far summit? Why shoot to the blast Those embers, like stars from the firmament cast ? 'Tis the fire-shower of ruin, all dreadfully driven From his eyrie, that beacons the darkness of heaven. Oh, crested Lochiel, the peerless in might, Whose banners arise on the battlements...
Page 127 - These two companies were afterwards united and consolidated into one, under the title of the United Company of Merchants trading to the East Indies.
Page 827 - Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before. I tell thee, Culloden's dread echoes shall ring With the bloodhounds that bark for thy fugitive king. Lo ! anointed by Heaven with the vials of wrath, Behold, where he flies on his desolate path ! Now in darkness and billows, he sweeps from my sight; Rise, rise ! ye wild tempests, and cover his flight!
Page 832 - Yes, at the dead of night, by Lonna's steep, The seaman's cry was heard along the deep...
Page 710 - By his father he was descended from the Robertsons of Gladney in the county of Fife ; a branch of the respectable family of the same name, which has, for many generations, possessed the estate of Struan in Perthshire. He was born in 1721, at Borthwick (in the county of...