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... ground , and manifested a disposition to attack . An engage- ment ensued . Colonel Wellesley's bri- gade ... ground selected was opposite the western face The right was posted on of the fort . elevated ground , gradually declining ...
... ground , and manifested a disposition to attack . An engage- ment ensued . Colonel Wellesley's bri- gade ... ground selected was opposite the western face The right was posted on of the fort . elevated ground , gradually declining ...
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... ground the picquet was on , and said to have had parties of men with arms assem- bling on it . It appears to me , from the report , they are only intended for rocketing ; but our beating them up , instead of their attempting us , will ...
... ground the picquet was on , and said to have had parties of men with arms assem- bling on it . It appears to me , from the report , they are only intended for rocketing ; but our beating them up , instead of their attempting us , will ...
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... ground , we shall have four field - pieces , at least , bearing upon that road ' ; when I shall have an opportunity of looking at it again . I will let you know whether they will be sufficient , and what will . " I have fourteen 6 ...
... ground , we shall have four field - pieces , at least , bearing upon that road ' ; when I shall have an opportunity of looking at it again . I will let you know whether they will be sufficient , and what will . " I have fourteen 6 ...
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... ground . The Mogul and Mahratta cavalry came up about eleven o'clock ; and they have been employed ever since in the pursuit and destruction of the scattered fragments of the victorious army . " Thus has ended this warfare ; and I shall ...
... ground . The Mogul and Mahratta cavalry came up about eleven o'clock ; and they have been employed ever since in the pursuit and destruction of the scattered fragments of the victorious army . " Thus has ended this warfare ; and I shall ...
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... ground for inquiry . A million of pounds sterling yearly sent into smoke and cinders ! A mil- lion of money , spread in agriculture over any county of England , would turn it into a garden ; a million of money would carry a hundred thou ...
... ground for inquiry . A million of pounds sterling yearly sent into smoke and cinders ! A mil- lion of money , spread in agriculture over any county of England , would turn it into a garden ; a million of money would carry a hundred thou ...
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Page 439 - But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of light His reign of peace upon the earth began...
Page 169 - Toss the light ball — bestride the stick, (I knew so many cakes would make him sick !) With fancies buoyant as the thistle down, Prompting the face grotesque, and antic brisk, With many a lamb-like frisk, (He's got the scissors, snipping at your gown.) Thou pretty opening rose...
Page 520 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Page 439 - Twas in the calm and silent night ! The senator of haughty Rome Impatient urged his chariot's flight, From lordly revel rolling home : Triumphal arches, gleaming, swell His breast with thoughts of boundless sway ; What recked the Roman what befell A paltry province far away, In the solemn midnight, Centuries ago?
Page 439 - How keen the stars, his only thought — The air how calm, and cold, and thin, In the solemn midnight Centuries ago ! Oh, strange indifference ! low and high Drowsed over common joys and cares ; The earth was still — but knew not why The world was listening, unawares. How calm a moment may precede One that shall thrill the world for ever ! To that still moment none would heed, Man's doom was linked no more to sever...
Page 520 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Page 439 - No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high up hung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng; And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by.
Page 520 - O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death.
Page 400 - Seasons" does not contain a single new image of external nature; and scarcely presents a familiar one from which it can be .inferred that the eye of the Poet had been steadily fixed upon his object, much less that his feelings had urged him to work upon it in the spirit of genuine imagination.
Page 10 - I had the honour to lend you the other night at play; and which I shall be much obliged to you if you will let me have some time either to-day or to-morrow. I am sir, Your most obedient, most humble servant, GEORGE TRENT.