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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... soon forgot it all , to my inexpressible sorrow , as even the little I did acquire would now be of vast use to you [ his children ] . Your uncle Charles , on the contrary , being very clever , persevering , and of a studious turn of ...
... soon forgot it all , to my inexpressible sorrow , as even the little I did acquire would now be of vast use to you [ his children ] . Your uncle Charles , on the contrary , being very clever , persevering , and of a studious turn of ...
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... soon as I had got all my things and bought some horses I joined my regiment in Dublin bar- racks , and you will easily imagine what a happy fellow I was to be my own master at fifteen , with a fine uniform , a couple of horses , a ...
... soon as I had got all my things and bought some horses I joined my regiment in Dublin bar- racks , and you will easily imagine what a happy fellow I was to be my own master at fifteen , with a fine uniform , a couple of horses , a ...
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... soon reconciled me to my new regiment , which , although with the reputation of being a very good one , had the faults of most regiments at that time , namely , much quarrelling among the officers and drinking to excess ; therefore I ...
... soon reconciled me to my new regiment , which , although with the reputation of being a very good one , had the faults of most regiments at that time , namely , much quarrelling among the officers and drinking to excess ; therefore I ...
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... soon Colonel Kenneth MacKenzie took the command of the regiment , to which Sir John Moore had him appointed as the officer at that period best adapted to form a Light Infantry regi- ment , ours being the first of that description of ...
... soon Colonel Kenneth MacKenzie took the command of the regiment , to which Sir John Moore had him appointed as the officer at that period best adapted to form a Light Infantry regi- ment , ours being the first of that description of ...
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... soon got him a company for nothing , and had him appointed to the 43rd Light Infantry , in which regiment he remained till the year 1818. The officers of the 43rd , in which he had served so long , and which he had often commanded in ...
... soon got him a company for nothing , and had him appointed to the 43rd Light Infantry , in which regiment he remained till the year 1818. The officers of the 43rd , in which he had served so long , and which he had often commanded in ...
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Page 294 - 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 that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow!
Page 294 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
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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