The Quarterly Review, 第 13 巻John Murray, 1815 |
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... fire by files was now well kept up against them ; thinking to turn the enemy they now passed between the two divisions , and in so doing received the fire of both . Part of them returned to the entrenchment at Embaba , the rest got into ...
... fire by files was now well kept up against them ; thinking to turn the enemy they now passed between the two divisions , and in so doing received the fire of both . Part of them returned to the entrenchment at Embaba , the rest got into ...
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... fire composed of this fuel that Buona- parte lay down to sleep in the desert ! The imagination of Dante could not have conceived a more emblematic situation for this in- carnate Moloch . " General Desaix meantime was pursuing the ...
... fire composed of this fuel that Buona- parte lay down to sleep in the desert ! The imagination of Dante could not have conceived a more emblematic situation for this in- carnate Moloch . " General Desaix meantime was pursuing the ...
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... fire of the French infantry , they presently rushed on , and overwhelmed one of the platoons ; all who were not killed threw themselves on the ground with admirable promptitude , and thus uncovered the Ma- melukes to the great square in ...
... fire of the French infantry , they presently rushed on , and overwhelmed one of the platoons ; all who were not killed threw themselves on the ground with admirable promptitude , and thus uncovered the Ma- melukes to the great square in ...
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... fire , and though the fortress was separated from the burning houses , the walls became heated like an oven , and the besieged suffered the most in- tolerable pains of heat and thirst . One of their magazines blew up , and the flames ...
... fire , and though the fortress was separated from the burning houses , the walls became heated like an oven , and the besieged suffered the most in- tolerable pains of heat and thirst . One of their magazines blew up , and the flames ...
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... fire in which the sinful are everlastingly tormented ; -it may be said of the camel corps as of this hypothesis , that the genius of the inventor was less remarkable than the hardness of his heart . M. Larrey , in a better spirit ...
... fire in which the sinful are everlastingly tormented ; -it may be said of the camel corps as of this hypothesis , that the genius of the inventor was less remarkable than the hardness of his heart . M. Larrey , in a better spirit ...
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300 ページ - STRANGER ! if e'er thine ardent step hath traced The northern realms of ancient Caledon, Where the proud Queen of Wilderness hath placed, By lake and cataract, her lonely throne ; Sublime but sad delight thy soul hath known, Gazing on pathless glen and mountain high, Listing where from the cliffs the torrents thrown Mingle their echoes with the eagle's cry, And with the sounding lake, and with the moaning sky.
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280 ページ - The Physiognomical System of Drs Gall and Spurzheim, founded on an Anatomical and Physiological Examination of the Nervous System in general, and of the Brain in particular ; and indicating the Dispositions and Manifestations of the Mind.
492 ページ - Bonaparte destroys the only legal title on which his existence depended : by appearing again in France with projects of confusion and disorder, he has deprived himself of the protection of the law, and has manifested to the universe, that there can be neither peace nor truce with him. The powers consequently declare, that Napoleon...
224 ページ - ? No ! I will march your troops until their legs shall become the size of their bodies. You shall not have a blade of grass nor a drop of water. I will hear of you every time your drum beats, but you shall not know where I am once a month. I will give your army battle, but it must be when I please, and not when you choose.
106 ページ - Seem'd with its piercing melody to reach The soul, and in mysterious unison Blend with all thoughts of gentleness and love. Their hearts were open to the healing power Of nature ; and the splendour of the night, The flow of waters, and that sweetest lay Came to them like a copious evening dew Falling on vernal herbs which thirst for rain.
304 ページ - O ! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant ! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken...
516 ページ - ... and it was utterly impossible to rally a single corps. The enemy, who perceived this astonishing confusion, immediately attacked with their cavalry, and increased the disorder, and such was the confusion, owing to night coming on, that it was impossible to rally the troops, and point out to them their error.
153 ページ - Poetry is of so subtile a spirit, that, in pouring out of one language into another, it will all evaporate ; and, if a new spirit be not added in the transfusion, there will remain nothing but a caput mortuum.