The Military Life of John, Duke of MarlboroughHarper & Brothers, 1848 - 410 oldal |
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... difficulties with which their gen- eral had to struggle , the objects for which he contend- ed , even the places where they occurred , they are , for the most part , as ignorant as they are of similar details in the campaigns of Baber ...
... difficulties with which their gen- eral had to struggle , the objects for which he contend- ed , even the places where they occurred , they are , for the most part , as ignorant as they are of similar details in the campaigns of Baber ...
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... difficulties of the commander . The gen- eral reader who plunges into the midst of the Marl- borough Dispatches in this age , or into those of Wel- lington in the next , when cotemporary recollection has failed , will find it impossible ...
... difficulties of the commander . The gen- eral reader who plunges into the midst of the Marl- borough Dispatches in this age , or into those of Wel- lington in the next , when cotemporary recollection has failed , will find it impossible ...
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... Difficulty are got across 47. Rout of Prince Holstein in the Attack on Oberglau 48. Operations of Eugene on the Right 49. Grand and decisive Charge by Marlborough in the Center 50. Eugene's Success on the Right 51. Total Rout of Tallard ...
... Difficulty are got across 47. Rout of Prince Holstein in the Attack on Oberglau 48. Operations of Eugene on the Right 49. Grand and decisive Charge by Marlborough in the Center 50. Eugene's Success on the Right 51. Total Rout of Tallard ...
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... Difficulties regarding Poland 166 12. Renewed Jealousies and Procrastinations of the Allied Powers . 167 euvers 13. The Dutch Deputies thwart Marlborough near Nivelles 14. Which causes the Campaign to be wasted in useless Man- 15 ...
... Difficulties regarding Poland 166 12. Renewed Jealousies and Procrastinations of the Allied Powers . 167 euvers 13. The Dutch Deputies thwart Marlborough near Nivelles 14. Which causes the Campaign to be wasted in useless Man- 15 ...
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... Difficulties with the Allied Courts 208 2. Extravagant Ideas of the Cabinets of Berlin and Turin 208 3. His cold Reception from the Court of England , and Mission to the Hague 4. Great Concessions offered by Louis 5. Vain Endeavors of ...
... Difficulties with the Allied Courts 208 2. Extravagant Ideas of the Cabinets of Berlin and Turin 208 3. His cold Reception from the Court of England , and Mission to the Hague 4. Great Concessions offered by Louis 5. Vain Endeavors of ...
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382. oldal - AWAKE, my St. John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot, Or garden tempting with forbidden fruit.
103. oldal - So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast, And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, 20 Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
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329. oldal - Marlborough was raised to the head of the army, and indeed of the confederacy, where he, a new, a private man, a subject, acquired by merit and by management a more deciding influence, than high birth, confirmed authority, and even the crown of Great Britain, had given to King William.
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104. oldal - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform. Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.