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... fire from a particular part of the trenches , that they beat a chamade , and would have surrendered the town if they could have obtained tolerable conditions . The firing was renewed on both sides , and still the severest and most ...
... fire from a particular part of the trenches , that they beat a chamade , and would have surrendered the town if they could have obtained tolerable conditions . The firing was renewed on both sides , and still the severest and most ...
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... fire- locks , and prepared for the onfall ; the Germans being in the meantime busy intrenching themselves , and alto- gether unsuspicious of an attack . The company then advanced in the same quiet manner as before , and suddenly poured ...
... fire- locks , and prepared for the onfall ; the Germans being in the meantime busy intrenching themselves , and alto- gether unsuspicious of an attack . The company then advanced in the same quiet manner as before , and suddenly poured ...
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... fires were allowed during the night , and no man could sleep at that time , under the penalty of death . General Stirk made several attempts to surprise the post , and pass the Rhine ; but the officers were so watchful , that all his ...
... fires were allowed during the night , and no man could sleep at that time , under the penalty of death . General Stirk made several attempts to surprise the post , and pass the Rhine ; but the officers were so watchful , that all his ...
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... fire , smoke , and military glory - could have found time or inclination to read and reflect on subjects which usually occupy the whole lives of the wisest men amongst us . ' ' Bah ! bah ! ' exclaimed the Emperor ; whole lives indeed ...
... fire , smoke , and military glory - could have found time or inclination to read and reflect on subjects which usually occupy the whole lives of the wisest men amongst us . ' ' Bah ! bah ! ' exclaimed the Emperor ; whole lives indeed ...
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... fire . The property destroyed , as far as the theatre itself was concerned , amounted to about L.100,000 , and of this the sum of L.70,000 only , it was understood , was recovered by insurances . On the 31st of December following , the ...
... fire . The property destroyed , as far as the theatre itself was concerned , amounted to about L.100,000 , and of this the sum of L.70,000 only , it was understood , was recovered by insurances . On the 31st of December following , the ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 102 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Seite 21 - Mr. Fitzherbert, in all their names, upon a certain day, that they would drink Foote's small-beer no longer. On that day Foote happened to dine at Fitzherbert's, and this boy served at table; he was so delighted with Foote's stories, and merriment, and grimace, that when he went down stairs, he told them, 'This is the finest man I have ever seen. I will not deliver your message. I will drink his small-beer.
Seite 101 - ODE TO THE CUCKOO. HAIL, beauteous stranger of the grove! Thou messenger of spring ! Now Heaven repairs thy rural seat, And woods thy welcome sing. What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Seite 143 - This pass conducts to the theatre, and here the ruins of the city burst on the view in their full grandeur, shut in on the opposite side by barren craggy precipices, from which numerous ravines and valleys, like those we had passed, branch out in all directions. The sides of the mountains, covered with an endless variety of excavated tombs and private dwellings, presented altogether the most singular scene we ever beheld...
Seite 61 - His Kingdom of Corsica, For the use of his creditors. The grave, great teacher, to a level brings. Heroes, and beggars, galley-slaves, and kings : But Theodore this moral learn'd, ere dead ; Fate pour'd its lessons on his living head, Bestow'da kingdom, and denied him bread.
Seite 95 - Upon being closely pursued, she would generally fly to the western woods and return the next winter with another litter of whelps.
Seite 96 - When he drew nearer than before, the wolf, assuming a still more fierce and terrible appearance, howling, rolling her eyes, snapping her teeth, and dropping her head between her legs, was evidently in the attitude, and on the point of springing at him. At the critical instant he levelled and fired at her head. Stunned with the shock, and suffocated with the smoke, he immediately found himself drawn out of the cave.
Seite 21 - Fitzherbert was one who took his small-beer ; but it was so bad that the servants resolved not to drink it. They were at some loss how to notify their resolution, being afraid of offending their master, who they knew liked Foote much as a companion. At last they fixed upon a little black boy, who was rather a favourite, to be their deputy, and deliver their remonstrance ; and, having invested him with the whole authority of the kitchen, he was to inform Mr.
Seite 86 - The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches from my invention; but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do any thing worthy of attention.
Seite 61 - Immediately after leaving the King's Bench Prison, By the benefit of the Act of Insolvency, In consequence of which he registered His Kingdom of Corsica For the use of his Creditors.