Pictures from the Battle Fields. By “The Roving Englishman” [E. C. Grenville Murray]. Sixth thousandG. Routledge & Company, 1856 - 259 Seiten |
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... manner suited to his age , dignity , and infirmities . Nothing could have been more admirable than the conduct of his lordship on this trying occasion . The intrepid heroism with which he kept his seat on horseback , in spite of severe ...
... manner suited to his age , dignity , and infirmities . Nothing could have been more admirable than the conduct of his lordship on this trying occasion . The intrepid heroism with which he kept his seat on horseback , in spite of severe ...
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... manner to act as second on the present interesting occasion , and to stir it up . I wish to do the fullest justice to the downright pluck and noble qualities which that public has displayed , as well as to the condescension of the ...
... manner to act as second on the present interesting occasion , and to stir it up . I wish to do the fullest justice to the downright pluck and noble qualities which that public has displayed , as well as to the condescension of the ...
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... manner as to insure its rejection ; for we see no effects of it . It is certain that everything connected with Turkey is in a most deplorable muddle and as far as the opinion of people residing in that country may be worth anything , a ...
... manner as to insure its rejection ; for we see no effects of it . It is certain that everything connected with Turkey is in a most deplorable muddle and as far as the opinion of people residing in that country may be worth anything , a ...
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... manner , was at least ungenerous , and would seem to show that advice was unwelcome to him even from the officer who was especially appointed to counsel him . A paragraph in the Times which preceded his arrival would to prove that not ...
... manner , was at least ungenerous , and would seem to show that advice was unwelcome to him even from the officer who was especially appointed to counsel him . A paragraph in the Times which preceded his arrival would to prove that not ...
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... of - the - way manners , and throwing all manner of petty obstacles in their way . Then it naturally occasioned the utmost surprise to our intelligent British soldiery , that not a single man could THE BATTLE FIELDS . 37.
... of - the - way manners , and throwing all manner of petty obstacles in their way . Then it naturally occasioned the utmost surprise to our intelligent British soldiery , that not a single man could THE BATTLE FIELDS . 37.
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Seite 243 - That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a
Seite 243 - He looks and laughs at a' that. A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he mauna fa' that ! For a
Seite 5 - Sometimes the scene and the very title of his romance have been some renowned structure, a palace, a prison, or a fortress. It is thus with the * Tower of London,' ' Windsor Castle,'
Seite 259 - THE HISTORY OF ITALY; from the Fall of the Western Empire, to the Commencement of the Wars of the French Revolution. By GEORGE PERCEVAL, Esq.
Seite 3 - ... images of guilt and woe, they so clear our judgment by profound analysis, •while they move our hearts by terror or compassion, that we learn to detect and stifle in ourselves the evil thought which we see gradually unfolding itself into the guilty deed.
Seite 5 - But the readers of Mr. Ainsworth— who number thousands upon thousands— need hardly be informed of this; and now that a uniform edition of his works is published, we do not doubt but that this large number of readers even will be considerably increased.
Seite 18 - The articles are chiefly selected so as to afford a succession of graphic parts of English History, chronologically arranged, from the consideration that the portions of history upon which general readers delight to dwell are those which tell some story which is complete in itself, or furnish some illustration which has a separate as well as a general interest.
Seite 6 - Certainly no custom was ever more popular ; the fame of it is bruited throughout the length and breadth of the land. It is a subject that gives excellent scope to a writer of fiction ; and Mr. Ainsworth, by skilful treatment. has rendered it most entertaining The materials are put together with dramatic force.
Seite 28 - TUTOR'S ASSISTANT ; being a Com' * pendium of Arithmetic for the Use of Schools. A New and improved Edition, to which is added, an Appendix on the Decimal Coinage, by JR YOUNG, late Professor of Mathematics, Belfast College. " ' Walkingame's Tutor' is especially valuable for its copious variety of examples and extensive range of subjects ; and in its present more modernized, improved, and corrected form, it is hoped that it may continue to sustain the character it has so long possessed as a favourite...
Seite 1 - Edition, with Continuation to the Death of Wellington. With Portraits of all the Sovereigns. " In this edition, the editor has added some facts which had been overlooked by the author, and preceded the original work by a short notice of the earlier history, fathered from the old chroniclers, and continued to the present time.