 | Timothy Gowing - 1892 - 680 páginas
...Suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with what majesty the British soldier fights. In vain did Soult,...animate his Frenchmen. In vain did the hardiest veterans extricate themselves from the crowded columns, and sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass... | |
 | Thomas Carter, William Henry Long - 1893 - 796 páginas
...tempest, reeled and staggered like sinking ships. But suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with...crowded columns, sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such a fair field ; in vain did the mass itself bear up, and, fiercely striving,... | |
 | William Mathews - 1896 - 522 páginas
...description are the Romance words, which we have italicized: "Suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies; and then was seen with...crowded columns, sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such a fair field ; in vain did the mass itself bear up, and, fiercely striving,... | |
 | Charles Cooper King - 1897 - 508 páginas
...tempest, reeled and staggered like^sinking ships ; but, suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with...majesty the British soldier fights. In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen, in vain did the hardiest veterans break from the crowded... | |
 | William Henry Fitchett - 1900 - 486 páginas
...iron tempest, reeled and staggered like sinking ships. Suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with...his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans break from the crowded columns and sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open on such... | |
 | Annie Barnett - 1900 - 1060 páginas
...tempest, reeled and staggered like sinking ships : but suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with...majesty the British soldier fights. In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans, breaking from the... | |
 | Alexander Innes Shand - 1902 - 548 páginas
...iron tempest, reeled and staggered like sinking ships. Suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with...the British soldier fights. In vain did Soult, by word and gesture, animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans, extricating themselves... | |
 | John Percy Groves - 1903 - 568 páginas
...tempest, reeled and staggered like sinking ships ; but suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with...majesty the British soldier fights. In vain did Soult with shout and gesture animate his Frenchmen, in vain did the hardiest veterans break from the crowded... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1903 - 888 páginas
...tempesl, reeled and staggered like sinking ships; but suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay : Ten thousand saw I at a glan Ihe British soldier fights. In vain did Soult wilh voice and geslure animate his Frenchmen ; in vain... | |
 | Lewis William George Butler - 1904 - 464 páginas
...tempest, reeled and staggered like sinking ships; but suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with...majesty the British soldier fights. In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen, in vain did the hardiest veterans break from the crowded... | |
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In vain did Soult, by voice and gesture, animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans, extricating themselves from the crowded columns, sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such a fair field ; in vain did the mass... 
