| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 314 pages
...head, indeed !' cried he; ' what a pity it is it wants hrains !' THE CHAEGE OF THE LIGHT BEIGADE. 1. Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of death, Eode the Six Hundred. ' Charge !' was the captain's cry, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs not to make... | |
| JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE - 1863 - 920 pages
...Fifteenth and Twentieth standing, hour after hour, to be shot down because some one had blundered. " Theirs not to reason why, Theirs not to make reply, Theirs but to do and die." Go to Hilton Head, and the magnificent exploit of our fleet sailing steadily round and round its calm... | |
| 1864 - 922 pages
...against the Sadducecs. to have a will of their own. To them may be applied the lines of Tennyson : Theirs not to reason why, Theirs not to make reply, Theirs but to do and die. Voluntary poverty, voluntary celibacy, and absolute obedience, form the three monastic vows, as they... | |
| 1864 - 536 pages
...his voice rose and broke in, in an uncouth swell of sound, not unharmonious with the rude verse — " Theirs not to reason why, Theirs not to make reply, Theirs but to do and die." said Lauderdale, with a break of strong emotion in his voice ; and ho got up and threw down the book,... | |
| A.A. Griffith - 1865 - 260 pages
...serene and far, A voice fell, like a falling star, q Excelsior ! THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 1. a Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. i Moderate pitch, j Low ; prolonged. 7s High and -loud; long quality ; personation. 2 High... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...under her feet, And blossom in purple and red. THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE3 AT BALAKLAVA. TLTALF a league, half a league, •*• Half a league onward,...Theirs but to do and die; Into the valley of Death Rode the Six Hundred. n. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them,... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1866 - 340 pages
...many heroes, in the very face of the entire Russian army. The scene is thus described by Tennyson : Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward...death, Rode the six hundred. Charge ! was the captain's cryTheir's not to reasoning why — Their's not to make reply — Their's but to do and die—- Into... | |
| James Fleming - 1866 - 382 pages
...Nature doth suffice Wealth and grandeur are not Found in Paradise. THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 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 !" he said : Into the valley of Death... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 734 pages
...of the monstrous hill, The city sparkles like a grain of salt. THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE. 1. 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 ! " he said : Into the valley of Death... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 pages
..."prismatic colors by which the heavenly vault is "spanned. ANONYMOUS. LX.— CHARGE OF THE LIGHT "BRIGADE, HALF a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. " Forward, the Light Brigade I" " Charge for the guns !" he said : Into the valley of Death... | |
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