The Military Life of John, Duke of MarlboroughHarper & Brothers, 1848 - 410 oldal |
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... manner in which the series was received , and the increasing interest the author felt in the subject , suggested the idea of uniting them together , and forming a military biography of the great general , of such moderate dimensions as ...
... manner in which the series was received , and the increasing interest the author felt in the subject , suggested the idea of uniting them together , and forming a military biography of the great general , of such moderate dimensions as ...
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... Manner in which Louis XIV.'s Ambition worked out its own Ruin . 5. Churchill's Marriage , and rapid Rise at Court 6. His important Services on Monmouth's Rebellion . 7. His Endeavors to arrest the headlong Course of James . 888888 Page ...
... Manner in which Louis XIV.'s Ambition worked out its own Ruin . 5. Churchill's Marriage , and rapid Rise at Court 6. His important Services on Monmouth's Rebellion . 7. His Endeavors to arrest the headlong Course of James . 888888 Page ...
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... Manner 322 323 • 16. His Character as a Statesman and in Private 324 17. His political Character after the Revolution . 325 18. His Faults and Weaknesses . 326 19. Circumstances which palliate these Faults in him 327 20. His private ...
... Manner 322 323 • 16. His Character as a Statesman and in Private 324 17. His political Character after the Revolution . 325 18. His Faults and Weaknesses . 326 19. Circumstances which palliate these Faults in him 327 20. His private ...
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... manners , and the beauty of his pearance and countenance and figure ; advantages which , coup- tion at court . led with the known loyal principles and the suffer- ings of his father in the royal cause , procured for him , at the early ...
... manners , and the beauty of his pearance and countenance and figure ; advantages which , coup- tion at court . led with the known loyal principles and the suffer- ings of his father in the royal cause , procured for him , at the early ...
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... Manner in XIV.'s ambi- out its own ruin . Here also , as in every other period of history , we may see 4. how unprincipled ambition overvaults itself , and which Louis the measures which seem at first sight most se- tion worked curely ...
... Manner in XIV.'s ambi- out its own ruin . Here also , as in every other period of history , we may see 4. how unprincipled ambition overvaults itself , and which Louis the measures which seem at first sight most se- tion worked curely ...
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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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160. oldal - Think nothing gain'd," he cries, " till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky." The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms...
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.