United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Partie 2H. Colburn, 1844 |
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... passed in Elba or elsewhere . Never did Napoleon's energy and vast abilities shine forth in a more astonishing manner than immediately after he remounted the throne ;. * Cipriani , Napoleon's Maître d'Hotel , and who accompanied his ...
... passed in Elba or elsewhere . Never did Napoleon's energy and vast abilities shine forth in a more astonishing manner than immediately after he remounted the throne ;. * Cipriani , Napoleon's Maître d'Hotel , and who accompanied his ...
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... passing the Sambre , and urge them forward with the utmost expedition towards Quatre - Bras and Fleurus , with a ... passed the night at Frasne and Fleurus . If it be argued that the soldiers were so exhausted as to be unable to ...
... passing the Sambre , and urge them forward with the utmost expedition towards Quatre - Bras and Fleurus , with a ... passed the night at Frasne and Fleurus . If it be argued that the soldiers were so exhausted as to be unable to ...
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... passed the afternoon of the 16th in promenading between Frasne and Ligny ; for the weight of his force thrown into the scale , must have overpowered the defenders of the position in spite of their deter- mined and undaunted resolution ...
... passed the afternoon of the 16th in promenading between Frasne and Ligny ; for the weight of his force thrown into the scale , must have overpowered the defenders of the position in spite of their deter- mined and undaunted resolution ...
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... cloud shaded the heavens ; and though the country we passed through was rich in bush , there were no shady trees , and a sad scarcity of water . The men being much fatigued with the previous day's march 22 [ MAY , NOTICES FROM KAFIRLAND .
... cloud shaded the heavens ; and though the country we passed through was rich in bush , there were no shady trees , and a sad scarcity of water . The men being much fatigued with the previous day's march 22 [ MAY , NOTICES FROM KAFIRLAND .
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... passed . On a green plain they reminded us of hay - cocks in England , being about that size . Their similarity in shape to the huts built by the Fingoes , Kafirs , and , indeed , almost all savage nations , is not the least curious ...
... passed . On a green plain they reminded us of hay - cocks in England , being about that size . Their similarity in shape to the huts built by the Fingoes , Kafirs , and , indeed , almost all savage nations , is not the least curious ...
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Page 448 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace, flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 584 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Page 568 - At daylight we resumed the line of march, and in a short distance our scouts encountered those of the enemy, and we received information that General Santa Anna was at New Washington, and would that day take up the line of march for Anahuac, crossing at Lynch's Ferry. The Texan army halted within half a mile of the ferry...
Page 528 - There are two sorts of corruptions— one when the people do not observe the laws; the other when they are corrupted by the laws: an incurable evil, because it is in the very remedy itself.
Page 523 - An act for establishing articles and orders, for the regulating and better government of his majesty's navy, ships of war, and forces by sea, and not otherwise.
Page 572 - The second regiment, under the command of Colonel Sherman, formed the left wing of the army. The artillery under the special command of Colonel George W. Hockley, Inspector-General, was placed on the right of the first regiment; and four companies of infantry, under the command of Lieut.-Col.
Page 567 - No previous occasion would justify it. The troops are in fine spirits, and now is .the time for action.
Page 531 - All other Crimes not capital, committed by any Person or Persons in the Fleet, which are not mentioned in this Act, or for which no Punishment is hereby directed to be inflicted, shall be punished according to the Laws and Customs in such Cases used at Sea.
Page 561 - Upon the 10th day of May, attended by his best generals, and heading the choicest of his troops, Napoleon pressed forward towards Lodi. About a league from Casal, he encountered the Austrian rear-guard, who had been left, it would appear, at too great a distance from their main body.
Page 570 - ... they had enjoyed for two days. The enemy in the meantime extended the right flank; of their Infantry so as to occupy the extreme point of a skirt of timber on the bank of the San Jacinto, and secured their left by a fortification about five feet high, constructed of packs and baggage, leaving an opening in the centre of the breastwork, in which their Artillery was placed, their Cavalry upon their left wing.