The Memoirs of Captain George Carleton: And The Life and Adventures of Mrs. Christian DaviesD.A. Talboys, 1840 - 418 pagina's |
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Pagina 9
... imagined , as it after proved , to be the prince of Condé taking a view of our forces under march . There were many defiles , which our army must necessarily pass ; through which that prince po- litically enough permitted the imperial ...
... imagined , as it after proved , to be the prince of Condé taking a view of our forces under march . There were many defiles , which our army must necessarily pass ; through which that prince po- litically enough permitted the imperial ...
Pagina 16
... imagining some greater danger than there really was , everybody was struck with a panic fear , and endeavoured to be the first who should quit the bastion , and secure himself by a real shame from an imaginary evil . Thus was a bastion ...
... imagining some greater danger than there really was , everybody was struck with a panic fear , and endeavoured to be the first who should quit the bastion , and secure himself by a real shame from an imaginary evil . Thus was a bastion ...
Pagina 19
... imagined , shamefully drew off from before the place , and joined the grand army un- der prince Waldeck . But it was matter of yet greater surprise to most on the spot , that when the armies were so joined , we did not stay to offer the ...
... imagined , shamefully drew off from before the place , and joined the grand army un- der prince Waldeck . But it was matter of yet greater surprise to most on the spot , that when the armies were so joined , we did not stay to offer the ...
Pagina 23
... imagined , safe in inaccessible in- trenchments . About three o'clock our army arrived there , when we received orders to make the attack . It began with a most vigorous spirit , that promised no less than the success which ensued . The ...
... imagined , safe in inaccessible in- trenchments . About three o'clock our army arrived there , when we received orders to make the attack . It began with a most vigorous spirit , that promised no less than the success which ensued . The ...
Pagina 28
... imagining , on my mounting the same , I might be near enough to throw them , so as to do execution . I found all things an- swer my expectation ; and the castle wanting a cover , I threw in a grenado , which put the enemy immediately ...
... imagining , on my mounting the same , I might be near enough to throw them , so as to do execution . I found all things an- swer my expectation ; and the castle wanting a cover , I threw in a grenado , which put the enemy immediately ...
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allies answered arms army arrived attack Barcelona battalions batteries battle battle of Almanza besieged breach brigadier called camp capitulation captain carried castle Catalonia colonel command danger dragoons duke of Marlborough Dutch earl of Peterborow encamped endeavoured enemy English father favour fire fleet foot forces France French garrison gate gave gentlemen Ghent give governor hand head honour horse hundred husband imagined immediately intrenchments king Charles king William kingdom of Valencia lady leagues leave Lerida lord lord Galway lordship Madrid marshal Boufflers marshal Villars Miquelets Monjouick morning never night notwithstanding obliged officers pass person prince of Orange prisoners prisoners of war quarters ready reason received regiment resolved retreat sent ship side siege siege of Barcelona soldiers soon Spain Spaniards squadrons surrender sword taken thought thousand tion told took town troops Valencia wounded
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Pagina xix - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay...
Pagina xix - There my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place: There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul: And he, whose lightning pierced the' Iberian lines, Now forms my quincunx, and now ranks my vines; Or tames the genius of the stubborn plain, Almost as quickly as he conquer'd Spain.
Pagina xvii - His meagre corpse, though full of vigour, Would halt behind him, were it bigger. So wonderful his expedition, When you have not the least suspicion, He's with you like an apparition. Shines in all climates like a star; In senates bold, and fierce in war ; A land commander, and a tar. Heroic actions early bred in, Ne'er to be matched in modern reading, But by his namesake, Charles of Sweden.
Pagina ix - THE MEMOIRS OF AN English Officer, Who serv'd in the Dutch War in 1672. to the Peace of Utrecht, in 1713. Containing several Remarkable TRANSACTIONS both by Sea and Land, and in divers countries, but chiefly those wherein the Author was personally concerned.
Pagina 21 - I had the curiosity to advance a little further, when, at the mouth of the oven, which had not yet wholly lost its heat, I spied the corpse of a man so bloated, swollen and parched, as left me little room to doubt that the oven had been the scene of his destiny.
Pagina 113 - But on his marching out of it next morning a shot in the back laid that officer dead upon the spot ; and, as it had been before concerted, the Spaniards of the place at the same time fell upon the poor weak soldiers, killing several, not even sparing their wives. This was but a prelude to their barbarity : their savage cruelty was only whetted, not glutted. They took the surviving few, hurried and dragged them up a hill a little without the villa. On the top of this hill there was a hole, or opening,...
Pagina xv - Peterborough's parts were of too lively and mercurial a quality, and that his letters showed more wit than became a general ; a commonplace objection, raised by the dull malignity of common-place minds against those whom they see discharging with ease and indifference the tasks which they themselves execute (if at all) with the sweat of their brow, and in the heaviness of their heart. It is no uncommon error of judgment to maintain...
Pagina 235 - COURAGE and personal BRAVERY. Taken from her own Mouth when A Pensioner of Chelsea-Hospital, And known to be true by Many who were engaged in those great Scenes of ACTION. LONDON: Printed for and Sold by R. MONTAGU, at the BookWare-House, in Great Wylde- Street, 1740. PREFACE. IN the following life of Mrs. CHRISTIAN DAVIES, taken from her own mouth, we may remark examples of uncommon intrepidity but rarely found in the fair sex.
Pagina 237 - She was long before her death afflicted with a complication of distempers, as dropsy, scurvy, &c., at length her husband being taken ill, she would sit up with him at nights, by which she- contracted a cold that threw her into a continual fever, which carried her off in four days. She died on the 7th of July, 1739, and was interred in the burying-ground belonging to Chelsea Hospital, with military honours. THE LIFE AND ENTERTAINING ADVENTURES OF MRS, CHRISTIAN DAVIES, COMMONLY CALLED MOTHER HOSS.
Pagina 63 - The earl, however, having made his proper dispositions, and delivered out his orders, began his march in the evening, with twelve hundred foot and two hundred horse, which, of necessity, were to pass by the quarters of the prince of Hesse. That prince, on their appearance, was told that the general was come to speak with him ; and, being brought into his apartment, the earl acquainted him, that he had at last resolved upon an attempt against the enemy ; adding, that now, if he pleased, he might be...