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... masters ; I mean the army , whose state , under the Bourbons , deserves the consideration of a se- parate epistle . - Ever , my dear friend , I re- main sincerely yours . LETTER IV . TO THE SAME . I LEFT off 44 PAUL'S LETTERS.
... masters ; I mean the army , whose state , under the Bourbons , deserves the consideration of a se- parate epistle . - Ever , my dear friend , I re- main sincerely yours . LETTER IV . TO THE SAME . I LEFT off 44 PAUL'S LETTERS.
Page 45
... army to the commander un- der whom they had so often conquered . No man ever better understood both how to gain and how to maintain himself in the hearts of his soldiers than Buonaparte . Brief and abrupt in his speech , austere and ...
... army to the commander un- der whom they had so often conquered . No man ever better understood both how to gain and how to maintain himself in the hearts of his soldiers than Buonaparte . Brief and abrupt in his speech , austere and ...
Page 46
... army itself , but countenanced no inter- mediate favourite , whose popularity among the troops might interfere with his own . To the motives of personal attachment , so deeply rooted and so industriously fostered , must be added the ...
... army itself , but countenanced no inter- mediate favourite , whose popularity among the troops might interfere with his own . To the motives of personal attachment , so deeply rooted and so industriously fostered , must be added the ...
Page 48
... army ; they were indulged , praised , and flattered ; but flattery , praise , and indulgence , were only received as the surly mastiff accepts , with growling sul- lenness , the food presented to him by a new master . There was no ...
... army ; they were indulged , praised , and flattered ; but flattery , praise , and indulgence , were only received as the surly mastiff accepts , with growling sul- lenness , the food presented to him by a new master . There was no ...
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... army , by gradually introducing officers attached to the royal family , gave much offence , without pro- ducing any sensible advantage . In some in- stances the new officers were not received by the corps to whom they were sent ; in ...
... army , by gradually introducing officers attached to the royal family , gave much offence , without pro- ducing any sensible advantage . In some in- stances the new officers were not received by the corps to whom they were sent ; in ...
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Page 170 - Believe me," he afterwards said, " that nothing, excepting a battle lost, can be half so melancholy as a battle won. The bravery of my troops has hitherto saved me from that greater evil ; but, to win...
Page 18 - And arrowy frize, and wedged ravelin, Wove like a diadem its tracery round The lofty summit of that mountain green ; Here stood secure the group, and eyed a distant scene.
Page 403 - We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts; what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
Page 154 - Greys, and made a charge, the effect of which was tremendous. Notwithstanding the weight and armour of the cuirassiers, and the power of their horses, they proved altogether unable to withstand the shock of the heavy brigade, being literally rode down, both horse and man, while the strength of the British soldiers was no less pre-eminent when they mingled and fought hand to hand. Several hundreds of French were forced headlong over a sort of quarry or gravel pit, where they rolled a confused and...
Page 156 - You are uncommonly savage to-day," said an officer to his friend, a young man of rank, who was arming himself with a third sabre, after two had been broken in his grasp :
Page 418 - A youth who scarce had seen his twentieth year Was Wallenstein, when he and I were friends ; Yet even then he had a daring soul : His frame of mind was serious and severe Beyond his years : his dreams were of great objects.
Page 419 - Yet even then he had a daring soul : His frame of mind was serious and severe Beyond his years : his dreams were of great objects. He...
Page 169 - England ?" On another occasion, when many of the best and bravest men had fallen, and the event of the action seemed doubtful even to those who remained, he said, with the coolness of a spectator, who was beholding some well-contested sport— " Never mind, we'll win this battle yet." To another regiment, then closely engaged, he used a common sporting expression ; " Hard pounding this, gentlemen ; let's see who will pound longest.
Page 419 - His marvellous preservation had transformed him. Thenceforth he held himself for an exempted And privileged being, and, as if he were Incapable of dizziness or fall, He ran along the unsteady rope of life. But now our destinies drove us asunder: He paced with rapid step the way of greatness, Was Count, and Prince, Duke-regent, and Dictator. And now is all, all this too little for him ; He stretches forth his hands for a king's crown, And plunges in unfathomable ruin.