 Robison, afterward professor of natural philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. He used to tell in his later life how Wolfe, with a low voice, repeated Gray's " Elegy in a Country Churchyard " to the officers about him. Probably it was to relieve the...  The Works of Francis Parkman: Montcalm and Wolfe - Side 129av Francis Parkman - 1898Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 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
...Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard to the officers about him. Among the rest, was the verse which his fate was soon to illustrate,— ' The paths of glory...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... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 706 sider
...dark. The General was in one of the foremost boats, and near him was a young midshipman, John Robinson, afterwards professor of natural philosophy in the...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... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1889 - 524 sider
...Elegy in a Country Churchyard " to the officers about him. Probably it was to relieve the intense io strain of his thoughts. Among the rest was the verse...rather have written those lines than take Quebec." None is were there to tell him that the hero is greater than the poet. As they neared their destination... | |
 | Richard Gilmour - 1894 - 418 sider
...one of the foremost boats, and near him was a young midshipman, John Robinson, afterward Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh....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
...the rest was the verse which his own fate was soon to illustrate, — * The paths of tjlory lead lull to the grave.' "'Gentlemen,' he said, as his recital...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... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1898 - 328 sider
...grave." " 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...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... | |
 | Albert Le Roy Bartlett - 1899 - 336 sider
...illustrate : " The paths of glory lead but to the grave." 300 THE ESSENTIALS OF LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR. " Gentlemen," he said, as his recital ended, " I would...to tell him that the hero is greater than the poet. —FRANCIS PABKMAJ*. 16. November woods are bare and still ; November days are clear and bright ; Each... | |
 | Albert Le Roy Bartlett - 1899 - 328 sider
...strain of his thoughts. Among the rest was the verse which his own fate was soon to illustrate : " Gentlemen," he said, as his recital ended, " I would...there to tell him that the hero is greater than the jx>et. — FRANCIS PABKMAN. 1C). November woods are bare and still ; November days are clear and bright... | |
 | William Augustus Mowry, Arthur May Mowry - 1899 - 522 sider
...verse which his own fate was soon to illustrate, — • The paths of glory lead but to tile grave. 1 "'Gentlemen,' he said, as his recital ended, ' I would...Quebec.' None were there to tell him that the hero ,1s greater than the poet. " The dead stillness was suddenly broken by the sharp Quf vive! of a French... | |
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