The soldier's companion, or Martial recorder, consisting of biography, anecdotes, poetry [&c.].1824 |
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... turned suddenly round , and fired , with an aim that had nearly proved fatal , as the shot grazed the temple , and carried away part of the hair . The report quickly brought up the patrole , who were astonished at the horrible scene of ...
... turned suddenly round , and fired , with an aim that had nearly proved fatal , as the shot grazed the temple , and carried away part of the hair . The report quickly brought up the patrole , who were astonished at the horrible scene of ...
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... turned . In this way he arrived at the tent , and his black body was in the dark invisible to the sentry . He now with the utmost adroitness , lifted up a part of the side of the tent , having carefully removed one peg , and soon found ...
... turned . In this way he arrived at the tent , and his black body was in the dark invisible to the sentry . He now with the utmost adroitness , lifted up a part of the side of the tent , having carefully removed one peg , and soon found ...
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... turned , saying , “ Colonel Boerstler requests that he himself may be permitted to see your force , and if he finds it such as to justify his surrender , and save his honour , he will do so . " " I do not feel my- self authorised ...
... turned , saying , “ Colonel Boerstler requests that he himself may be permitted to see your force , and if he finds it such as to justify his surrender , and save his honour , he will do so . " " I do not feel my- self authorised ...
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... himself ) and by the light of it he was enabled to discover the animal ; having re- turned , he said that he could kill him with 34 THE SOLDIER'S COMPANION , and his Excellency has much satisfaction in learning that they ...
... himself ) and by the light of it he was enabled to discover the animal ; having re- turned , he said that he could kill him with 34 THE SOLDIER'S COMPANION , and his Excellency has much satisfaction in learning that they ...
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Soldier. turned , he said that he could kill him with a pistol , which being procured , he entered again , and fired , but without success , owing to the awkward situation he was then placed in , with his left hand only at liberty . He ...
Soldier. turned , he said that he could kill him with a pistol , which being procured , he entered again , and fired , but without success , owing to the awkward situation he was then placed in , with his left hand only at liberty . He ...
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Страница 122 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him.
Страница 122 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning.
Страница 404 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Страница 225 - Heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God.
Страница 93 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Страница 123 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Страница 264 - AMONG the liberal donations of our countrymen to the fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of the brave men who fell in the...
Страница 123 - But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring : And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Страница 179 - And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them : remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Страница 468 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?