The Universal magazine, Volum 12

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1809

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Side 208 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Side 398 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry.
Side 398 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Side 147 - An Account of the Growth of Popery and arbitrary Government in England...
Side 278 - Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
Side 166 - ... gun-boats having grounded on a bank within reach of the artillery of the fort, after sustaining some injury by it, were abandoned ; five of which were destroyed, and the other brought in. The arrival of Sir Home Popham and my boats from the East...
Side 160 - Damiel, in La Mancha ; and the enemy, in the course of the 24th, 25th, and 26th, collected all his forces in this part of Spain, between Torrijos and Toledo, leaving but a small corps of two thousand men in that place.
Side 252 - General called on me on that day, and proposed that half of the army should march to the rear to oppose the enemy, while the other half should maintain the post at Talavera. My answer was, that if by half the army...
Side 338 - Portuguese brigade. I have already noticed the distinguished conduct of Don Carlos, and his battalion merits the highest encomiums. I have not yet been able to collect the returns of our loss. From the nature of mountain warfare, many men are missing who cannot join for a day or two, but I believe the enemy will only have to boast that he has achieved his passage ; and his killed and wounded will be great diminution of his victory.
Side 428 - ... magazines. — An arrangement shall be made between the high contracting parties, respecting all war contributions, of whatever denomination, previously imposed on the Austrian provinces occupied by the French and allied troops ; in consequence of which arrangement the levying of the said contributions shall cease from the day of the exchange of the ratifications.

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