 | Books - 1831 - 652 pages
...very handsome, was seen coming down the mountain and driving an ass, loaded with all her property, through the midst of the French army. She had abandoned...man on either side was so brutal as to molest her.' — vol. iii. p. 334. The proclamation here alluded to, was one that had been issued by the English... | |
 | Memoirs - 1835 - 460 pages
...mountain, and driving an ass loaded with all her property through the midst of the French army. She 103 had abandoned her dwelling in obedience to the proclamation ; and now passed over the field of battle with simplicity which told she was unconscious of her perilous situation, and scarcely understanding which... | |
 | sir William Francis P. Napier - 1840 - 798 pages
...age and very handsome, was seen coming down the mountain, driving an ass loaded with all her property through the midst of the French army. She had abandoned...to molest her. In this battle of Busaco, the French were, after astonishing efforts of valour, repulsed in the manner to be expected from the strength... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1867 - 470 pages
...seventeen, and very handsome, was seen coming down the mountain, driving an ass loaded with all her property through the midst of the French army. She had abandoned...man on either side was so brutal as to molest her. The French were, notwithstanding their astonishing valour, repulsed in the manner to be expected from... | |
 | Great Britain. Army, William Hamilton Maxwell - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1847 - 560 pages
...property, through the French army. * * * She passed over the field of battle with a childish simplicity, unconscious of her perilous situation, and scarcely...man on either side was so brutal as to molest her." — Napier. f The French loss was at first considerably exaggerated ; and few English writers yet agree... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1852 - 570 pages
...age and very handsome, was seen coming down the mountain, driving an ass loaded with all her property through the midst of the French army. She had abandoned...man on either side was so brutal as to molest her. This battle was fought unnecessarily by Massena, and by Wellington reluctantly, being forced thereto... | |
 | Richard Ford - 1852 - 80 pages
...loaded with all her property through the French army. She now passed over the field of battle, with childish simplicity, " totally unconscious of her...man on either side was so brutal as to molest her." THE LINES OF TORRESVEDRAS. Massena, who ought never to have moved beyond Busaco, advanced against every... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - Great Britain - 1852 - 558 pages
...property, through the French army. * * * She passed over the field of battle with a childish simplicity, unconscious of her perilous situation, and scarcely...which were the hostile, and which the friendly troops j for no man on either side was so brutal as to molest her." — Napier. t The French loss was at first... | |
 | 1853 - 526 pages
...very handsome, was seen coming down the mountain and driving an ass, loaded with nil her property, through the midst of the French army. She had abandoned...man on either side was so brutal as to molest her.' —Vol. iii. p. 334. All the apparent advantage, however, of this victory was a short delay, during... | |
 | James Smith - Bible - 1853 - 406 pages
...circumstance mode an impression on the author, and illustrated the chivalrous spirit of the combatants, for " no man on either side was so brutal as to molest her," just as the loss of the young man's garment illustrated the violence of the people. other connection... | |
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... Meanwhile an affecting incident, contrasting strongly with the savage character of the preceding events, added to the interest of the day. A poor orphan Portuguese girl, about seventeen years of age, and very handsome, was seen coming down the mountain... 
