Haverhill: Or, Memoirs of an Officer in the Army of Wolfe, Volume 1

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J. & J. Harper, 1831
 

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Page 149 - Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes; it disappears!
Page 149 - Hark ! they whisper: angels say, "Sister spirit, come away!" What is this absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirit, draws my breath, Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes: it disappears: Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring. Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I flyl O grave where is thy victory ? O death, where is thy sting ? THE TUNE.
Page 148 - Oh Grave ! where is thy Victory ? Oh Death ! where is thy Sting ? THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.
Page 211 - ... fit part of the shore, the troops were ordered to disembark, thinking it not yet too late for the attempt. The thirteen companies of grenadiers, and two hundred of the second royal American battalion, got first on shore.
Page 209 - The 31st of July, in the forenoon, the boats of the fleet were filled with grenadiers, and a part of Brigadier Monckton's brigade from the point of Levi: The two brigades under the Brigadiers Townshend and Murray were ordered to be in readiness to pass the ford, when it should be thought necessary. To facilitate the passage of this corps, the Admiral had placed the Centurion in the channel...
Page 210 - If the enemy supported this detached piece, it would necessarily bring on an engagement, what we most wished for; and, if not, I should have it in my power to examine their situation, so as to be able to determine where we could best attack them. Preparations were accordingly made for an engagement. The...
Page 212 - ... brigadier Monckton's corps, as soon as the troops had passed the ford, and were at hand to assist. But whether from the noise and hurry at landing, or from some other cause, the grenadiers, instead of forming themselves as they were directed, ran on impetuously, towards the enemy's...
Page 54 - But, unfortunately, she put her arm round my neck, and kissed my forehead, " to pay," she said, " for having scolded me," a circumstance which shed such an unmanly softness over my heart, that I am sure, if it had been to save my life, I could not have made the disclosure, without first indulging in a passion of tears.
Page 209 - In the most artful terms that could be framed, he left the nation uncertain whether he meant to prepare an excuse for desisting, or to claim the melancholy merit of having sacrificed himself without a prospect of success.
Page 211 - While the seamen were getting the boats off, the enemy fired a number of shells and shot, but did no considerable damage. As soon as this disorder could be set a little to rights, and the boats were ranged in a proper manner...

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