Passages in the Early Military Life of General Sir George T. Napier, K. C. B.: Written by HimselfJ. Murray, 1884 - 295 pages |
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... entered on the books of the Invincible , ' Captain Thomas Packenham ; but as the sea disagreed with me I did not join the ship . I then thought I would be a clergyman ( and a good clergyman , let me observe , is the most respectable of ...
... entered on the books of the Invincible , ' Captain Thomas Packenham ; but as the sea disagreed with me I did not join the ship . I then thought I would be a clergyman ( and a good clergyman , let me observe , is the most respectable of ...
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... entered first the Navy , then altered my mind and gone to College to study for the Church , got tired of study , and after all entered the Army , why , I should have been fit for nothing , being too old to like the drill and hard work a ...
... entered first the Navy , then altered my mind and gone to College to study for the Church , got tired of study , and after all entered the Army , why , I should have been fit for nothing , being too old to like the drill and hard work a ...
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... enter the army , I studied , or rather flattered myself I studied , mathematics and French , but not being much looked after , what I did learn was very superficial , and I soon forgot it all , to my inexpressible sorrow , as even the ...
... enter the army , I studied , or rather flattered myself I studied , mathematics and French , but not being much looked after , what I did learn was very superficial , and I soon forgot it all , to my inexpressible sorrow , as even the ...
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... enter , of what study and application may accom- plish . Had any of you determined to enter the navy ( which I am sorry you have not ) I should have pointed out your uncle Henry as an example , for , although he has not got on as well ...
... enter , of what study and application may accom- plish . Had any of you determined to enter the navy ( which I am sorry you have not ) I should have pointed out your uncle Henry as an example , for , although he has not got on as well ...
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... enter the army to bear in mind and clearly to understand that once having done so you are bound to endure every sacrifice that duty calls upon you to make ; and that strong as my paternal affection is , and it is as deep as any CH . I ...
... enter the army to bear in mind and clearly to understand that once having done so you are bound to endure every sacrifice that duty calls upon you to make ; and that strong as my paternal affection is , and it is as deep as any CH . I ...
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Page 293 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried.
Page 293 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
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