 It seemed almost to crest the eminence, when it began to wave and falter. Then it stopped, still facing the shot. Then at last the English troops rushed from the post from which no enemy had been able to dislodge them, and the Guard turned and fled.  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Stran 3831898Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 602 strani
...to sweep the English from the height which they had maintained all day, and spite of all : unseared by the thunder of the artillery, which hurled death...seemed almost to crest the eminence, when it began to wave and falter. Then it stopped, still facing the shot. Then at'last the English troops rushed from... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1868 - 468 strani
...at once to sweep the English from the height which they had maintained all day, and spite of all : unscared by the thunder of the artillery, which hurled...seemed almost to crest the eminence, when it began to wave and falter. Then it stopped, still facing the shot. Then at last the English troops rushed from... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 404 strani
...and at once to sweep the English from the height which they had maintained all day, and epite of all: unscared by the thunder of the artillery, which hurled death from the English line—the dark rolling column pressed on and up the hill. It seemed almost to crest the eminence,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 906 strani
...at once to sweep the English from the height which they had maintained all day, and spite of all : unscared by the thunder of the artillery, which hurled...seemed almost to crest the eminence, when it began to wave and falter. Then it stopped, still facing the shot. Then at last the English troops rushed from... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1884 - 742 strani
...at once to sweep the English from the height which they had maintained all day, and spite of all : unscared by the thunder of the artillery, which hurled...seemed almost to crest the eminence, when it began to wave and falter. Then it stopped, still facing the shot. Then at last the English troops rushed from... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 562 strani
...at once to sweep the English from the height which they had maintained all day, and spite of all : unscared by the thunder of the artillery, which hurled...seemed almost to crest the eminence, when it began to wave and falter. Then it stopped, still facing the shot. Then at last the English troops rushed from... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 564 strani
...at once to sweep the English from the height which they had maintained all day, and spite of all : unscared by the thunder of the artillery, which hurled...seemed almost to crest the eminence, when it began to wave and falter. Then it stopped, still facing the shot. Then at last the English troops rushed from... | |
 | Christopher Andreas Holmboe, Christian Holst - 1891 - 730 strani
...county-court, „had got a county-court," VF 161, = var bleven udnævnt til dommer ved en county-court. crest, „the dark rolling column pressed on and up the hill. It seemed alinost to crest the eminence, when it began to wave and falter," VF 354; egtl. „forsyne med hjelmbusk".... | |
 | John Franklin Genung - 1893 - 362 strani
...at once to sweep the English from the height which they had maintained all day, and spite of all : unscared by the thunder of the artillery, which hurled...seemed almost to crest the eminence, when it began to wave and falter. Then it stopped, still facing the shot. Then at last the English troops rushed from... | |
 | William Tenney Brewster - 1895 - 266 strani
...and in spite of all : unscared by the thunder of the artillery, which hurled death from the English 5 line — the dark rolling column pressed on and up...seemed almost to crest the eminence, when it began to wave and falter. Then it stopped, still facing the shot. Then at last the English troops rushed from... | |
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