moving westward. Then, one day, he announced that half
Lies safe, protected, nor doth spear avail
To reach the fount of blood. Unnumbered wounds
By arrow dealt, or lance, thus fail to slay
This single warrior. But lo! from far
A Cretan archer's shaft, more sure of aim
Than vows could hope for, strikes on Scaeva's brow
To light within his eye: the hero tugs
Intrepid, bursts the nerves, and tears the shaft
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- The wide heavens about her seemed to promise a greater
- Esmond’s mistress would have had him return, at least
- had a tedious but easy water journey down the river of
- On the 2nd of July his Grace stormed the post, with what
- first time that he had been surprised there he apologized
- of the Maison du Roy, that fought under Vendosme and Villeroy
- Webb, was colonel, he had never joined the regiment, nor
- which had befallen his family; but his enemies found that
- and one man even sent us a cask of cider as a present.
- major, and several officers; and our troops cheering and
- Rhine, which he had thought a delightful and beautiful
- king, or a portion out of a starving sentinel’s three-farthings;
- fowls, sheep, goats, pigs, horses, and cattle; the order
- and future comrades of the fort; and it was in London,
- who had interest or money easily got leave of absence,
- his purse, and fine silver-mounted pistols which the Dowager
- reward that they would win from him if they carried his
- rushing up to the very guns of the enemy, and being slaughtered
- “Te Deum” for the victory, and those famous festivities
- They said that our Duke was quite heart-broken by the calamity
- forest, and utters very peculiar noises) has not cried
- And if Mr. Webb believed of himself what the world said
- as the general rendezvous of the army, and thither, by
- before defeat. Before the greatest obstacle or the most
- than the manners of these people. They generally began
- and having, as I have said, this of the godlike in him,
- of his life; the wound was not very great from which he
- came up under the Prince of Baden, when the enemy could
- his boys had deserted, for a hunting party from the bungalow
- troops, embarking from Harwich and landing at Maesland
- we heard that the French, under the Marshal Villeroy, were
- officer in the English army. And now, as if to make his
- end of the apartment. A steady stream of dirty water was
- charged it. He was shot down at the instant, with his colonel,
- of the hunt. Our duke was as calm at the mouth of the cannon
- He was a very tall man, standing in his pumps six feet
- a pound of sugar or an ordinary knife. No individual possessed
- and here for several weeks Esmond lay in very great danger
- made the attack with unparalleled courage and fury —
- And now the conquerors were met by a furious charge of
- she had come to believe, since otherwise he would have
- him, it was with a friendly lustre, and he could regard
- his guns and musketry, to which our people were instructed
- a blush perhaps, of another sweet pale face, sad and faint,
- heavy rain set in, which was hardly sufficient to drive
- faithful search after his master, there had no doubt been
- Sluys: thence his Grace came immediately to the Hague,
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- he shrieked curses and encouragement, yelling and harking
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