The patriot warrior: an historical sketch of the life of the duke of Wellington, by the author of 'Aids to development'. |
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... plunder and cruelty to the vanquished , but he was obliged to enforce his orders with threats and severe pun- ishments . In this instance , and in all his after - course , his noble efforts were always used for the protection of his ...
... plunder and cruelty to the vanquished , but he was obliged to enforce his orders with threats and severe pun- ishments . In this instance , and in all his after - course , his noble efforts were always used for the protection of his ...
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... plundered ; and it is but doing justice to the corps to declare , that in an hour after having stormed that large place , they marched out with as much regularity , as if they had been only passing through it . " * These splendid ...
... plundered ; and it is but doing justice to the corps to declare , that in an hour after having stormed that large place , they marched out with as much regularity , as if they had been only passing through it . " * These splendid ...
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... together , and disturbed and plundered the country in all directions . At length , the general was able to strike one final blow , which totally dispersed * Despatches . + Ibid . 24 PRESENTS . their forces and crushed their strength .
... together , and disturbed and plundered the country in all directions . At length , the general was able to strike one final blow , which totally dispersed * Despatches . + Ibid . 24 PRESENTS . their forces and crushed their strength .
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... plunder . The inhabitants , who used to be a noble and generous people , had become , through the tyranny of her kings and the ignorance and super- stition of the Romish priests who taught them , ut- terly debased . They had lost their ...
... plunder . The inhabitants , who used to be a noble and generous people , had become , through the tyranny of her kings and the ignorance and super- stition of the Romish priests who taught them , ut- terly debased . They had lost their ...
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... plunder to support their armies . Blake , with the troops landed from the Baltic , was , for a time , successful against the French , in the north of Spain ; and though the latter spread false reports in order to cover their defeats ...
... plunder to support their armies . Blake , with the troops landed from the Baltic , was , for a time , successful against the French , in the north of Spain ; and though the latter spread false reports in order to cover their defeats ...
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The Patriot Warrior, a Historical Sketch of the Life of the Duke of ... Mary Atkinson Maurice Sin vista previa disponible - 2009 |
The Patriot Warrior: An Historical Sketch of the Life of the Duke of Wellington Mary Atkinson Maurice Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
The Patriot Warrior, a Historical Sketch of the Life of the Duke of ... Mary Atkinson Maurice Sin vista previa disponible - 2009 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 272 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ...
Página 272 - Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death.
Página 272 - In the midst of life we are in death: of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased?
Página 271 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Página 275 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Página 272 - I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.
Página 243 - My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
Página 271 - And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Página 132 - You have sent me, among the trophies of your unrivalled fame, the staff of a French marshal ; and I send you, in return, that of England.
Página 242 - Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am gray-headed, until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.