Recollections of a Literary Life, Or, Books, Places, and People, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1852 |
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... Fontenoy , on Fontenoy , how fast his generals ride ! And mustering comes his chosen troops like clouds at eventide . Six thousand English veterans in stately column tread , Their cannon blaze in front and flank , Lord Hay is at their ...
... Fontenoy , on Fontenoy , how fast his generals ride ! And mustering comes his chosen troops like clouds at eventide . Six thousand English veterans in stately column tread , Their cannon blaze in front and flank , Lord Hay is at their ...
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... Fontenoy , past Fontenoy , while thinner grow their ranks , They break as breaks the Zuyder Zee through Holland's ocean banks ! More idly than the summer flies , French tirailleurs rush round ; As stubble to the lava tide , French ...
... Fontenoy , past Fontenoy , while thinner grow their ranks , They break as breaks the Zuyder Zee through Holland's ocean banks ! More idly than the summer flies , French tirailleurs rush round ; As stubble to the lava tide , French ...
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... Fontenoy , on Fontenoy , nor ever yet elsewhere , Rushed on to fight a nobler band than these proud exiles were . O'Brien's voice is hoarse with joy , as , halting , he commands , " Fix bayonets - charge ! " these fiery bands ! — Like ...
... Fontenoy , on Fontenoy , nor ever yet elsewhere , Rushed on to fight a nobler band than these proud exiles were . O'Brien's voice is hoarse with joy , as , halting , he commands , " Fix bayonets - charge ! " these fiery bands ! — Like ...
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... Fontenoy , on Fontenoy , like eagles in the sun , With bloody plumes the Irish stand : the field is fought and won ! John Banim was the founder of that school of Irish novelists , which , always excepting its blame- less purity , so ...
... Fontenoy , on Fontenoy , like eagles in the sun , With bloody plumes the Irish stand : the field is fought and won ! John Banim was the founder of that school of Irish novelists , which , always excepting its blame- less purity , so ...
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