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Robert Charles Dallas. On SALAMANCA's blood - dy'd plain , What peals ! what havoc foams again ! ' Tis Wellesley's self who dares for Spain The worst a chief can brave : His eagle glance , with instant thought , One fatal error quickly ...
Robert Charles Dallas. On SALAMANCA's blood - dy'd plain , What peals ! what havoc foams again ! ' Tis Wellesley's self who dares for Spain The worst a chief can brave : His eagle glance , with instant thought , One fatal error quickly ...
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... plain resistless flew , Their Chieftain at their head : Each gallant heart now throbbing high , Oh ! could they fail to win the die , By such an Hero led ! The routed Gauls now strew the sand : They shrink - they fall - they cannot ...
... plain resistless flew , Their Chieftain at their head : Each gallant heart now throbbing high , Oh ! could they fail to win the die , By such an Hero led ! The routed Gauls now strew the sand : They shrink - they fall - they cannot ...
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... - " drid , the King of Spain , and to plant my Eagles " on the Towers of Lisbon . " But half of this bombastic prediction was fulfilled . Inque notos partem vertêre procellæ . Virg . P. 11 , 1. 8. On Assaye's plain .-- The 64 NOTES .
... - " drid , the King of Spain , and to plant my Eagles " on the Towers of Lisbon . " But half of this bombastic prediction was fulfilled . Inque notos partem vertêre procellæ . Virg . P. 11 , 1. 8. On Assaye's plain .-- The 64 NOTES .
Contents
CANTO I | 97 |
CANTO II | 116 |
The Authors Picture of himself | 131 |
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