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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... young officers , and not with- out interest to the general reader , as it relates to stirring times , and treats of scenes and men of historic interest and fame . I therefore venture to lay these extracts before the public , premising ...
... young officers , and not with- out interest to the general reader , as it relates to stirring times , and treats of scenes and men of historic interest and fame . I therefore venture to lay these extracts before the public , premising ...
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... Young Ladies - Captain Pakenham , R.N. · PAGE 103 CHAPTER IV . Advance from the Lines of Torres Vedras - Night Alarm - The Brunswick Oels Regiment - Execution of Deserters - Wel- lington's kindness of Heart - Pursuit of Massena - French ...
... Young Ladies - Captain Pakenham , R.N. · PAGE 103 CHAPTER IV . Advance from the Lines of Torres Vedras - Night Alarm - The Brunswick Oels Regiment - Execution of Deserters - Wel- lington's kindness of Heart - Pursuit of Massena - French ...
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... young man and 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 ...
... young man and 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 ...
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... young officer's cap to get a commission in that distin- guished regiment . There he studied still harder , and has , in consequence of his attention to the study of his profession , distinguished himself as an officer in a double ratio ...
... young officer's cap to get a commission in that distin- guished regiment . There he studied still harder , and has , in consequence of his attention to the study of his profession , distinguished himself as an officer in a double ratio ...
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... spurn them from him with the contempt they deserved . During the time we were quartered at Canter- by having been extravagant and got into debt ymaster of the regiment , two other young officers , who , like myself , were in.
... spurn them from him with the contempt they deserved . During the time we were quartered at Canter- by having been extravagant and got into debt ymaster of the regiment , two other young officers , who , like myself , were in.
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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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