Battle, camp and siegeFrederick Brigham De Berard Bodleian Society, 1902 - Literature |
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... arms Not to be overpowered , companions dear , Found worthy not of liberty alone , Too mean pretence , but what we more affect Honor , dominion , glory , and renown , Who have sustained one day in doubtful fight , Perhaps more valid arms ...
... arms Not to be overpowered , companions dear , Found worthy not of liberty alone , Too mean pretence , but what we more affect Honor , dominion , glory , and renown , Who have sustained one day in doubtful fight , Perhaps more valid arms ...
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... arms , which I somehow take for her grandchild . Then camels , sheep , goats , cattle , donkeys , cows , calves , and dogs , each after its fashion contributing to the wild scene of terror . I am at first shocked at the number of ...
... arms , which I somehow take for her grandchild . Then camels , sheep , goats , cattle , donkeys , cows , calves , and dogs , each after its fashion contributing to the wild scene of terror . I am at first shocked at the number of ...
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... arms , in the momentary expectation of an attack . All became quiet , however , and the picket reported he had seen a black form creeping up in the darkness , and had fired . Nothing further ap- pearing , we all lay down again to snatch ...
... arms , in the momentary expectation of an attack . All became quiet , however , and the picket reported he had seen a black form creeping up in the darkness , and had fired . Nothing further ap- pearing , we all lay down again to snatch ...
Common terms and phrases
Afghan Alhama Allan Quatermain arms army artillery attack battle bloomin brave brigadier bullets Cæsar camp castle cavalry Christians colonel Cossacks Cris cuirassiers dark dead enemy English eyes fell fierce fight fire Flossie followed force Fore and Aft fought French front Gauls Genappe Golovatchoff Granada guard Gurkhas hand head Heaven Henry of Navarre Highlanders hill horse Hougomont hundred infantry Inkosi-kaas Jakin John Milton Khiva killed kraal Lichtenstein looked Mackenzie Macumazahn Marques of Cadiz Masai Mont-Saint-Jean Moorish Moors morning Muley Abul Hassan Napoleon never night passed plain plateau regiment retreat Rider Haggard rifles road round rushed Russians sabres shot shout side Sir Henry smoke soldiers sotnia spear stood story sword thee thou thousand told took troops Turcomans turned Umslopogaas valley Vercingetorix waited wall warrior watch Waterloo Wellington wounded Yomuds Zahara Zulu