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第 26 頁
... seemed to ask , " What do you here ? What is to become of your parents ? " The blood forsook my heart ; a delirium followed , and I fell on the deck . I have no recollection of what passed for some days . I was roused out of my lethargy ...
... seemed to ask , " What do you here ? What is to become of your parents ? " The blood forsook my heart ; a delirium followed , and I fell on the deck . I have no recollection of what passed for some days . I was roused out of my lethargy ...
第 29 頁
... seemed to take pleasure in my company . We became attached to each other . He came up in the same Smack with myself : He was my bed - fellow , and became my firm friend . Often would he get himself into altercations on my account ...
... seemed to take pleasure in my company . We became attached to each other . He came up in the same Smack with myself : He was my bed - fellow , and became my firm friend . Often would he get himself into altercations on my account ...
第 31 頁
... seemed collected before us to display the beauties and riches of Di- vine Providence in the great deep . In a dark night , the sea seemed sparkling with fire . I inquired the cause of this assemblage of fishes , and their tameness , at ...
... seemed collected before us to display the beauties and riches of Di- vine Providence in the great deep . In a dark night , the sea seemed sparkling with fire . I inquired the cause of this assemblage of fishes , and their tameness , at ...
第 34 頁
... seemed to contend with those who were burying the slain , for the possession of the bo- dies . Horrid sight ! Men , who , in the morn- ing , exulting trode forth in strength ; whose minds , only fettered by their bodies , seemed to feel ...
... seemed to contend with those who were burying the slain , for the possession of the bo- dies . Horrid sight ! Men , who , in the morn- ing , exulting trode forth in strength ; whose minds , only fettered by their bodies , seemed to feel ...
第 35 頁
... seemed as if it would fall at our feet . A young officer ran backwards and forwards , as if he would hide himself ; an old soldier said to him , with all the gravity of a Turk , " You need not hide , Sir ; if there is any thing there ...
... seemed as if it would fall at our feet . A young officer ran backwards and forwards , as if he would hide himself ; an old soldier said to him , with all the gravity of a Turk , " You need not hide , Sir ; if there is any thing there ...
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第 188 頁 - 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.
第 188 頁 - 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, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
第 229 頁 - Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." Sir Roderick marked, — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel.
第 187 頁 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
第 187 頁 - With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And -we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
第 186 頁 - 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.
第 285 頁 - Marshal had promised me, that in case we should be attacked, he would support me with one or more corps, as might be necessary.
第 181 頁 - General, discovering the mistake, said to them, " My brave 42d, join your comrades : ammunition is coming, and you have your bayonets !" Upon this, they instantly moved forward.
第 281 頁 - We maintained our position also, and completely defeated and repulsed all the enemy's attempts to get possession of it. The enemy repeatedly attacked us with a large body of cavalry and infantry, supported by a numerous and powerful artillery ; he made several charges with the cavalry upon our infantry, but all were repulsed in the steadiest manner.
第 285 頁 - Sainte, as the detachment of the light battalion of the legion which occupied it had expended all its ammunition, and the enemy occupied the only communication there was with them. The enemy repeatedly charged our infantry with his cavalry, but these attacks were uniformly unsuccessful, and they afforded opportunity to our cavalry to charge ; in one of which, Lord E.