The Military Life of John, Duke of MarlboroughHarper & Brothers, 1848 - 410 oldal |
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... whole do- gland , and minions to the Electoral Prince of Bavaria , under the solemn injunction to resist any attempt at partition . Had this prince lived , all the calamities which followed might have been averted ; but his death ...
... whole do- gland , and minions to the Electoral Prince of Bavaria , under the solemn injunction to resist any attempt at partition . Had this prince lived , all the calamities which followed might have been averted ; but his death ...
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... whole of the Nether- lands , the numerous fortresses of which were alike valuable as a basis of offensive operations , and as affording asylums all but impregnable in cases of disaster . The allied generals , whether they commenced ...
... whole of the Nether- lands , the numerous fortresses of which were alike valuable as a basis of offensive operations , and as affording asylums all but impregnable in cases of disaster . The allied generals , whether they commenced ...
57. oldal
... whole of Europe , the meshes of regulated and centralized thought ; and more durably than either he attained his object . The religious persecution , which constitutes the great blot on his reign , and caused its brilliant career to ...
... whole of Europe , the meshes of regulated and centralized thought ; and more durably than either he attained his object . The religious persecution , which constitutes the great blot on his reign , and caused its brilliant career to ...
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... whole Flemish plains . Having dispatched eight battalions to re - en- force the Prince of Hesse , who had sustained serious disaster on the Moselle , he had an interview with the Archduke Charles , whom the allies had acknowledged as ...
... whole Flemish plains . Having dispatched eight battalions to re - en- force the Prince of Hesse , who had sustained serious disaster on the Moselle , he had an interview with the Archduke Charles , whom the allies had acknowledged as ...
81. oldal
... to support him in case of need . He himself immediately after followed , and joined the prince with his whole army on the 11th . Every thing now presaged decisive events . The elector had boldly quitted Bavaria , MARLBOROUGH . 81.
... to support him in case of need . He himself immediately after followed , and joined the prince with his whole army on the 11th . Every thing now presaged decisive events . The elector had boldly quitted Bavaria , MARLBOROUGH . 81.
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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.