Pictures from the Battle FieldsRoutledge, 1855 - Počet stran: 259 |
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... express fears as to the intentions of the French emperor towards us . They uttered wild moanings over the fallen liberties of France , coupled with a lively dread of invasion whenever the fancy for mili- tary glory should prove too ...
... express fears as to the intentions of the French emperor towards us . They uttered wild moanings over the fallen liberties of France , coupled with a lively dread of invasion whenever the fancy for mili- tary glory should prove too ...
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... express his disapprobation of the moderate demand and friendly departure of Count Leiningen . He declined to state the object of his own mission , and then General Rose , on demand of the grand vizier , who was growing greatly alarmed ...
... express his disapprobation of the moderate demand and friendly departure of Count Leiningen . He declined to state the object of his own mission , and then General Rose , on demand of the grand vizier , who was growing greatly alarmed ...
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... express such a true admiration for valour , such a gentle and special interest in the excellent enfant addressed , such a sweet readiness to listen to the slightest whisper from his parched lips , and such unwearied activity in ...
... express such a true admiration for valour , such a gentle and special interest in the excellent enfant addressed , such a sweet readiness to listen to the slightest whisper from his parched lips , and such unwearied activity in ...
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... express it , that we see he is making all taut and trim in case of a sudden storm in the night . Some light skirmishing clouds to the northward look rather like mischief ; but suppose we go down stairs and have our supper . We shall ...
... express it , that we see he is making all taut and trim in case of a sudden storm in the night . Some light skirmishing clouds to the northward look rather like mischief ; but suppose we go down stairs and have our supper . We shall ...
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... express the utmost satisfac- tion at being there . Every one we met spoke of it in the holiday language used by country cousins , who came up to London from the wilds of Lincolnshire before the invention of railroads . In fact , there ...
... express the utmost satisfac- tion at being there . Every one we met spoke of it in the holiday language used by country cousins , who came up to London from the wilds of Lincolnshire before the invention of railroads . In fact , there ...
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Pictures from the Battle Fields, by 'The Roving Englishman' Eustace Clare Grenville Murray Náhled není k dispozici. - 2016 |
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Strana 22 - Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man ; unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books.
Strana 22 - Wordsworth, Lord Macaulay ; with a General Index. The articles are chiefly selected so as to afford a succession of graphic parts of English History, chronologically arranged, from the consideration that the portions of history upon which general readers delight to dwell are those which tell some story which is complete in itself, or furnish some illustration which has a separate as well as a general interest.
Strana 7 - ... equal mastership of art. Here — lively and sparkling fancies; there — vigorous passion or practical wisdom— these works abound in illustrations that teach benevolence to the rich, and courage to the poor ; they glow with the love of freedom; they speak a sympathy with all high aspirations, and all manly struggle: and| where, in their more tragic portraitures, they depict the dread images of guilt and woe, they so clear our judgment by profound analysis, while they move our hearts by terror...
Strana 2 - Prescott's works, in point of style, rank with the ablest English historians, and paragraphs may be found in which the grace and elegance of Addison are combined with Robertson's cadence and Gibbon's brilliancy."— Athenosum.
Strana 5 - Edition, with Continuation to the Death of Wellington. With Portraits of all the Sovereigns. " In this edition, the editor has added some facts which had been overlooked...
Strana v - ... and not their crime. But with the governing part of the state, it is far otherwise. They certainly may act ill by design, as well as by mistake.
Strana 4 - Including their Church and State, the Re-organization of the Inquisition, the Rise, Progress, and Consolidation of the Jesuits, and the means taken to effect the Counter-Reformation in Germany, to revive Romanism in France, and to suppress Protestant Principles in the South of Europe. Translated from the last edition of the German by WALTER K. KELLY, of Trinity College, Dublin. " This translation of Ranke we consider to be very superior to any other In the English language.
Strana 21 - Railroads, steamboats, and other rapid conveyances, which have added so largely to urban populations, have, at the same time, afforded the means to a numerous body, whose industry is carried forward in town, of seeking for health and amusement in rural purtuits.
Strana 10 - Certainly no custom was ever more popular ; the fame of it is bruited throughout the length and breadth of the land. It is a subject that gives excellent scope to a writer of fiction : and Mr. Ainsworth, by skilful treatment, has rendered it most entertaining. The materials are put together with dramatic force.
Strana 24 - Great Battles of the British Army." In One Volume, price 4s. 6d., cloth gilt, GREAT BATTLES OF THE BRITISH ARMY. TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN. Illustrated by W. Harvey. " At the present moment, when every one, from the highest to the lowest in the land, is intensely interested in all that relates to the army now engaged in the East, a work relating the struggles in which their fathers were engaged cannot but be eagerly read. This new edition is rendered still more attractive by an...