History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in M.DCC.LXXXIX. to the Restoration of the Bourbons in M.DCCC.XV.W. Blackwood and sons, 1855 |
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... reached him . He con- cealed the despatches , and remained with the company till its close , with out exhibiting any change of manner , or revealing in any way the moment- ous news he had received . 4. The intelligence of the invasion ...
... reached him . He con- cealed the despatches , and remained with the company till its close , with out exhibiting any change of manner , or revealing in any way the moment- ous news he had received . 4. The intelligence of the invasion ...
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... reached in safety the ramparts of Bobrinsk on the Beresina , on the 18th July . 15. The object of Napoleon in these movements was to separate entirely Bagrathion from Barclay de Tolly , and enclose the former between Jerome's army ...
... reached in safety the ramparts of Bobrinsk on the Beresina , on the 18th July . 15. The object of Napoleon in these movements was to separate entirely Bagrathion from Barclay de Tolly , and enclose the former between Jerome's army ...
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... reached the Dwina on the 24th at Bechencho- wiczi . Barclay , perceiving that he was throwing the mass of his forces on the right towards Witepsk , resolved to an- ticipate him in his march to that place , in order to preserve his own ...
... reached the Dwina on the 24th at Bechencho- wiczi . Barclay , perceiving that he was throwing the mass of his forces on the right towards Witepsk , resolved to an- ticipate him in his march to that place , in order to preserve his own ...
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... corps of the army which he command- 22. In truth , the Russian general , ed in person reached the rendezvous on | notwithstanding the vast disproportion of numbers , had taken the bold resolu- | cuted 10 [ CHAP . LXXII . HISTORY OF EUROPE .
... corps of the army which he command- 22. In truth , the Russian general , ed in person reached the rendezvous on | notwithstanding the vast disproportion of numbers , had taken the bold resolu- | cuted 10 [ CHAP . LXXII . HISTORY OF EUROPE .
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... the enormous number of a hundred thousand men before they reached Witepsk . 27. While these movements were taking place in the armies , the Em- campaign . While the Emperor , too , lay inactive 12 [ CHAP . LXXII . HISTORY OF EUROPE .
... the enormous number of a hundred thousand men before they reached Witepsk . 27. While these movements were taking place in the armies , the Em- campaign . While the Emperor , too , lay inactive 12 [ CHAP . LXXII . HISTORY OF EUROPE .
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alliance allied amidst arms arrived artillery attack Austria Barclay battalions battle battle of Bautzen battle of Borodino battle of Lützen bridge British cabinet campaign Caulaincourt cavalry centre columns combat command commenced conscripts corps Cossacks Davoust detached direction disasters division Dresden effect Elbe Emperor empire enemy enemy's Europe field fire flank force fortresses France French army French empire front garrison Germany grand army Guard guns head headquarters horses hostilities hundred thousand immense imperial infantry King Kutusoff loss Lützen Marshal ment Metternich military Minsk Moscow Murat Napo Napoleon never night officers Oudinot passed peace pieces of cannon position Prince prisoners provinces ranks rear rear-guard regiments rendered retired retreat road sand Saxony sian side Silesia Smolensko soldiers soon Soult St Petersburg success thou tion Torgau troops Urumea vast victory Vienna vigour Vistula Wellington whole Wilna Wittgenstein wounded
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105. oldal - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended, wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast And Winter barricades the realms of frost; He comes, nor want nor cold his course delay ; Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day!
97. oldal - Immediately a place Before his eyes appeared, sad, noisome, dark; A lazar-house it seemed, wherein were laid Numbers of all diseased, all maladies Of ghastly spasm, or racking torture, qualms Of heart-sick agony; all feverous kinds, Convulsions, epilepsies, fierce catarrhs, Intestine stone and ulcer, colic pangs, Demoniac frenzy, moping melancholy, And moon-struck madness, pining atrophy, Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence, Dropsies, and asthmas, and joint-racking rheums.
20. oldal - A general shout that all the region rends. As when the fleecy flocks unnumber'd stand In wealthy folds, and wait the milker's hand, The hollow vales incessant bleating fills, The lambs reply from all the...
105. oldal - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
25. oldal - These operations would be brilliant; they would form a glorious termination to the campaign : but they would not conclude the war. Peace is before us : we have only to march eight days to obtain it : so near our object, it is impossible to deliberate : let us advance to Moscow.
78. oldal - MIEUX QU'AU SEIN DE SA FAMILLE " became a favourite song of the French Royalists during the Revolution, and is still regarded as the peculiar song of the House of Bourbon. The words, taken from Grétry's " Lucile," 1769, mean: " Where can one be better than in the bosom of his family ?
179. oldal - Members of the municipality," replied the trembling burgomasters. " Have you bread ? " " Our resources have been entirely exhausted by the requisitions of the Russians and Prussians." " Ha ! it is impotsMe, U it ? I know no such word : get ready bread, meat, and wine. I know all you have done : you richly deserve to be treated as a conquered people : but I forgive all from regard to your King : he is the saviour of your country. You have been already punished by having had the Russians and Prussians...
108. oldal - More horrible was the look of a third, whose eyes had been frozen — the eyelids hung down rotting, the globes of the eyes were burst, and protruding from their sockets. It was awfully hideous, but a spectacle more horrible still was to present itself.
275. oldal - But Caesar's greatness, and his strength, was more Than past renown, and antiquated power; 'Twas not the fame of what he once had been, Or tales in old records and annals seen; But 'twas a valour, restless...
241. oldal - ... Villodar, by which the light divisions were to cross. The attack on these bridges was delayed till the third and seventh divisions, who formed the reserves of the centre, had come up to their ground, and they were somewhat retarded by the roughness of the hills over which they had to march'; and meanwhile Wellington sent orders to Hill to arrest the progress of his extreme right on the summit of the ridge, in order that the whole army might advance abreast.