Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton, an English Officer: Including Anecdotes of the War in Spain Under the Earl of Peterborough, and Many Interesting Particulars Relating to the Manners of the Spaniards in the Beginning of the Last CenturyA. Constable, 1808 - 463 pagina's |
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Pagina x
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Pagina 19
... himself , and perhaps met with the same fortune from a third , to the destruc- tion of all . I was then in the vigour of my youth , and none of the least active , and The battle of Seneff . French quit the field . CAPTAIN CARLETON . 19.
... himself , and perhaps met with the same fortune from a third , to the destruc- tion of all . I was then in the vigour of my youth , and none of the least active , and The battle of Seneff . French quit the field . CAPTAIN CARLETON . 19.
Pagina 51
... least dan- ger of an hyperbole , that it is as pleasant as most places in that country . Here we lay two long winters , perpetually harassed upon parties , and hunting of somewhat wilder than their wildest game , namely , Prince of ...
... least dan- ger of an hyperbole , that it is as pleasant as most places in that country . Here we lay two long winters , perpetually harassed upon parties , and hunting of somewhat wilder than their wildest game , namely , Prince of ...
Pagina 53
... least , to return their fa- vours with any prospect of success ; for , as they popped upon us always on a sudden , they never staid long enough to allow any of our soldiers a mark , or even time enough to fire and , for our men to march ...
... least , to return their fa- vours with any prospect of success ; for , as they popped upon us always on a sudden , they never staid long enough to allow any of our soldiers a mark , or even time enough to fire and , for our men to march ...
Pagina 58
... least hesitation , they threw down the barricado , opened the door , and out came one Brody , who , as he then told me , had had a piece of his nose taken off by one of my grenadoes . I carried him to Sir Thomas , who , confirming my ...
... least hesitation , they threw down the barricado , opened the door , and out came one Brody , who , as he then told me , had had a piece of his nose taken off by one of my grenadoes . I carried him to Sir Thomas , who , confirming my ...
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Pagina x - 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 xi - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay...
Pagina 141 - ... for, as success never fails to excite weaker minds to pursue their good fortune, though many times to their own loss ; so is it often too apt to push on more elevated spirits, to renew the encounter for achieving new conquests, by hazarding too rashly all their former glory. Accordingly, everybody...
Pagina viii - This day's arriv'd, without his train; Mordanto in a week from Spain. A messenger Comes all a-reek Mordanto at Madrid to seek ; He left the town above a week.
Pagina 178 - ... in his new quarters. Here the earl of Peterborow made his residence for some time. He was extremely well beloved ; his affable behaviour exacted as much from all ; and he preserved such a good correspondence with the priests and the ladies, that he never failed of the most early and best intelligence...
Pagina 123 - Earl acquainted him that he had at last resolved upon an attempt against the enemy ; adding that now, if he pleased, he might be a judge of their behaviour and see whether his officers and soldiers had deserved that character which he had so liberally given them. The Prince made answer that he had always been ready to take his share, but could hardly believe that troops marching that way could make any attempt against the enemy to satisfaction. However, without further discourse, he called for his...
Pagina 132 - When he had just turned the point of the bastion, he saw the Prince of Hesse retiring, with the men that had so rashly advanced. The Earl had exchanged a very few words with him, when, from a second fire, that Prince received a shot in the great artery of the thigh, of which he died immediately, falling down at the General's feet, who instantly gave orders to carry off the body to the next convent. ' Almost the same moment, an officer came to acquaint the Earl of...
Pagina 137 - The next day, after the Earl of Peterborow had taken care to secure the first camp to the eastward of the town, he gave orders to the officers of the fleet to land the artillery and ammunition behind the fortress to the westward. Immediately upon the landing whereof, two mortars were fixed, from both which we plied the fort of Monjouick furiously with our bombs. But the third or fourth day, one of our shells fortunately lighting on their magazine of powder, bien' it up, and with it the governor,...