 | Memoirs - 1835 - 460 páginas
...that astonishing infantry : their eyes were bent on the dark columns in front ; their firm, heavy, and measured tread shook the ground ; their dreadful volleys...deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries that Ill broke from all parts of the tumultuous crowd, as foot by foot, and with horrid carnage, it was... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1843 - 1252 páginas
...stability of their order: their flashing 1811> eyes were bent on the dark columns in their front j their measured tread shook the ground ; their dreadful...; their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant fries that broke from all parts of the tumultuous crowd, as foot by foot, and with a horrid carnage,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1846 - 738 páginas
...on friends and foes, while the horsemen hovering on the flanks, threatened to charge the advaneing line. Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry....; their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant eries that broke from all parts of the tumultuous erowd, as foot by foot, and with a horrid carnage,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1846 - 772 páginas
...their order: their flashing eyes were bent on the dark columns in their front; their measured treail shook the ground: their dreadful volleys swept away the head of every formation; their deafening hhouts overpowered the dissonant cries that broke from all parts of the tumultuous crowd, as foot hy... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1852 - 610 páginas
...on the dark columns in their front ; their measured tread shook the ground ; their dreadful vollies elter." The radical objection to this sort of versificat'on...not that it is founded on a misapprehension of the parte of the tumultuous crowd, as slowly, and with a horrid carnage, it was pushed by the incessant... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1854 - 404 páginas
...striving, fire indiscriminately on friends and foes, while the horsemen, hovering on the flanks, VOL. IX. threatened to charge the advancing line. Nothing could...volleys swept away the head of every formation; their deaf ening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries that broke from all parts of the tumultuous crowd,... | |
 | Thomas Carter - 1861 - 642 páginas
...thousand six hundred and sixty-six rank and file wounded; fourteen officers, twenty -eight sergeants, tread shook the ground ; their dreadful volleys swept...shouts overpowered the dissonant cries that broke from nil parts of the tumultuous crowd, as slowly, and with a horrid carnage, it was pushed by the incessant... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 páginas
...were bent on the dark columns in their front ; their measured tread shook the ground ; their murderous volleys swept away the head of every formation ; their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries which arose from all parts of the tumultuous crowd, as foot by foot, and with a horrid carnage, it... | |
 | Dawson William Turner - 1864 - 178 páginas
...fiercely striving, fire indiscriminately upon friends and foes, while the horsemen, hovering on the flank, threatened to charge the advancing line. Nothing could...that broke from all parts of the tumultuous crowd, ae slowly, and with a horrid carnage, it was pushed by the incessant vigour of the attack to the farthest... | |
 | George Henry Duncan Mathias - 1867 - 292 páginas
...advancing line. Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry; no sudden burst of undisciplined valor, no nervous enthusiasm, weakened the stability of their...formation ; their deafening shouts overpowered the different cries that broke from all parts of the tumultuous crowd, as, foot by foot, and with a horrid... | |
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... threatened to charge the advancing line. 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... 
