The three serjeants; or, Phases of the soldier's life, recollections of military service in Germany, Holland [&c.] by Thomas Morris, William Morris and William Morris, jun, Volume 2511858 |
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... English colours , while passing the " Princess " ( such being the name of the frigate stationed there ) , and when abreast of the Old Dock , being then high water , he tacked about , fired a broadside into the town , killing an old ...
... English colours , while passing the " Princess " ( such being the name of the frigate stationed there ) , and when abreast of the Old Dock , being then high water , he tacked about , fired a broadside into the town , killing an old ...
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... English troops before , and strove with each other , as to which should have the honour of entertaining us . Our road , after leaving the last - mentioned town , was through a country purely agricultural ; and yet , though it was in the ...
... English troops before , and strove with each other , as to which should have the honour of entertaining us . Our road , after leaving the last - mentioned town , was through a country purely agricultural ; and yet , though it was in the ...
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... English regiment in the field ; don't let us disgrace our- selves and our country . " A hearty cheer from the men was the assurance that they would do their duty . The colonel called for the quarter- master , and said : " Mr. Minikin ...
... English regiment in the field ; don't let us disgrace our- selves and our country . " A hearty cheer from the men was the assurance that they would do their duty . The colonel called for the quarter- master , and said : " Mr. Minikin ...
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... English ; and when our regiment began to ascend the hill , we were represented to them as part of the German force ; but when the British colours were shewn , they fancied that not only we , but that the whole of the red - coats were ...
... English ; and when our regiment began to ascend the hill , we were represented to them as part of the German force ; but when the British colours were shewn , they fancied that not only we , but that the whole of the red - coats were ...
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... English prisons , and seemed well pleased when it was intimated to them that they would be sent to England , by which we may suppose they had been tolerably well treated there . On our arrival at Dannenberg , the prisoners were placed ...
... English prisons , and seemed well pleased when it was intimated to them that they would be sent to England , by which we may suppose they had been tolerably well treated there . On our arrival at Dannenberg , the prisoners were placed ...
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Page 223 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Page 130 - His person partook the character of his mind — if the one never yielded in the cabinet, the other never bent in the field. Nature had no obstacles that he did not surmount ; space no opposition...
Page 129 - Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptred hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive — a will, despotic in its dictates — an energy that distanced expedition, and a conscience pliable to every touch of interest, marked the outline of this extraordinary...
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Page 121 - Till from their line scarce spears' lengths three Emerging from the smoke they see Helmet and plume and panoply — Then waked their fire at once ! Each musketeer's revolving knell, As fast, as regularly fell, As when they practise to display Their discipline on festal day. Then down went helm and lance. Down were the eagle banners sent.
Page 131 - ... history ; nor was there aught too incredible for belief, or too fanciful for expectation, when the world saw a subaltern of Corsica waving his imperial flag over her most ancient capitals.
Page 130 - God but ambition, and with an eastern devotion he knelt at the shrine of his idolatry. Subsidiary to this, there was no creed that he did not profess, there was no opinion...
Page 129 - A mind bold, independent, and decisive — a will despotic in its dictates — an energy that distanced expedition, and a conscience pliable to every touch of interest, marked the outline of this extraordinary character — the most extraordinary, perhaps that in the annals of this world ever rose, or reigned, or fell.
Page 122 - Wheel'd full against their staggering flanks, The English horsemen's foaming ranks Forced their resistless way. Then to the musket-knell succeeds The clash of swords — the neigh of steeds — As plies the smith his clanging trade, Against the cuirass rang the blade...