The Quarterly Review, Volume 18John Murray, 1818 - English literature |
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... officers were fond of exhibiting to the English army a chivalrous spirit , which induced them fre- quently to ... officer , distinguished for superior military address ; on ordinary service always foremost , to the very verge of prudence ...
... officers were fond of exhibiting to the English army a chivalrous spirit , which induced them fre- quently to ... officer , distinguished for superior military address ; on ordinary service always foremost , to the very verge of prudence ...
Page 60
... officer had smiled at the recital of these absurd challenges ; but , while reconnoitring on the flank of the column ... officers , these adventures were not calculated for general adoption ; it was found , that , in single combat , the ...
... officer had smiled at the recital of these absurd challenges ; but , while reconnoitring on the flank of the column ... officers , these adventures were not calculated for general adoption ; it was found , that , in single combat , the ...
Page 63
... officers and men . The following anecdote ( which affords another extra- ordinary instance of the caprice of fortune ) we suspect will be new to most of our readers : - " Among the wounded prisoners was a young French serjeant , who so ...
... officers and men . The following anecdote ( which affords another extra- ordinary instance of the caprice of fortune ) we suspect will be new to most of our readers : - " Among the wounded prisoners was a young French serjeant , who so ...
Page 64
... officer next in command to put him to death , and assume the govern- ment till the arrival of the proper successor . Ayez , suspecting that something of this kind might happen , had given positive orders that every letter received ...
... officer next in command to put him to death , and assume the govern- ment till the arrival of the proper successor . Ayez , suspecting that something of this kind might happen , had given positive orders that every letter received ...
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... officers , was therefore led out to instant execution . But it was not till after the conclusion of the peace of 1784 , when the release of the prisoners offered an oppor- tunity to all of comparing the history of their sufferings ...
... officers , was therefore led out to instant execution . But it was not till after the conclusion of the peace of 1784 , when the release of the prisoners offered an oppor- tunity to all of comparing the history of their sufferings ...
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Page 379 - I thought I saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I embraced her ; but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death ; her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms ; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave-worms crawling in the folds of the flannel.
Page 192 - That it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent man should suffer.
Page 378 - His limbs were in proportion and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful!— Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.
Page 455 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Page 192 - I would never convict any person of murder or manslaughter, unless the fact were proved to be done, or at least the body found dead,(/) for the sake of two cases, one mentioned in my lord Coke's PC cap.
Page 379 - I beheld the wretch — the miserable monster whom I had created. He held up the curtain of the bed ; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks.
Page 326 - Sleep breathes at last from out thee, My little patient boy ; And balmy rest about thee Smooths off the day's annoy. I sit me down, and think Of all thy winning ways : Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise.
Page 459 - Shakespear was no moralist at all : in another, he was the greatest of all moralists. He was a moralist in the same sense in which nature is one. He taught what he had learnt from her. He shewed the greatest knowledge of humanity with the greatest fellow-feeling for it.
Page 327 - His voice — his face — is gone ; " To feel impatient-hearted, Yet feel we must bear on ; Ah, I could not endure To whisper of such woe, Unless I felt this sleep ensure That it will not be so.
Page 379 - Wandering spirits, if indeed ye wander, and do not rest in your narrow beds, allow me this faint happiness, or take me, as your companion, away from the joys of life.