 St.-Denis, which, swollen by the late rains, fell plashing in the stillness over a rock. Other than this no sound could reach the strained ear of Wolfe but the gurgle of the tide and the cautious climbing of his advance-parties as they mounted the steeps...  Montcalm and Wolfe - Side 287av Francis Parkman - 1884Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Francis Parkman - 1884 - 538 sider
...Foligny, and the Journal of Particular Transaction give similar account*. 1750.] THE HEIGHTS CLIMBED. 287 little below the intended landing-place.1 They disembarked...20 Sept. Journal of Sergeant Johnson. Compare Knox, II. 67. raAdne, where the foremost reached the top. Wolfe said to an officer near him : " You can try... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1884 - 554 sider
...landing-place.1 They disembarked on a narrow strand at the foot of heights as steep as a hill covered Avith trees can be. The twenty-four volunteers led the way,...still points out the place, near the mouth of the ravine, where the foremost reached the top. Wolfe said to an officer near him : " You can try it, but... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 706 sider
...the strained ear of Wolfe but the gurgle of the tide and the cautious climbing of his advance parties as they mounted the steeps at some little distance...still points out the place, near the mouth of the ravine, where the foremost reached the top. Wolfe said to an officer near him: " You can try it, but... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 sider
...little distance from where he sat listening. At length from the top came a sound of inusket shots, followed by loud huzzas, and he knew that his men...position. The word was given ; the troops leaped from & the boats and scaled the heights, some here, some there, clutching at trees and bushes, their muskets... | |
 | Richard Gilmour - 1894 - 418 sider
...the strained ear of Wolfe but the gurgle of the tide and the cautious climbing of his advance parties as they mounted the steeps at some little distance...still points out the place, near the mouth of the ravine, where the foremost reached the top. Wolfe said to an officer near him, " You can try it, but... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1898 - 478 sider
...similar accounts. * Saunders to Pitt, 20 September. Journal of Sergeant Johnson. Compare Knox, ii. 67. The main body of troops waited in their boats by the...still points out the place, near the mouth of the ravine, where the foremost reached the top. Wolfe said to an officer near him : " You can try it, but... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 sider
...little distance from where he sat listening. At length from the top came the sound of musket shots, followed by loud huzzas, and he knew that his men...still points out the place, near the mouth of the ravine, where the foremost reached the top. Wolfe said to an officer near him: " You can try it, but... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Adaline Wheelock Sterling - 1901 - 526 sider
...the strained ear of Wolfe but the gurgle of the tide and the cautious climbing of his advance parties as they mounted the steeps at some little distance...still points out the place, near the mouth of the ravine, where the foremost reached the top. Wolfe said to an officer near him, " You can try it, but... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1902 - 598 sider
...captured. His men, taken by surprise, made little resistance. One or two were caught, and the rest fled. the gurgle of the tide and the cautious climbing of...still points out the place, near the mouth of the ravine, where the foremost reached the top. Wolfe said to an officer near him : " You can try it, but... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) - 1904 - 520 sider
...the strained ear of Wolfe but the gurgle of the tide and the cautious climbing of his advance parties as they mounted the steeps at some little distance...still points out the place, near the mouth of the ravine, where the foremost reached the top. Wolfe said to an officer near him, " You can try it, but... | |
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