Sketches of the Character, Manners, and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland: With Details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments, 第 1 巻A. Constable, 1822 - 445 ページ |
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... British and Hanoverians advanced to the attack , and , after a severe con- test , in which every inch of ground was disputed , they drove the enemy back on their entrenchments . During this opera- tion , the Dutch on the left attacked ...
... British and Hanoverians advanced to the attack , and , after a severe con- test , in which every inch of ground was disputed , they drove the enemy back on their entrenchments . During this opera- tion , the Dutch on the left attacked ...
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... British , who had now advanced so far beyond the confined ground as to be able to form the greatest part of the army into line . He quitted a litter , in which he had been carried the whole day , being much reduced by long- continued ...
... British , who had now advanced so far beyond the confined ground as to be able to form the greatest part of the army into line . He quitted a litter , in which he had been carried the whole day , being much reduced by long- continued ...
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... British were forced to give way , and were driven back across the ravine . The Highlanders who had been ordered up from the attack of the village , and two other regiments ordered from the reserve to support the line , were borne down ...
... British were forced to give way , and were driven back across the ravine . The Highlanders who had been ordered up from the attack of the village , and two other regiments ordered from the reserve to support the line , were borne down ...
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... British behaved well , and could be exceeded in ardour by none but our officers , who animated the troops by their example , when the Highland furies rushed in upon us with more violence than ever did a sea driven by a tempest . I ...
... British behaved well , and could be exceeded in ardour by none but our officers , who animated the troops by their example , when the Highland furies rushed in upon us with more violence than ever did a sea driven by a tempest . I ...
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... struck with the conduct of the Highlanders , and concurred so cordially in the esteem which they had secured to themselves both from friends and foes , that , The total loss of the British , includ- ing officers 274 BLACK WATCH .
... struck with the conduct of the Highlanders , and concurred so cordially in the esteem which they had secured to themselves both from friends and foes , that , The total loss of the British , includ- ing officers 274 BLACK WATCH .
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18 ページ - British public to this profaned sanctuary — " we were now treading that illustrious island which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge and the blessings of religion.
18 ページ - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground •which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
115 ページ - I, AB, do swear, and as I shall answer to God at the great day of Judgment...
519 ページ - During the season of repose, his time was devoted to the care and instruction of the Officer and Soldier ; in war, he courted service in every quarter of the globe. Regardless of personal considerations, he esteemed that to which his Country called him, the post of honour ; and by his undaunted spirit, and unconquerable perseverance, he pointed the way to victory.
539 ページ - Every thing that the most determined bravery could attempt was repeatedly tried in vain by the troops, who were brought forward from the trenches in succession. No man outlived the attempt to gain the ridge...
535 ページ - Picton, crossed at the bridge higher up, followed by the 7th division, under the Earl of Dalhousie. These four divisions, forming the centre of the army, were destined to attack the...
152 ページ - ... it, or by wrongs and injuries they be so wearied that they be compelled to sell all.
152 ページ - All their household stuff, which is very little worth, though it might well abide the sale: yet being suddenly thrust out, they be constrained to sell it for a thing of nought. And when they have wandered...
18 ページ - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
518 ページ - I hope the People of England will be satisfied! - I hope my Country will do me justice!