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... killed a man , and yet lost only one - seventh of their own number . Gustavus permitted the Poles to retire without pur- suit ; for it was a maxim with the generals of those days not to follow such troops too hastily , as they made war ...
... killed a man , and yet lost only one - seventh of their own number . Gustavus permitted the Poles to retire without pur- suit ; for it was a maxim with the generals of those days not to follow such troops too hastily , as they made war ...
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... before they had time to sound a trumpet or draw their swords . In short , such was the impetuosity of the gallant men of Lochshin and Strathnaver , that the whole squadron were killed or taken 54 MEMOIRS OF SIR JOHN HEPBURN.
... before they had time to sound a trumpet or draw their swords . In short , such was the impetuosity of the gallant men of Lochshin and Strathnaver , that the whole squadron were killed or taken 54 MEMOIRS OF SIR JOHN HEPBURN.
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James Grant, Sir John HEPBURN. Strathnaver , that the whole squadron were killed or taken prisoners , save two corporals and eleven troopers , who , on crying for quarter , received it , and were after- wards ransomed by the governor of ...
James Grant, Sir John HEPBURN. Strathnaver , that the whole squadron were killed or taken prisoners , save two corporals and eleven troopers , who , on crying for quarter , received it , and were after- wards ransomed by the governor of ...
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... killed and wounded , they laid the whole town in ashes , and , through the blazing streets , retired into the castle , keeping their faces to the enemy . Upon this , the wary Montecuculi -auguring from the resolution of the governor ...
... killed and wounded , they laid the whole town in ashes , and , through the blazing streets , retired into the castle , keeping their faces to the enemy . Upon this , the wary Montecuculi -auguring from the resolution of the governor ...
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... killed among the fields and hedges . " Many slew their comrades in the confusion , " says Harte ; " nor can I agree with a brave Scottish officer , who , in his relation of this engagement , where he happened to be present , calls it a ...
... killed among the fields and hedges . " Many slew their comrades in the confusion , " says Harte ; " nor can I agree with a brave Scottish officer , who , in his relation of this engagement , where he happened to be present , calls it a ...
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Página 27 - We have thoroughly examined these volumes ; but to give a full notice of their varied and valuable contents would occupy a larger space than we can conveniently devote to their discussion ; we therefore, in general terms, commend them to the careful study of every young man who wishes to become a good practical farmer.— Times.
Página 7 - Lives of the Queens of Scotland, and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain.
Página 12 - We do not remember any recent author whose poetry is so unmixedly native ; and this English complexion constitutes one of its characteristic charms. No purer model of our genuine home feeling and language."— Quarterly Review.
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Página 11 - Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers" — a volume of verse which shows that Scotland has yet a poet. Full of the true fire, it now stirs and swells like a trumpet-note — now sinks in cadences sad and wild as the wail of a Highland dirge.— Quarterly Review.
Página 7 - Miss Strickland has not only been fortunate in the selection of her subject, but she has sustained to the full the high reputation for research which her previous writings have acquired. Her choice has indeed been evidently directed to that period when Scottish history assumes the highest interest, and connects itself most closely with -the sympathies of the present day.
Página 9 - Of no modern writer can it be affirmed with less hesitation, that she has become an English classic ; nor, until human nature becomes very different from what it now is, can we imagine the least probability that the music of her lays will cease to soothe the ear, or the beauty of her sentiment to charm the gentle heart.