The battles, sieges, fortunes that he has passed," ought to have come back upon him. He ought to have remembered that, from the earliest achievement in which he displayed that military genius which has placed him foremost in the annals of modern warfare,... The American Monthly Magazine - Page 5031837Full view - About this book
| American literature - 1837 - 660 pages
...fight in which we have been contributors to his renown. Yes, sir, ' the battles, sieges, fortunes he has passed ' ought to have come back upon him. He...Whose were the athletic arms that drove your bayonets nt Vimiera through the phalanxes that never reeled in the shock of war before 1 What desperate valour... | |
| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1839 - 642 pages
...remembered that, from the earliest achievement in which he displayed that military genius, which hns placed him foremost in the annals of modern warfare, down to that hist and surpassing combat which has made his name imperishable — from Assaye to Waterloo — the... | |
| Great Britain - 1841 - 204 pages
...remembered that from the earliest achievement in which he displayed that military genius which has placed him foremost in the annals of modern warfare,...last and surpassing combat which has made his name imperishable,—from Assaye to Waterloo, the Irish soldiers, with whom your armies were filled, were... | |
| George Henry Francis - Orators - 1847 - 514 pages
...remembered that, from the earliest achievement in which he displayed that military genius which has placed him foremost in the annals of modern warfare,...Waterloo — the Irish soldiers with whom your armies were filled, were the inseparable auxiliaries to the glory with which his unparalleled successes have... | |
| Richard Lalor Sheil - Great Britain - 1847 - 480 pages
...the signal for the most infuriate yelling from the ministerial benches. "—Times, February 23, 1837. to that last and surpassing combat which has made his name imperishable — from Assay to Waterloo — the Irish soldiers, with whom your armies are filled, were the inseparable auxiliaries... | |
| William Fagan - Ireland - 1848 - 708 pages
...remembered that, from the earliest achievement in which he displayed that military genius which has placed him foremost in the annals of modern warfare,...to the glory with which his unparalleled successes hare been crowned. Whose were the athletic arms that drove your bayonets, at Vimiera, through the phalanxes... | |
| Henry Brewster Stanton - Great Britain - 1849 - 412 pages
...remembered that, from the earliest achievement in which he displayed that military genius which has placed him foremost in the annals of modern warfare,...last and surpassing combat which has made his name imperishable—from Assaye to Waterloo—the Irish soldiers, with whom your armies were filled, were... | |
| Ireland - 1855 - 724 pages
...remembered that from the earliest achievements in which he displayed that military genins which has placed him foremost in the annals of modern warfare,...unparalleled successes have been crowned. Whose were the arms that drove your bayonets at Vimiera through the phalanxes that never reeled in the shock of war... | |
| Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...remembered that, from the earliest achievement in which he displayed that military genius which has placed him foremost in the annals of modern warfare,...unparalleled successes have been crowned. Whose were the arms that drove your bayonets at Vimiera through the phalanxes that never reeled in the shock of war... | |
| Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...remembered that, from the earliest achievement in which he displayed that military genius which has placed him foremost in the annals of modern warfare,...unparalleled successes have been crowned. Whose were the arms that drove your bayonets at Vimiera through the phalanxes that never reeled in the shock of war... | |
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