 Gentlemen," he said, as his recital ended, " I would rather have written those lines than take Quebec." None were there to tell him that the hero is greater than the poet. As they neared their destination, the tide bore them in towards the shore, and...  Montcalm and Wolfe - Side 286av Francis Parkman - 1884Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Francis Parkman - 1884 - 538 sider
...Foligny, Journal memoratif. Journal lenu it I'Armet, etc. » Johustone, Dialogue. Vaudreuil au Minittrt, 5 Oct. 1759. Quebec." None were there to tell him...stillness was suddenly broken by the sharp Qui vive ! of a French sentry, invisible in the thick gloom. France ! answered a Highland officer of Fraser's... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1884 - 554 sider
...take 1 Memoires sur le Canada, 1749-1760. * Foligny, Journal memoratif. Journal tenu a I'Armee, etc. Quebec." None were there to tell him that the hero...towards the shore, and the mighty wall of rock and foi'est towered in darkness on their left. The dead stillness was suddenly broken by the sharp Qui... | |
 | George Park Fisher - 1885 - 786 sider
..." ' Gentlemen,' he said, as his recital ended, ' I would rather have written those lines than take Quebec.' None were there to tell him that the hero is greater than the poet." (Montcalm and Wolfe, p. 287.) In the following year Montreal and all Canada were in the hands of the... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 sider
...he said, as his recital ended, " I would rather have written those lines than take Quebec." None is were there to tell him that the hero is greater than...forest towered in darkness on their left. The dead still-" ness was suddenly broken by the sharp " Qui vive?"3 of a French sentry, invisible in the thick... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 706 sider
...grave." " Gentlemen," he said, as his recital ended, " I would rather have written those lines than take Quebec." None were there to tell him that the hero is greater than the poet. shore, and the mighty wall of rock and forest towered in darkness on their left The dead stillness... | |
 | Richard Gilmour - 1894 - 418 sider
...grave." " Gentlemen," he said, as his recital ended, " I would rather have written those lines than take Quebec." None were there to tell him that the hero is greater than the poet. 3. As they neared their destination the tide bore them in toward the shore, and the mighty wall of... | |
 | William Augustus Mowry, Arthur May Mowry - 1896 - 518 sider
...grave.' "'Gentlemen,' he said, as his recital ended, ' I would rather have written those lines than take Quebec.' None were there to tell him that the hero is greater than the poet. " The dead stillness was suddenly broken by the sharp Qui vivc! of a French sentry, invisible in the... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1898 - 478 sider
...grave." "Gentlemen," he said, as his recital ended, "I would rather have written those lines than take Quebec." None were there to tell him that the hero...stillness was suddenly broken by the sharp Qui vive ! of a French sentry, invisible in the thick gloom. France ! answered a Highland officer of Eraser's... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 sider
..." Gentlemen," he said, as his recital ended, " I would rather have written those lines than to take Quebec." None were there to tell him that the hero...The dead stillness was suddenly broken by the sharp " Who comes here ! " of a French sentry, invisible in the - thick gloom. " France ! " answered a Highland... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 sider
..." Gentlemen," he said, as his recital ended, " I would rather have written those lines than to take Quebec." None were there to tell him that the hero...in towards the shore, and the mighty wall of rock arid forest towered in darkness on their left. The dead stillness was suddenly broken by the sharp... | |
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