Muscovy: A Poem, in Four Cantos: with Notes, Historical & Military: Also Several Detached PiecesPatrick Martin&Company ... and John Ballantyne&Company, Edinburgh, 1813 - 159 من الصفحات |
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A Poem, in Four Cantos: with Notes, Historical & Military: Also Several Detached Pieces Mrs. C. PHILIPPART. MUSCOVY . B MUSCOVY . CANTO I. ARMS ! and the holy cross.
A Poem, in Four Cantos: with Notes, Historical & Military: Also Several Detached Pieces Mrs. C. PHILIPPART. MUSCOVY . B MUSCOVY . CANTO I. ARMS ! and the holy cross.
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... holy cross in Russian hands , Which drove th ' invaders from those frozen lands , Where Boristhenes in resistless flow , Rolls in his course through realms of trackless snow : Or when rich summer sends her treasures forth , And clothes ...
... holy cross in Russian hands , Which drove th ' invaders from those frozen lands , Where Boristhenes in resistless flow , Rolls in his course through realms of trackless snow : Or when rich summer sends her treasures forth , And clothes ...
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... holy cross , behold his fall ; Thy walls , Smolensko , prostrate in the dust , Repel the invaders , and assist the just ; Till wise revolving , precious blood to save , Or give the patriot troops a nobler grave , The Russian leaders ...
... holy cross , behold his fall ; Thy walls , Smolensko , prostrate in the dust , Repel the invaders , and assist the just ; Till wise revolving , precious blood to save , Or give the patriot troops a nobler grave , The Russian leaders ...
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... holy drops upon the soldier's sleep ; Even if the warrior own Napoleon's sway , And spends his breath on Smolensk's fatal day ; Were frequent seen on old Kalouga's way , The Gallic eagles turn and seek the fray ; Still to the wakening ...
... holy drops upon the soldier's sleep ; Even if the warrior own Napoleon's sway , And spends his breath on Smolensk's fatal day ; Were frequent seen on old Kalouga's way , The Gallic eagles turn and seek the fray ; Still to the wakening ...
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... holy cross they pious bend , And grateful hymns to highest heaven ascend . The priests in silent order , solemn , slow , Glide up the aisle , and to the chancel go ; Where , joining with a pealing organ's swell , Chaunt the Te Deum ...
... holy cross they pious bend , And grateful hymns to highest heaven ascend . The priests in silent order , solemn , slow , Glide up the aisle , and to the chancel go ; Where , joining with a pealing organ's swell , Chaunt the Te Deum ...
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altars arms Bagrathion bands battle battle of Borodino bayonet beheld beneath blood bold bosom Bradenham brave breast breath CANTO Cherson Cossack Cynthia Czar dæmons dead deep Domestic peace earth enemy Eponia eyes faithful faithless fame fate fight fire flame foreign bands French frozen gallant gallant band Gallic Gallic eagles Gauls gloom glory glowing grace graceful band grave grief groan hand head hear heart heaven holy honour horrors horse husband's Kutusoff land legions lost lord maid matron Military Panorama minstrel misfortune's monarch Moscow mother mourn Muscovians Muscovy muse Napoleon's night NOTE numbers o'er Orsha patriot Platoff Polota praise pride Prince queen rear retreat rising round royal Russian army Sabinus sad cypress seek sigh silent sing sink Sisera smile snow soldier song soul sweet sword tears tender thee thine thousand throne troops vows Waked warrior wave wife Wilna's win my love wounded youth
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الصفحة 139 - So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on. For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.
الصفحة 91 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight. Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
الصفحة 139 - ... but the canoe: indeed, in many places, it was with the utmost difficulty that we could prevent her from being dashed to pieces against the rocks by the violence of the eddies.
الصفحة 143 - But Peter, more enlightened than his subjects, was fully aware of the importance of the situation. As a modern writer justly observes, " The internal improvement of the Russian empire, the great object of Peter's reign, was considerably advanced by approaching the capital to the more civilized parts of...
الصفحة 138 - ... countries. Greeks, Tartars, French, among whom were Edward Dillon and Alexander Lameth ; Spaniards, among whom was Miranda, since a general of the French republic, and recently a founder of the new free States of South America; English, among whom shone Lady Craven, afterwards Margravine of Anspach ; Poles, and others, had been attracted either by mere curiosity, or by the wish of paying homage to the Empress. Many brilliant warehouses, which displayed the most costly and various merchandize,...
الصفحة 152 - The merchants have distinguished themselves by sacrifices of all kinds. The loyal people, burghers, and peasantry, have given such proofs of fidelity and love for their country, as can only be expected of the Russian nation. They have zealously and voluntarily entered into the hastily raised levies, and have shewed a courage and resolution equal to veteran warriors.
الصفحة 143 - Petersburgh la situated in the latitude of 59° 56' 23" north, and longitude 30° Й5' east, from the meridian of Greenwich. It stands upon the Neva, near the Gulf of Finland, and is built partly on some islands in the mouth of that river, and partly on the continent. The principal divisions are: 1.
الصفحة 137 - ... the soil, as to form picturesque points of view, and for the space of three hundred miles the shores of the Dnieper were set out in the form of English parks. As the population of the country was insufficient to give animation to the landscape, peasants had been sent for from several parts of the empire; they were successively removed from one spot to the other (frequently in the night) to give to the roads where the Empress was to pass the next day that bustle and animation which else they would...
الصفحة 137 - ... population, and their exterior seemed to bespeak the opulence and comforts of the inhabitants. Many of these private houses and villages had but just been built. It has even been asserted that the most distant buildings were unfinished, and had merely a front. They were so disposed with respect to the soil, as to form picturesque points of view, and for the space of three hundred miles the shores of the Dnieper were set out in the form of English parks. As the population of the country was insufficient...
الصفحة 138 - time that entire justice should be done to those " who devote themselves to my service and that " of the state with as much zeal as success." The Emperor Joseph the Second, who travelled by the name of Count Falkenstein, had already arrived some time before Catharine at Cherson. He now came to meet her at Ka'idak, the ancient metropolis of the Zaporogians, where she landed,. near the Cataracts, to continue her route by land with the Emperor. He joined this princess the moment after Potemkin had...