Memoirs of a sergeant, late in the forty-third light infantry regiment ... during the Peninsular war1835 |
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Pagina 9
... loud huzzas , and one of their officers , waving his hat , called out , " Come on , my boys ! the town is our own . " That was an error . He was suddenly surrounded by the troops , his horse was shot , and himself wounded 9.
... loud huzzas , and one of their officers , waving his hat , called out , " Come on , my boys ! the town is our own . " That was an error . He was suddenly surrounded by the troops , his horse was shot , and himself wounded 9.
Pagina 13
... officer in command at the recruiting station , and was kindly received . He expressed himself pleased with my look and healthy appearance ; made several minute inquiries relative to my family , and at once engaged me as his servant ...
... officer in command at the recruiting station , and was kindly received . He expressed himself pleased with my look and healthy appearance ; made several minute inquiries relative to my family , and at once engaged me as his servant ...
Pagina 32
... officer required , he was throughout the whole of the operations attentive to the suffering Danes : he levied no contributions ; not the slightest military excess was committed ; and had it not been that the British army was engaged in ...
... officer required , he was throughout the whole of the operations attentive to the suffering Danes : he levied no contributions ; not the slightest military excess was committed ; and had it not been that the British army was engaged in ...
Pagina 35
... officer , to elevate a jury mast , and exhibit canvas that answered the purpose of a foresail ; and though in a shattered condition , we had the happiness , assisted by a favour- able breeze , to feel the ship glide over the shoal , and ...
... officer , to elevate a jury mast , and exhibit canvas that answered the purpose of a foresail ; and though in a shattered condition , we had the happiness , assisted by a favour- able breeze , to feel the ship glide over the shoal , and ...
Pagina 43
... officers re- turning from the bridge , being desirous to find shelter for their men , entered the convent , and with terror perceived that a large window - shutter was on fire . The flame was spreading to the rafter above ; in a few ...
... officers re- turning from the bridge , being desirous to find shelter for their men , entered the convent , and with terror perceived that a large window - shutter was on fire . The flame was spreading to the rafter above ; in a few ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 267 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean ; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Pagina 241 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Pagina 223 - And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
Pagina 200 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Pagina 260 - Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross ; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Pagina 189 - So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord : but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might.
Pagina 243 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our Fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Pagina 258 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another, and the Lord hearkened and heard it. and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon His name.
Pagina 190 - In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Pagina 193 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.