Blackwood's Magazine, 59. kötetW. Blackwood., 1846 |
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41. oldal
... army , in whose ranks subordination and discipline were scarcely known , and where every man thought his opinion as worthy to be listened to as that of the general , a difference of opinion was destruction . The Texian militia ...
... army , in whose ranks subordination and discipline were scarcely known , and where every man thought his opinion as worthy to be listened to as that of the general , a difference of opinion was destruction . The Texian militia ...
43. oldal
... army were between two and three thousand convicts , who , on all occasions , were put in the post of danger . At the attack on the Alamo they were pro- mised a free pardon if they took the place . Nevertheless , they advanced ...
... army were between two and three thousand convicts , who , on all occasions , were put in the post of danger . At the attack on the Alamo they were pro- mised a free pardon if they took the place . Nevertheless , they advanced ...
47. oldal
... army , to procure the ratification of these conditions , we , the volunteers from New Orleans and Mobile , surrounded Fanning , highly dissatisfied at the course that had been adopted . " What ! " was the cry , " is this the way that ...
... army , to procure the ratification of these conditions , we , the volunteers from New Orleans and Mobile , surrounded Fanning , highly dissatisfied at the course that had been adopted . " What ! " was the cry , " is this the way that ...
51. oldal
... army , we will make a final extract : - It was the latter end of March , and the army of Texian militia , under Houston , which had increased to about thirteen hundred men , was assembled on the banks of the Colo- rado river . One ...
... army , we will make a final extract : - It was the latter end of March , and the army of Texian militia , under Houston , which had increased to about thirteen hundred men , was assembled on the banks of the Colo- rado river . One ...
52. oldal
... army left their camp on the Colorado . Sam Houston had pre- vailed , and the next evening he and his men reached San Felipe , and , without pausing there , marched up the river . On the 30th March the first squadron of the enemy showed ...
... army left their camp on the Colorado . Sam Houston had pre- vailed , and the next evening he and his men reached San Felipe , and , without pausing there , marched up the river . On the 30th March the first squadron of the enemy showed ...
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237. oldal - Mistress Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow ? With silver bells and cockle shells And pretty maids all in a row.
170. oldal - Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain: The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
1. oldal - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust...
395. oldal - But when chill blust'ring Winds, or driving Rain, Forbid my willing Feet, be mine the Hut, That from the Mountain's Side, Views Wilds, and swelling Floods...
365. oldal - ... and though the public speaker should die, yet the immortal fire shall Outlast the organ which conveyed it; and the breath of liberty, like the word of the holy man, will not die with the prophet, but survive him. " I shall move you, that the king's most excellent majesty, and the lords and commons of Ireland, are the only power competent to make laws to bind Ireland.
519. oldal - The Moor is of a free and open nature, That thinks men honest, that but seem to be so ; And will as tenderly be led by the nose, As asses are.
453. oldal - Mahomet, with the sword in one hand and the Koran in the other, erected his throne on the ruins of Christianity and of Rome.
426. oldal - ... the tempest is torn. And though savage and wild be this climate of ours, And brief be our season of fruits and of flowers, Far dearer the blast round our mountains which raves, Than the sweet summer zephyr, which breathes over slaves.
447. oldal - Consul for life. As for me, far from envying his lot, let him name, I consent to it, his worthy successor. Carried on the shield let him be elected Emperor ! Finally, (and Romulus recalls the thing to mind), I wish that on the morrow, he may have his apotheosis. Amen!
359. oldal - There is no greater fallacy than the proposition, that it is best to buy in the cheapest and to sell in the dearest market.