 ... very soon lost the combat, for I parried it and cut him down through the head ; so that finished the contest for the eagle. After which I presumed to follow my comrades, eagle and all, but was stopped by the general, saying to me, " You brave fellow,...  All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal - Strana 861873Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | J. W. Robertson - 1815 - Počet stránok 850
...and all, but was stopped by the General, saying to me, " You brave fellow, take that to the rear: you have done enough until you get quit of it;" which I was obliged to do. During this scene of tumult and carnage, the Duke of Wellington flew from square to square encouraging... | |
 | Hewson Clarke - 1816 - Počet stránok 690
...all, but was stopped by the general, saying to me, " You brave fellow, take that to the rear : you have done enough until you get quit of it ;" which...retired to a height, and stood there for upwards of art hour, which gave a general view of the field, but I cannot express the horrors I beheld : the bodies... | |
 | Soldier - 1824 - Počet stránok 518
...and all, but was stopped by the General, saying to me, " You brave fellow, take that to the rear; you have done enough until you get quit of it;" which I was obliged lo do, with great reluctance. 1 retirwl to a height, and stood there. for upwards of an hour, which... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - 1836 - Počet stránok 530
...the general, saying to me — ' You brave fellow, take that to the rear ; you have done enough till you get quit of it :' — which I was obliged to do, but with great reluctance. I took the eagle into Brussels amidst the acclamations of thousands of spectators.' .• ENG. vI. P CHAP.... | |
 | England - 1840 - Počet stránok 662
...the eagle to the rear !" " I then retired," said that gallant man, in his letter after the battle, " to a height ; and stood there for upwards of an hour, which gave me a general view * See Note (A), at the end of this Volume, t Major Glendower. x of the field. —... | |
 | George Jones - 1852 - Počet stránok 748
...and all, but was stopped by the General saying to me, ' You brave fellow, take that to the rear : you have done enough until you get quit of it;' which...horrors I beheld : the bodies of my brave comrades wtre lying so thick upon the field, that it was scarcely possible to pass, and horses innumerable.... | |
 | Archibald M'Kay - 1858 - Počet stránok 324
...me, 'You, brave fellow, take that to the rear ; you have done enough till you have got quit of it.' I retired to a height and stood there for upwards...horrors I beheld. The bodies of my brave comrades, and horses innumerable, were lying so thick upon the field that it was scarcely possible to pass. I... | |
 | John Timbs - 1869 - Počet stránok 368
...the General, saying to me, — ' You brave fellow, take that to the rear. You have done enough till you get quit of it ;' which I was obliged to do, but...and stood there for upwards of an hour, which gave me a general view of the field, but I cannot express the sight I beheld — the bodies of my brave... | |
 | Lord William Pitt Lennox - 1877 - Počet stránok 360
...stopped by the general saying to me, ' You brave fellow, take that to the rear; you have done enough till you get quit of it.' Which I was obliged to do, but with great reluctance. I took the eagle into Brussels amidst the acclamations of thousands of spectators." Of these hand to... | |
 | 1887 - Počet stránok 650
...afterwards killed), saying to me, " You bravu fellow, take that to the rear; you have done enough till you get quit of it," which I was obliged to do, but with great reluctance. I took the eagle into Brussels amidst the acclamation of thousands of spectators that saw it.'" The appointment... | |
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