How We Got Into Pekin: A Narrative of the Campaign in China of 1860R. Bentley, 1862 - 368 páginas |
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advance appeared army arrived artillery asked believe better boats brought buildings called camp campaign Captain carry cavalry China Chinese Colonel command course direction doubt Dragoon Elgin enemy English face feel feet fellow felt fire force Forts four French front gate gave give Grant ground Guards guns hands head horses imperial land live look Lord Majesty marched means meet miles mind morning natives never night officers once palace Parkes party Pekin Petang poor position present Prince prisoners quarters received regiments remained ride river road Royal Second seen sent side Sir H soldier soon sort stand street strong taken Tartars tell temple tents things Tien-Tsin took town troops turned village wall wounded
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Página 53 - As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee ; but we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth. out of our own mouth...
Página 104 - Last night, among his fellow roughs, He jested, quaffed, and swore; A drunken private of the Buffs, Who never looked before. To-day, beneath the foeman's frown, He stands in Elgin's place, Ambassador from Britain's crown, And type of all her race. Poor, reckless, rude, low-born, untaught, Bewildered, and alone, A heart, with English instinct fraught, He yet can call his own. Ay, tear his body limb from limb, Bring cord or axe or flame, He only knows that not through him Shall England come to shame.
Página 53 - ... unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem : for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword, and by the famine.
Página 105 - He put the vision by ; Let dusky Indians whine and kneel, An English lad must die. And .thus, with eyes that would not shrink, With knee to man unbent, Unfaltering on its dreadful brink, To his red grave he went Vain mightiest fleets of iron framed, Vain those all-shattering guns, Unless proud England keep untamed The strong heart of her sons ; So let his name through Europe ring, — A man of mean estate, Who died, as firm as Sparta's king, Because his soul was great.
Página 105 - Yes, honour calls ! with strength like steel He put the vision by. Let dusky Indians whine and kneel, An English lad must die. And thus, with eyes that would not shrink, With knee to man unbent, Unfaltering...
Página 53 - But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem : for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
Página 56 - Est in secessu longo locus : insula portum Efficit objectu laterum, quibus omnis ab alto Frangitur inque sinus scindit sese unda reductos.
Página 104 - Who never looked before. To-day, beneath the foeman's frown, He stands in Elgin's place, Ambassador from Britain's crown, And type of all her race. Poor, reckless, rude, low-born, untaught, Bewildered and alone, A heart, with English instinct fraught, He yet can call his own. Ay! tear his body limb from limb; Bring cord, or axe, or flame! — He only knows that not through him Shall England come to shame.
Página 171 - Endue her plenteously with heavenly gifts ; grant her in health and wealth long to live ; strengthen her that she may vanquish and overcome all her enemies ; and finally, after this life, she may attain everlasting joy and felicity ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Página 235 - At the same time, however, they removed, to my intense relief, the cords from my wrists, which, being very tightly tied, had caused my hands to swell to twice their proper size, and were now giving me great pain. They then laid me on the raised boarding on which the prisoners sleep, and made me fast by another large chain to a beam overhead. The chains consisted of one long and heavy one, stretching from the neck to the feet, to which the hands were fastened by two eross chains and handcuffs, and...