 | 1834 - 614 pagina’s
...loud exhortations of the officers, and the continual clatter of the muskets, made a maddening din. " Now a multitude bounded up the great breach as if...chained together, and set deep in the ruins ; and for ten feet in front, the ascent was covered with loose planks, studded with sharp iron points, on... | |
 | International peace society - 232 pagina’s
...Colonel Napier in his " History of the Peninsular War," of what took place during and after that siege. " Now a multitude bounded up the great breach, as if...were chained together and set deep in the ruins ; and for ten feet in front, the ascent was covered with loose planks, studded with sharp iron points, on... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1846 - 636 pagina’s
...exhortations of the officers, and the continual clatter of the muskets, made a maddening din. BOOK Now a multitude bounded up the great breach '— as if driven by a whirlwind, but across the April! to P glittered a range of sword-blades, sharppointed, keen-edged on both sides, and firmly fixed... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1834 - 642 pagina’s
...of the officers, and the continual clatter of the muskets, made a maddening din. HISTORY OF THE BOOK Now a multitude bounded up the great breach • as if driven by a whirlwind, but across the April. toP glittered a range of sword-blades, sharppointed, keen-edged on both sides, and firmly fixed... | |
 | 1834 - 426 pagina’s
...loud exhortations of the officers, and the continual clatter of the muskets, made a maddening din. Now a multitude bounded up the great breach, as if...chained together, and set deep in the ruins ; and for ten feet in front the ascent was covered with loose planks, studded with sharp iron points, on... | |
 | 1834 - 734 pagina’s
...the officers, and the continual clatter of the muskets, made a maddening din. Now a multitude hurried up the great breach, as if driven by a whirlwind;...were chained together, and set deep in the ruins; and lor ten foet in front the ascent was covered with loose planks studded with sharp iron points, on which... | |
 | 1834 - 764 pagina’s
...the officers, and the continual clatter of the muskets, made a maddening din. Now a multitude hurried up the great breach, as if driven by a whirlwind;...chained together, and set deep in the ruins ; and for ten feet in front the ascent was covered with loose planks studded with sharp iron points, on which... | |
 | 1834 - 604 pagina’s
...continual clatter of the muskets, made a maddening din. " Now a multitude bounded up the great breach a if driven by a whirlwind, but across the top glittered...chained together, and set deep in the ruins ; and for ten feet in front, the ascent was covered with loose planks, otndded with sharp iron points, on... | |
 | Memoirs - 1835 - 460 pagina’s
...the great breach ; but across the top glittered a range of sword-blades, sharp pointed, keen edged on both sides, and firmly fixed in ponderous beams,...were chained together and set deep in the ruins ; and for ten feet in front the ascent was covered with loose planks studded with sharp iron points, on which,... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1839 - 900 pagina’s
...loud exhortations of the officers, and the continual clatter of the muskets, made a maddening din. Now a multitude bounded up the great breach as if...were chained together and set deep in the ruins ; and for ten feel in front, the ascent was covered with loose planks, studded with sharp iron points, on... | |
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Now a multitude bounded up the great breach, as if driven by a whirlwind ; but across the top glittered a range of sword-blades, sharp-pointed, keen-edged on both sides, and firmly fixed in ponderous beams, which were chained together, and set deep in... 
