 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1836 - 612 pages
...Dupont, not the deliverance of Spain, but the immediate conquest of France. '" We are much obliged to our friends the English," was a common phrase among them when conversing with the officers of Sir John Moore'a army ; "we thank them for their good will, and we shall escort them through France to Calais... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - France - 1828 - 698 pages
...and arrogance burst forth, the glory of past ages seemed to be renewed, every man conceived himself a second Cid, and perceived in the surrender of Dupont,...immediate conquest of France. " We are much obliged to our CHAP. good friends the English," was a common phrase 1 ftOH among them when conversing with the officers... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - France - 1828 - 678 pages
...and arrogance burst forth, the glory of past ages seemed to be renewed, every man conceived himself a second Cid, and perceived in the surrender of Dupont,...immediate conquest of France. " We are much obliged to our CHAP. good friends the English," was a common phrase — among them when conversing with the officers... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1836 - 606 pages
...arrogance burst forth, the glory of past ages seemed to be renewed, every man conceived himself to be a second Cid, and perceived in the surrender of Dupont,...immediate conquest of France. " We are much obliged to our friends the English," was a common phrase among them when conversing with the officers of Sir John... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1836 - 610 pages
...arrogance burst forth, the glory of past ages seemed to be renewed, every man conceived himself to be a second Cid, and perceived in the surrender of Dupont,...immediate conquest of France. " We are much obliged to our friends the English," was a common phrase among them when conversing with the officers of Sir John... | |
 | English literature - 1836 - 1184 pages
...arrogance burst forth, the glory of past ages seemed to be renewed, every man conceived himself to be a second Cid, and perceived in the surrender of Dupont,...immediate conquest of France. " We are much obliged to our friends the English," was a common phrase among them when conversing with the officers of Sir John... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1839 - 866 pages
...and arrogance burst forth, the glory of past ages seemed to be renewed, every man conceived himself a second Cid, and perceived in the surrender of Dupont,...; " we thank them for their goodwill, and we shall escort them through France to Calais ; the journey will be pleasanter than a long voyage, we shall... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1842 - 542 pages
...and arrogance burst forth, the glory of past ngcs seemed to be renewed, every man conceived himself a second Cid and perceived in the surrender of Dupont,..." we thank them for their good-will, and we shall escort them through France to Calais; the journey will be pleasanter than a long voyage, we shall not... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - France - 1843 - 424 pages
...glory of past ages seemed to be renewed, every man conceived himself a second Cid, and perceived m the surrender of Dupont, not the deliverance of Spain,...Sir John Moore's army ; ' we thank them for their good- will, and we shall have the pleasure of escorting them through France to Calais.' This absurd... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 650 pages
...himself a Cid, and saw, in the surrender of Dupont, not simply the deliverance of Spain, but the very conquest of France. ' We are much obliged to our good friends, the English,' was a common phrase amongst them, when conversing with the officers of Sir John Moore's army ; 1 we tliauk them for their... | |
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English," was a common phrase among them when conversing with the officers of sir John Moore's army ; " we thank them for their goodwill, and we shall escort them through France to Calais ; the journey will be pleasanter than a long voyage, we shall not... 
