The Quarterly Review, Volume 13John Murray, 1815 - English literature |
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... position into the open plain for the purpose of forcing them to action . The novelty and splendour of their appearance excited the admiration of the Europeans : the gaudiest foppery of a modern army fades before the glittering hel- mets ...
... position into the open plain for the purpose of forcing them to action . The novelty and splendour of their appearance excited the admiration of the Europeans : the gaudiest foppery of a modern army fades before the glittering hel- mets ...
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... position in front , two battalions under Rampon and Marmont were detached on the flank to turn the valley . Here the Mamelukes had thirty or forty pieces of cannon , which they knew so little how to use that they had not time to load ...
... position in front , two battalions under Rampon and Marmont were detached on the flank to turn the valley . Here the Mamelukes had thirty or forty pieces of cannon , which they knew so little how to use that they had not time to load ...
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... position , perhaps , rendered an act of severity necessary ; this province required to be taught that it could not brave us with im- punity ; it was , besides , our policy to conceal from them that our means were small , and our ...
... position , perhaps , rendered an act of severity necessary ; this province required to be taught that it could not brave us with im- punity ; it was , besides , our policy to conceal from them that our means were small , and our ...
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... position , behind a ravine ; and there they suffered themselves to be surprised on the follow- ing night . This was on the 14th February ; on the 17th , Buo- naparte arrived , and being joined that day by the other divisions and the ...
... position , behind a ravine ; and there they suffered themselves to be surprised on the follow- ing night . This was on the 14th February ; on the 17th , Buo- naparte arrived , and being joined that day by the other divisions and the ...
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... position . At evening we retired into the closed tent , and often during the night we had the majestic but afflicting spectacle of the fusillade which was going on under the walls of Acre ; the shells which were traversing the air , and ...
... position . At evening we retired into the closed tent , and often during the night we had the majestic but afflicting spectacle of the fusillade which was going on under the walls of Acre ; the shells which were traversing the air , and ...
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Page 297 - But here,— above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone...
Page 300 - 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.
Page 1 - I answer, that whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may haply strike out his teeth.
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Page 516 - ... 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.
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