The soldier's companion, or Martial recorder, consisting of biography, anecdotes, poetry [&c.].1824 |
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... gives a very striking example ; for we are told , that Scaurus having inclosed an apple tree within the boundary marked out for his encampment , when he moved next day the fruit was left on the tree untouched . THE BATTLE OF VITTORIA ...
... gives a very striking example ; for we are told , that Scaurus having inclosed an apple tree within the boundary marked out for his encampment , when he moved next day the fruit was left on the tree untouched . THE BATTLE OF VITTORIA ...
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... give strength to her sway ; And life , that's a debt , paid to nature , by others , We , brought a free gift , to the Prince we obey . Our love for our country's as firm as old Cato's ; For our blest constitution our colours we rear ...
... give strength to her sway ; And life , that's a debt , paid to nature , by others , We , brought a free gift , to the Prince we obey . Our love for our country's as firm as old Cato's ; For our blest constitution our colours we rear ...
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... , he made haste to give his benediction , and dismissed his awkward recruits . GRATITUDE . QUARTER - MASTER JACKSON , of the 7th OR , MARTIAL RECORDER . 43 would instantly have been cashiered; but that regarding him ...
... , he made haste to give his benediction , and dismissed his awkward recruits . GRATITUDE . QUARTER - MASTER JACKSON , of the 7th OR , MARTIAL RECORDER . 43 would instantly have been cashiered; but that regarding him ...
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... gives or takes quarter ; that his firelocks never neglect opportunities to correct rebels . Our intention ( he con- tinues ) is not to starve you , but to batter and storm , and then hang you all . My battery is fixed , from whence fire ...
... gives or takes quarter ; that his firelocks never neglect opportunities to correct rebels . Our intention ( he con- tinues ) is not to starve you , but to batter and storm , and then hang you all . My battery is fixed , from whence fire ...
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... that he took him to England along with him , and introduced him to Mr. Pitt . The minister presented him to the King , who was gra- 1 ciously pleased to give him a commission , with OR , MARTIAL RECORDER . 59 GALLANT OLD AGE ...
... that he took him to England along with him , and introduced him to Mr. Pitt . The minister presented him to the King , who was gra- 1 ciously pleased to give him a commission , with OR , MARTIAL RECORDER . 59 GALLANT OLD AGE ...
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Page 122 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him.
Page 122 - 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. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning.
Page 404 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Page 225 - Heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God.
Page 93 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 123 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Page 264 - AMONG the liberal donations of our countrymen to the fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of the brave men who fell in the...
Page 123 - But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring : And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Page 179 - And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them : remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Page 468 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?