The Military Life of John, Duke of MarlboroughHarper & Brothers, 1848 - 410 oldal |
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... turned the French · 23. Marlborough prepares to attack the French at Waterloo 24. But is again thwarted by the Dutch Deputies 25. Marlborough is obliged to forego his Advantages 26. Complaints of the Dutch against Marlborough 27 ...
... turned the French · 23. Marlborough prepares to attack the French at Waterloo 24. But is again thwarted by the Dutch Deputies 25. Marlborough is obliged to forego his Advantages 26. Complaints of the Dutch against Marlborough 27 ...
25. oldal
... life . What is usually called genius , " says Johnson , " is nothing but strong natural parts accidentally turned in one direction . " Like many other men C ( 6 destined to future distinction , he made no great figure.
... life . What is usually called genius , " says Johnson , " is nothing but strong natural parts accidentally turned in one direction . " Like many other men C ( 6 destined to future distinction , he made no great figure.
40. oldal
... turning their buoyant energy into the channel of foreign conquest . Immense was the force which , in conse- quence of this able policy , was found to exist in France , and terrible the danger to which it at once exposed the neighbor ...
... turning their buoyant energy into the channel of foreign conquest . Immense was the force which , in conse- quence of this able policy , was found to exist in France , and terrible the danger to which it at once exposed the neighbor ...
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... turned , a race of sovereigns in exile ; on the other were half a million of persecuted human beings wandering in foreign lands . Temporal wrongs of the deepest dye had come to be superadded to religious divisions . Alliances on both ...
... turned , a race of sovereigns in exile ; on the other were half a million of persecuted human beings wandering in foreign lands . Temporal wrongs of the deepest dye had come to be superadded to religious divisions . Alliances on both ...
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... turned to public objects and the career of national aggrandizement , as those of England had been after the conclusion of the Great Rebellion , by the firm hand and magnanimous mind of Cromwell . From a pitiable state of anarchy ...
... turned to public objects and the career of national aggrandizement , as those of England had been after the conclusion of the Great Rebellion , by the firm hand and magnanimous mind of Cromwell . From a pitiable state of anarchy ...
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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.