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... arms of France , from 1792 to 1814. Macdonald was one of that school XVIII . , after the return from Elba ; and he always boldly spoke out his mind , with a republican freedom which be- came him , and that , too , sometimes at the risk ...
... arms of France , from 1792 to 1814. Macdonald was one of that school XVIII . , after the return from Elba ; and he always boldly spoke out his mind , with a republican freedom which be- came him , and that , too , sometimes at the risk ...
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... arms ; he treasured all that he heard had got over his vexation , and recovered of Turenne at Sedan , the birthplace of his good temper , tapped me on the that illustrious chief ; and Homer , he shoulder , and exclaimed , " Well , you ...
... arms ; he treasured all that he heard had got over his vexation , and recovered of Turenne at Sedan , the birthplace of his good temper , tapped me on the that illustrious chief ; and Homer , he shoulder , and exclaimed , " Well , you ...
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... arms of Condé and Tu- renne . The exultation of Pichegru and his troops was at its highest pitch : " I went to Amsterdam with the capitula- tion of Naarden and to receive new orders . On entering the quarters of the general - in - chief ...
... arms of Condé and Tu- renne . The exultation of Pichegru and his troops was at its highest pitch : " I went to Amsterdam with the capitula- tion of Naarden and to receive new orders . On entering the quarters of the general - in - chief ...
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... arms against us . The em- peror acknowledged that he had been misinformed about my conduct , and the treacherous policy of Prussia ; that I had acted judiciously ; that he had not been exactly made aware of the later disasters of Kowno ...
... arms against us . The em- peror acknowledged that he had been misinformed about my conduct , and the treacherous policy of Prussia ; that I had acted judiciously ; that he had not been exactly made aware of the later disasters of Kowno ...
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... arms , if Austria had meant to make her feigned neutrality respected this was as clear as daylight . " - Katzbach . His sketch of the battle is feeble and confused ; and certainly he committed a decided mistake , in fighting with a ...
... arms , if Austria had meant to make her feigned neutrality respected this was as clear as daylight . " - Katzbach . His sketch of the battle is feeble and confused ; and certainly he committed a decided mistake , in fighting with a ...
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Page 333 - Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains ; and of all that we behold From this green earth ; of all the mighty world Of eye, and ear, — both what they half create, And what perceive ; well pleased to recognize In nature and the language of the sense The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse, The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul Of all my moral being.
Page 475 - Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too, — While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day, And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue; Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn...
Page 333 - tis a dull and endless strife: Come, hear the woodland linnet, How sweet his music ! on my life, There's more of wisdom in it. And hark ! how blithe the throstle sings ! He, too, is no mean preacher: Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your Teacher.
Page 473 - And while the lamp holds out to burn The vilest sinner may return.
Page 321 - Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is- the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all science.
Page 369 - Since Chaucer was alive and hale, No man hath walkt along our roads with step So active, so inquiring eye, or tongue So varied in discourse.
Page 477 - Look how the Lion of the sea lifts up his ancient crown, And underneath his deadly paw treads the gay lilies down. So stalked he when he turned to flight, on that famed Picard field, Bohemia's plume, and Genoa's bow, and Caesar's eagle shield.
Page 333 - Love had he found in huts where poor men lie; His daily teachers had been woods and rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Page 524 - This kind of life - the cheerless gloom of a hermit, with the unceasing moil of a galley-slave - brought me to my sixteenth year; a little before which period I first committed the sin of rhyme. You know our country custom of coupling a man and woman together as partners in the labours of harvest.
Page 559 - Had you, with these the same, but brought a mind! Some women do so. Had the mouth there urged 'God and the glory! never care for gain. The present by the future, what is that? Live for fame, side by side with Agnolo! Rafael is waiting: up to God, all three!