The Grenadier: A Story of the EmpireDodd, Mead, 1896 - 328 páginas |
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... reached her that her eldest son Robert had perished in the war . Her husband , Amand Pasquin , enjoyed some con- sideration under the Old Regime , and had been at one time directeur des postes , but , unlike many of his fel- lows , he ...
... reached her that her eldest son Robert had perished in the war . Her husband , Amand Pasquin , enjoyed some con- sideration under the Old Regime , and had been at one time directeur des postes , but , unlike many of his fel- lows , he ...
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... reached it , and nothing disturbed the stillness of the street save the clank of his sword and the click of his spurs on the cobblestones as he hurried along . As he came under one of the flickering lights that faintly illuminated the ...
... reached it , and nothing disturbed the stillness of the street save the clank of his sword and the click of his spurs on the cobblestones as he hurried along . As he came under one of the flickering lights that faintly illuminated the ...
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... reached the Place St. Andre . A squad- ron of dragoons were crossing it . How grand they looked , with their glittering cuirasses , their crested hel- mets , their great boots and long military cloaks ! What a proud , determined ...
... reached the Place St. Andre . A squad- ron of dragoons were crossing it . How grand they looked , with their glittering cuirasses , their crested hel- mets , their great boots and long military cloaks ! What a proud , determined ...
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... was the same . He went back and quietly placed the letter in the mere Pasquin's hand , and as he came out and locked the door , there were tears in the eyes of stern old Henri Jodelle . " Marie , " said he , when he reached WIDOW PASQUIN ...
... was the same . He went back and quietly placed the letter in the mere Pasquin's hand , and as he came out and locked the door , there were tears in the eyes of stern old Henri Jodelle . " Marie , " said he , when he reached WIDOW PASQUIN ...
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... reached the cafe , " the mere Pasquin died last night . You must write to the young Pierre . Tell him I will attend to the funeral , and tell him — in the same letter , mind you — that if he proves himself a brave soldier and comes home ...
... reached the cafe , " the mere Pasquin died last night . You must write to the young Pierre . Tell him I will attend to the funeral , and tell him — in the same letter , mind you — that if he proves himself a brave soldier and comes home ...
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The Grenadier a Story of the Empire (Classic Reprint) James Eugene Farmer Sin vista previa disponible - 2017 |
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Términos y frases comunes
aide-de-camp Ajax André Marceau Arch Archduke Charles Archduke Maximilian arms army artillery Aspern Austerlitz Austrian Barre battle bayonets Bonaparte Boudet division brave bridge Café Jodélle cannon Captain carriage cavalry Colonel corps cried cross cuirassiers Danube dark Deutsch-Wagram door Duke Essling eyes face fell fight fire François Legrand Frédéric French gallop Gaspard Girouette Grand grenadiers Grenoble guns hand head heard Henri Jodélle honor horse Imperial Guard island of Lobau King Legion of Honor letter Little Corporal looked Macdonald Majesty Marbot Marchfeld Marie Marshal Bessières Marshal Lannes Marshal of France Massena Monsieur le Maréchal morning Napoleon Neufchâtel night O'Reilly Paris passed père Henri peror Philippe Pierre Pasquin Place plume Prince of Neufchâtel Prussians Ratisbon regiments rode Royal Rue Montorge sabre Saragossa shouted sire soldiers stood trian Trois Dauphins Tuileries Palace Vienna Vive l'Empereur Vizille Wagram Widow Pasquin
Pasajes populares
Página 168 - In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Página 41 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Página 161 - Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife ! To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.
Página 17 - I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round: To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning towns, and ruined swains, And mangled limbs, and dying groans, And widows' tears, and orphans' moans; And all that Misery's hand bestows.
Página 230 - And everybody praised the Duke who this great fight did win." "But what good came of it at last?" quoth little Peterkin. "Why that I cannot tell," said he, "but 'twas a famous victory.
Página 132 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Página 127 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Página 84 - Thy voice is heard thro' rolling drums, That beat to battle where he stands; Thy face across his fancy comes, And gives the battle to his hands : A moment, while the trumpets blow, He sees his brood about thy knee; The next, like fire he meets the foe, And strikes him dead for thine and thee. So Lilia sang: we thought her half-possess'd, She struck such warbling fury thro...
Página 176 - Partant pour la Syrie, Le jeune et beau Dunois Venait prier Marie De bénir ses exploits: " Faites, Reine immortelle," Lui dit-il en partant, " Que j'aime la plus belle Et sois le plus vaillant.
Página 236 - Unfastens : on a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound The infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus.