Stories of Waterloo ...R. Bentley, 1854 - 384 էջ |
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Էջ 79 - What signifies breaking some scores of solemn promises: all that's of no consequence, you know. To be sure people will say, that miss didn't know her own mind, but never mind that ! or, perhaps, they may be ill-natured enough to hint that the gentleman grew tired of the lady and forsook her ; but don't let that fret you.
Էջ 154 - In prosperity, in adversity, on the field of battle, in council, on the throne, and in exile, France has been the sole and constant object of my thoughts and actions. Like the king of Athens, I sacrificed myself for my people, in the hope of realizing the promise given to preserve to France her natural integrity, her honours, and her rights.
Էջ 308 - gin bestride This coal black barb, to bear me home." "Oh, rest thee first, my Wilhelm, here ! Bleak roars the blast through vale and grove : Oh come, thy war-worn limbs to cheer On the soft couch of joy and love!" "Let the bleak blast, my child, roar on, Let it roar on ; we dare not stay : My fierce steed maddens to be gone, My spurs are set; away, away. Mount by thy true love's guardian side ; We should ere this full far have sped ; Five hundred destined miles we ride This night, to reach our nuptial...
Էջ 289 - Close up ! — close up !' marked the quick succession of slaughter that thinned their diminished ranks ; and when the day wore later, when the remnants of two, and even three regiments were necessary to complete the square, which one of them had formed in the morning— to support this with firmness, and
Էջ 85 - High placed in halls a welcome guest ;" seated within seven of the chairman, at the election dinner, drank wine with by the new member, toasted by the old one, I mean Dick Martin — and embraced by Blakes, Brownes, and Bodkins, in endless variety ; nor did the reward of " high desert" end here ; for in the next gazette I was appointed to a lieutenancy in the Mayo militia.
Էջ 89 - Amiable creature ! — the accident did not annoy her for a second. The first dance had concluded, when the long gentleman whispered softly over my shoulder, how I liked " the heiress ? " The heiress! — I felt a faint hope rising in my breast which made my cheek colour like a peony. Rattigan's remorse , for neglected opportunities rushed to my mind. Had my lucky hour come? and had I actually an heiress by the hand for nine-and-twenty couples ? We were again at the head of the room, and away we...
Էջ 155 - Frenchmen! my will is that of the people; my rights are their rights ; my honour, my glory, my happiness, can never be distinct from the honour, the glory, and the happiness of France.
Էջ 296 - But panic-stricken and disorganised, the French resistance was short and feeble. The Prussian cannon thundered in their rear ; the British bayonet was flashing in their front, and unable to stand the terror of the charge, they broke and fled.
Էջ 79 - Tis your own doing, sir — I, I, I suppose you are perfectly satisfied. Abs. O, most certainly ; sure, now, this is much better than being...
Էջ 153 - A hundred cannon, discharged from the Bridge of Jena, ushered in the Champ de Mai. In front of the Military School, a mighty amphitheatre was formed for the accommodation of the spectators, as well as of those who were to assist in the ceremony. An altar, surmounted with a canopy, and surrounded by seats for priests and choristers, occupied the centre of the immense temporary building, which was supposed to be capable of containing twenty thousand persons. A throne, destined for Napoleon, stood...