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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... thought I would be a clergyman ( and a good clergyman , let me observe , is the most respectable of men ; and if he has the will , has the power to do more real good to his fellow - creatures , and particularly to the poor , than almost ...
... thought I would be a clergyman ( and a good clergyman , let me observe , is the most respectable of men ; and if he has the will , has the power to do more real good to his fellow - creatures , and particularly to the poor , than almost ...
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... thought Napoleon did mean to try it.1 Other French generals , who were conversing with the Marshal at the same time , were of a different opinion , and not one seemed to be confident of suc- cess ; even Marshal Soult , when I asked him ...
... thought Napoleon did mean to try it.1 Other French generals , who were conversing with the Marshal at the same time , were of a different opinion , and not one seemed to be confident of suc- cess ; even Marshal Soult , when I asked him ...
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... thought we were sinking , and all hands were trying to escape into the shrouds of the frigate , I could not move , but resigned myself to my fate without the least effort ; such is the powerful effect of sea - sick- ness on the mind as ...
... thought we were sinking , and all hands were trying to escape into the shrouds of the frigate , I could not move , but resigned myself to my fate without the least effort ; such is the powerful effect of sea - sick- ness on the mind as ...
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... thought we were near enough to chuck a biscuit on shore , it was many hours before we were able to cast anchor , for just as we thought ourselves safe in harbour , in one minute an eddy carried us off to the opposite side of the Straits ...
... thought we were near enough to chuck a biscuit on shore , it was many hours before we were able to cast anchor , for just as we thought ourselves safe in harbour , in one minute an eddy carried us off to the opposite side of the Straits ...
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... solemn duties he has to perform , and while performing that duty he should permit nothing else to engage his atten- tion , but devote his whole mind and thoughts to the impartial performance of it , and then , what- D 2.
... solemn duties he has to perform , and while performing that duty he should permit nothing else to engage his atten- tion , but devote his whole mind and thoughts to the impartial performance of it , and then , what- D 2.
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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!
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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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