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Արդյունքներ 22–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 9
... fire to the wooden bridge , that the Scots might not pursue them . Cressingham was killed in the very beginning of the battle ; and the Scots detested him so much , that they flayed the skin from his dead body , and kept pieces of it in ...
... fire to the wooden bridge , that the Scots might not pursue them . Cressingham was killed in the very beginning of the battle ; and the Scots detested him so much , that they flayed the skin from his dead body , and kept pieces of it in ...
Էջ 9
... fire to the wooden bridge , that the Scots might not pursue them . Cressingham was killed in the very beginning of the battle ; and the Scots detested him so much , that they flayed the skin from his dead body , and kept pieces of it in ...
... fire to the wooden bridge , that the Scots might not pursue them . Cressingham was killed in the very beginning of the battle ; and the Scots detested him so much , that they flayed the skin from his dead body , and kept pieces of it in ...
Էջ 14
... fire from the archers who were posted behind the hedges , that they turned and fled in dismay . It was now Edward's turn to assail , and six hundred of his bow- men suddenly appeared on the flank and rear of John's second division ...
... fire from the archers who were posted behind the hedges , that they turned and fled in dismay . It was now Edward's turn to assail , and six hundred of his bow- men suddenly appeared on the flank and rear of John's second division ...
Էջ 19
... fire to his tents , descended from the ridge of Flodden to secure the neighbouring eminence of Brankstone , on which that village is built . There the two armies met , almost without seeing each other . According to the old poem of ...
... fire to his tents , descended from the ridge of Flodden to secure the neighbouring eminence of Brankstone , on which that village is built . There the two armies met , almost without seeing each other . According to the old poem of ...
Էջ 30
... fire of musketry . Wolfe ordered his men to reserve their fire till they were within forty yards of the enemy . They then attacked with great fury , and the French gave way . In the commencement of the battle , General Wolfe was wounded ...
... fire of musketry . Wolfe ordered his men to reserve their fire till they were within forty yards of the enemy . They then attacked with great fury , and the French gave way . In the commencement of the battle , General Wolfe was wounded ...
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Էջ 65 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation.
Էջ 99 - ... their shadows in perfect stillness — how soon, upon any call of patriotism, or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and motion — how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage — how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder.
Էջ 131 - But I have and do reverence him for the greatness that was only proper to himself, in that he seemed to me ever by his work one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity, I ever prayed that God would give him strength; for greatness he could not want. Neither could I condole in a word or syllable for him, as knowing no accident could do harm to virtue, but rather help to make it manifest.
Էջ 66 - Against your Protestant brethren ; to lay waste their country, to desolate their dwellings, and extirpate their race and name, with these horrible hell-hounds of savage war ! — hell-hounds, I say, of savage war...
Էջ 56 - You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!
Էջ 50 - I am persuaded his power and interest, at that time, was greater to do good or hurt than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath had in any time ; for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided, that no corrupt or private ends could bias them.
Էջ 53 - The first time that ever I took notice of him was in the very beginning of the Parliament held in November 1640, when I vainly thought myself a courtly young gentleman ; for we courtiers valued ourselves much upon our good clothes. I came one morning into the House well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor : his linen was plain and not very clean, and I remember...
Էջ 65 - German despot ; your attempts will be for ever vain and impotent — doubly so, indeed, from this mercenary aid on which you rely; for it irritates, to an incurable resentment, the minds of your adversaries, to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder, devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty. If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms : Never, never, never...
Էջ 60 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Էջ 61 - I shall on such an occasion, without scruple, trample upon all those forms with which wealth and dignity entrench themselves, nor shall anything but age restrain my resentment — age, which always brings one privilege, that of being insolent and supercilious without punishment.