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Allies Alma appeared arms army attack batteries battle bayonet blood boys brave Brigade British brought called camp Captain carried cavalry charge cheer close cold columns command dead dear death desperate Division duty enemy England English face fell field fight fire Foot force fought France French friends front Fusiliers gallant give Guards guns hands head heart heavy hero honour hope horse hundred Hussars India Infantry Inkermann keep killed knew land Light live look Lord loss lost marched morning Napoleon Native nearly never night noble officers once passed poor present proved ranks reader regiments remained returned Royal Russian Sebastopol sent shot side soldier sons soon strong taken terrible thank thousands told took troops victory whole wounded
Δημοφιλή αποσπάσματα
Σελίδα 100 - The voice at midnight came, He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame — He fell, but felt no fear.
Σελίδα 48 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die : Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Σελίδα 48 - HALF a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. ' Forward the Light Brigade ! Charge for the guns !
Σελίδα 50 - Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred. Flash'd all their sabres bare, Flash'd as they turn'd in air, Sabring the gunners there, Charging an army, while All the world wonder'd : Plunged in the battery-smoke Right thro' the line they broke ; Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the sabre-stroke Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Σελίδα 58 - To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils, with infinite Manslaughter, shall be held the highest pitch Of human glory...
Σελίδα 98 - Italy; and there at Venice gave His body to that pleasant country's earth, And his pure soul unto his captain Christ, Under whose colours he had fought so long.
Σελίδα 479 - GUIDE me, O Thou Great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land ; I am weak, but Thou art mighty ; Hold me with Thy powerful hand ; Bread of Heaven ! Feed me till I want no more.
Σελίδα 48 - Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volleyed and thundered; Stormed at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred.
Σελίδα 147 - The brave man is not he who feels no fear, . For that were stupid and irrational, But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.
Σελίδα 71 - Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry. No sudden burst of undisciplined valour, no nervous enthusiasm, weakened the stability of their order, their flashing eyes were bent on the dark columns in their front, their measured...
Πληροφορίες βιβλιογραφίας
| Τίτλος | A Soldier's Experience: Or, A Voice from the Ranks ... A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign ... |
| Συγγραφέας | Timothy Gowing |
| Εκδότης | T. Forman, 1892 |
| Πρωτότυπο από | το Πανεπιστήμιο του Μίτσιγκαν |
| Ψηφιοποιήθηκε στις | 17 Νοεμ. 2005 |
| Μέγεθος | 585 σελίδες |
| Εξαγωγή αναφοράς | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |