History of Europe (from 1789 to 1815). 12 vols. [and] Index vol, Volume 10

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Page 105 - till naught remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the Polar sky/ The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait ; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of frost. He comes—not want and cold his course delay; Hide, blushing glory, hide the
Page 105 - day: The vanquished hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands ; Condemned a needy suppliant to wait, While ladies interpose and slaves debate. His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress and a sea-girt land : He
Page 105 - at which the world grew pale. To point a moral or adorn a tale. " A recent philosophic historian has declared that, after full reflection on the overthrow of Napoleon in
Page 97 - on the 22d of December. Before his eyes appear*d, sad, noisome, dark ; A lazar-house it seemed; wherein were laid Numbers of all diseased ; all maladies Of ghastly spasm, or racking torture,
Page 160 - Men met each other -with erected look. The steps were higher that they took ; Friends to congratulate their friends would haste, And long inveterate foes saluted as they past."* The worthy
Page 258 - is a great commander; but he is a cautious one, and will delay his attack till he ascertain the cause of these cheers ; that will give time for the sixth division to arrive, and I shall beat him." And so in effect it proved. No serious attack— except one on a hill held by the Spaniards, which was
Page 243 - the vast crowd started and swerved with a convulsive movement, while a dull and horrid sound of distress arose ; but there was no hope, no stay for either army or multitude." Eighty pieces of cannon, jammed close together, near Vittoria, on the only remaining defensible ridge
Page 20 - along. Those only heard; with awe the rest obey. As if some god had snatched their voice away." Iliad, iv. 427. How identical is the noble spirit in every age ! "What a true prophet is a poet ! How true is human nature to the heroic visions of genius
Page 97 - Of heart-sick agony, all feverous kinds, Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delayed to strike, though oft invoked
Page 275 - greatness, and his strength, was more Than past renown and antiquated power : 'Twos not the fame of what he once had been. Or tales in old records and annals seen ; But 'twas a valour, restless,

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