A Traveller's Rambling Reminiscences of the Spanish WarJ. Ridgway & Sons, 1838 - 335 pages |
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... mean , a perfectly , I hope , unbiassed and unprejudiced position . If these pages came from any one holding a post , civil or military , in the Legion - if they came from any of the very clever re- porters to the public press , who ...
... mean , a perfectly , I hope , unbiassed and unprejudiced position . If these pages came from any one holding a post , civil or military , in the Legion - if they came from any of the very clever re- porters to the public press , who ...
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... means I had of forming a comparative judgment , for without this , my testimony would be of little value . Having , I should hope , proved to every unprejudiced mind that the officers of the British Legion were brave , humane , and ...
... means I had of forming a comparative judgment , for without this , my testimony would be of little value . Having , I should hope , proved to every unprejudiced mind that the officers of the British Legion were brave , humane , and ...
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... mean ? and how can you " expect our soldiers to fight for it ? And " the regiments of the Guards , that should " be fighting to put down Don Carlos , are kept here in Madrid , to bayonet down public opinion . Wait , " he said , " a ...
... mean ? and how can you " expect our soldiers to fight for it ? And " the regiments of the Guards , that should " be fighting to put down Don Carlos , are kept here in Madrid , to bayonet down public opinion . Wait , " he said , " a ...
Page 60
... mean the spirit was willing . It was close to the Café Nuevo , the new , large , and much - frequented café in the Alcala ; and " The inhabitants of Villa Franca , however , appeared to have no such feelings , and were with difficulty ...
... mean the spirit was willing . It was close to the Café Nuevo , the new , large , and much - frequented café in the Alcala ; and " The inhabitants of Villa Franca , however , appeared to have no such feelings , and were with difficulty ...
Page 64
... means to effect an end , and that end is a very simple one . If the Queen Regent , in the name of her daughter , is willing to cause to be fulfilled , and put into the form of a charter or fun- 64 OF EVENTS CONNECTED.
... means to effect an end , and that end is a very simple one . If the Queen Regent , in the name of her daughter , is willing to cause to be fulfilled , and put into the form of a charter or fun- 64 OF EVENTS CONNECTED.
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Page 327 - ... part of any province or people, or in the service of, or for, or under, or in aid of any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government in or over any foreign country, colony, province, or part of any province or people...
Page 294 - That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, praying, that his Majesty will be graciously pleased to direct, that there be laid before this House an account of the progress made in such inquiry, and of the measures adopted in consequence thereof.
Page 327 - Colony, Province, or Part of any Province or People, or in the Service of or for or under or in Aid of any Person or Persons exercising or assuming to exercise the Powers of Government in or over any Foreign Country...
Page 23 - ... prevailed, and at last, the fury rising to an absolute madness, a fire was wilfully lighted in the middle of the great magazine, when the town and all in it would have been blown to atoms, but for the energetic courage of some...
Page 122 - Guards, which were to make their appearance in a few days, was taken possession of, extending about a mile and a half on the other side of the river.
Page 327 - ... although no enlisting money, or pay, or reward shall have been, or shall be, in any or either of the cases aforesaid, actually paid to, or received by him, or by any person to or for his use or benefit...
Page 24 - Shameless rapacity, brutal intemperance, savage lust, cruelty, and murder, shrieks and piteous lamentations, groans, shouts, imprecations, the hissing of fires bursting from the houses, the crashing of doors and windows, and the reports of muskets used in violence, resounded for two days and nights in the streets of Badajoz!
Page 326 - An Act to prevent the enlisting or engagement of His Majesty's subjects to serve in foreign service, and the fitting out or equipping, in His Majesty's dominions, vessels for warlike purposes, without His Majesty's license...
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