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Pagina 260 - Warrior, your father, General Harrison offers you a seat." Tecumseh gazed into the sky before answering : " My father ! The sun is my father, and the earth is my mother. She gives me nourishment and I will rest on her bosom." Having spoken, he flung himself on the turf. The interview was short and unsatisfactory Tecumseh refused to relinquish his idea of
Pagina 67 - how goes the battle ? How goes the day with us ? " " Very well, my lord. We have got twelve or fourteen of the enemies' ships in our possession. But five of their van have tacked, and show an
Pagina 606 - half an hour afterwards the French drums beat to arms and their columns began to move out of San Estevan towards Sumbilla. Thus the disobedience of three plundering knaves, unworthy of the name of soldiers, deprived one consummate commander of the most splendid success and saved another from the most terrible disaster.
Pagina 102 - MY BROTHER,—Not having been able to die in the midst of my troops, it only remains for me to place my sword in the hands of your, Majesty. I am your Majesty's good brother. " NAPOLEON.
Pagina 307 - flowed after in streams discoloured with blood, and fifteen hundred unwounded men, the remnant of six thousand unconquerable British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal field.
Pagina 327 - opening of the gates by Faragh Pasha, but from sudden assault when the garrison were too exhausted by privations to make proper resistance. If such were the case, the fact disposes completely of the reasoning of those who argued that, even if Sir Charles Wilson had been able to start at
Pagina 2 - John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the ground, but his soul goes marching on.' The men caught up the strain, and never before or since have I heard the chorus of
Pagina 167 - he was alone, the flush of victory was on his brow, and his eyes were eager and watchful, but his voice was calm and even gentle. More than the rival of Marlborough, since he
Pagina 363 - Our army is ruined, I fear. We are all safe as yet. Theodore left us sick. John Taylor ' is well ; saw him yesterday. We are in line of battle this
Pagina 159 - He wished to cut me off," said the duke ; "I saw that in attempting this he was spreading himself over more ground than he could defend ; I resolved to attack him, and succeeded in my object very quickly. One of the French generals said I had beaten forty thousand men in forty minutes.