The United ServiceL.R. Hamersly & Company, 1903 |
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action adjutant advance American arms army arrived artillery attack Baker bank Bank of England battalion batteries battle bluff boats Boer brigade British British army Burgoyne Burgoyne's camp campaign Captain capture cavalry chief Colonel colonies command crossed defence Department Devens duty effect enemy enemy's England English Ferry field fight fire fleet force Fort Montgomery Fort Orange French frigate Gates German guard guns horse hundred important infantry interest Island John Burgoyne Judge's dog killed lance lancer land Leesburg letter Lieutenant Lord Lord George Germain McClellan ment miles military militia mounted naval Navy never night officers organization passed peace position present regiment rifle river royal says sent ship Shoeburyness shot side smokeless powder soldiers South South Africa squadron Staff Corps Stone sword tactics thou tion troops United vessel War Department wounded yacht
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Página 428 - Other refuge have I none; Hangs my helpless soul on Thee; Leave, ah, leave me not alone, Still support and comfort me. All my trust on Thee is stayed, All my help from Thee I bring; Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of Thy wing.
Página 393 - Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas...
Página 132 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Página 392 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
Página 392 - Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
Página 393 - That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed...
Página 17 - Then the Master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand; And at the word, Loud and sudden there was heard, All around them and below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! She starts,— she moves,— she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning with her foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms!
Página 392 - If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land : but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword : for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Página 467 - And he is to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time...
Página 397 - Tread those reviving passions down, Unworthy manhood! — unto thee Indifferent should the smile or frown Of beauty be. If thou regret'st thy youth, why live? The land of honourable death Is here: — up to the field, and give Away thy breath! Seek out — less often sought than found — A soldier's grave, for thee the best; Then look around and choose thy ground, And take thy rest.