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Page 202
... Austrians were less fortunate on the side of Italy . After the defeat of general Wurm ser , and his retreat to Mantua , every nerve was strained to repair the immense losses which had been sustained during the former part of the ...
... Austrians were less fortunate on the side of Italy . After the defeat of general Wurm ser , and his retreat to Mantua , every nerve was strained to repair the immense losses which had been sustained during the former part of the ...
Page 203
... Austrians had suc- ceeded in repulsing the French from the various positions they occupied on the right of the river ( the 7th of January ) . They had previously been defeated at Bevilague by the Austrian column which marched from Padua ...
... Austrians had suc- ceeded in repulsing the French from the various positions they occupied on the right of the river ( the 7th of January ) . They had previously been defeated at Bevilague by the Austrian column which marched from Padua ...
Page 204
... Austrian division under general Provera , Buonaparte put in motion a part of the division of Massena , and drew off the ... Austrians to render them fruitless , and even to drive back the right wing of the French . The left wing was also ...
... Austrian division under general Provera , Buonaparte put in motion a part of the division of Massena , and drew off the ... Austrians to render them fruitless , and even to drive back the right wing of the French . The left wing was also ...
Page 205
... Austrians had of the heights . The head of the Austrian co- lumn having it now in their power to scale the entrenchments made on the road by the French , and even to penetrate , with a part of their cavalry , into the plains , there was ...
... Austrians had of the heights . The head of the Austrian co- lumn having it now in their power to scale the entrenchments made on the road by the French , and even to penetrate , with a part of their cavalry , into the plains , there was ...
Page 206
... Austrians by Corona . The Austrian general , apprised of his movements , sent another column to prevent this ope- ration ; but the French had first reached their destination , and ac- complished the intention of the ex- pedition . The ...
... Austrians by Corona . The Austrian general , apprised of his movements , sent another column to prevent this ope- ration ; but the French had first reached their destination , and ac- complished the intention of the ex- pedition . The ...
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Page 239 - have arisen what river was truly intended under the name of the river St. Croix...
Page 195 - mid cloisters dim, And saw nought lovely but the sky and stars. But thou, my babe ! shalt wander like a breeze By lakes and sandy shores, beneath the crags Of ancient mountain, and beneath the clouds...
Page 94 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more ; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore, Perfumed with fresh fragrance, and glittering with dew: Nor yet for the ravage of Winter I mourn ; Kind Nature the embryo blossom will save.
Page 196 - Therefore all seasons shall be sweet to thee, Whether the summer clothe the general earth With greenness, or the redbreast sit and sing Betwixt the tufts of snow on the bare branch Of mossy apple-tree, while the nigh thatch Smokes in the sun-thaw; whether the eave-drops fall, Heard only in the trances of the blast, Or if the secret ministry of frost Shall hang them up in silent icicles, Quietly shining to the quiet Moon.
Page 186 - Tis all the same with Harry Gill; The neighbours tell, and tell you truly, His teeth they chatter, chatter still. At night, at morning, and at noon, 'Tis all the same with Harry Gill; Beneath the sun, beneath the moon, His teeth they chatter, chatter still!
Page 187 - When her old bones were cold and chill, She left her fire, or left her bed, To seek the hedge of Harry Gill.
Page 181 - No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or be disseised of his freehold, or liberties, or free customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed ; nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.
Page 195 - For still I hoped to see the stranger's face, Townsman, or aunt, or sister more beloved, My playmate when we both were clothed alike!
Page 194 - Inaudible as dreams! the thin blue flame Lies on my low-burnt fire, and quivers not; Only that film, which fluttered on the grate, Still flutters there, the sole unquiet thing. Methinks, its motion in this hush of nature Gives it dim sympathies with me who live, Making it a companionable form, Whose puny flaps and freaks the idling Spirit By its own moods interprets, every where Echo or mirror seeking of itself, And makes a toy of Thought.
Page 236 - Under these circumstances, I cannot forbear to reiterate the recommendations which have been formerly made, and to exhort you to adopt, with promptitude, decision, and unanimity, such measures as the ample resources of the country afford, for the protection of our seafaring and commercial citizens ; for the...