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...ty of Granada, galloped out of the camp, in full view of besiegers and be- sieged, and fastened to the gate of the city with his dagger a copy of the ... ...the walled cities, and a battle was fought, sometimes fol- lowed up by the siege of the city of the defeated. The Ro- mans did not always obtain the v... ...s Vercingetorix yielded, though much against his own judgment. Caesar laid siege to the place, but his army suffered se- verely from cold and hunger; ... ...mons of their friends, but assembled in large numbers, and just as the be- sieged had exhausted their provisions, an army was seen on the hills beyond... ...s were over- running the banks of the Seine, and actually venturing to lay siege to the Roman walls of Paris itself. The fortifications were strong en... ...ors themselves were horrorstruck at the atrocity of their ally, and as the siege was hopeless they gave it up; and Don Juan, afraid and ashamed to ret... ...cy, the first use he made of his victory was to march upon Calais, and lay siege to it. The walls were exceedingly strong and solid, mighty defenses o... ...efend it to the last; the herald rode back again and the English began the siege of the city. At first they only encamped, and the people of Calais mu... ...been nearly a year before Calais, and had spent large sums of money on the siege, and that he had nearly become master of the place, so that he had no...

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... shop-keepers did a glorious trade in wax, ribbons, 33 Dumas and sword-knots; housekeepers laid in stores of bread, meat, and spices. Already numbers... ...the latter, the others will finish it.” “That all appears feasible. But what will be done with regard to the prisoners upon the Place de Greve?” “This... ...so.” “Tudieu! my friend, what fine things you will do!” 487 Dumas “How do you mean?” “Why, these fortifications are admirable.” “Is that your opinion... ...ardians, Raoul and De Guiche, who were quietly riding at her carriage doors. Buckingham felt himself a prey to all the tortures of jealousy; an unknow... ...Anne of Austria, a keen observer, like all women, and imperious, like every queen, was sensible of Madame’s power, and acquiesced in it immediately, a...

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... as a horse back, as no knight never is. Him thinketh he may well abide the siege as long as God shall please, for the hall was well garnished of mea... ... that he would not. Thereupon King Uther Pendragon defied him, and then laid siege about this castle where the Queen was. King Gorlois was gone to see...

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...essed men,” (they were in fact Titus and his staff, then occupied with the siege of Jerusalem,) “attended by a crowd of domes- tics, attired with scar...

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...son being well provisioned, I remained within the walls; and he raised the siege at midnight with a prodigious alarum on the bell. The Begging Letter ...

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...the age of forty; was with the small body of Reform- ers who were standing siege in St. Andrew’s Castle,—when one day in their chapel, the Preacher af...

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...e of their wounded remembrances: hardly a town in En- gland, which stood a siege for the king or the parliament, but has some printed memorial of its ...

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... among them most righteously. But around the other city were two armies in siege with glittering arms. And two counsels found favour among them, eithe...

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... Ned is called upon to carry out dangerous secret missions deep within occupied territory. Through hairbreadth escapes, fierce sea fights, terrifying sieges, and daring rescues, Ned becomes a witness to the inspiring and heartbreaking events of the rise of the Dutch republic. (Summary by D. Leeson)...

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...le the War yet lasts, will Gibraltar surrender. Not though Crillon, Nassau-Siegen, with the ablest projectors ex- tant, are there; and Prince Conde an... ... Eye above can read it,—as it shall unfold itself, in fire and thunder, of siege, and field-artillery; in the rustling of battle-banners, the tramp of... ... with its back towards us: the Bastille is still to take! To describe this Siege of the Bastille (thought to be one of the most important in history) ... ...e followed by new higher; and dwindle into comparatives and positives! The Siege of the Bastille, weighed with which, in the Historical balance, most ... ...of the Bastille, weighed with which, in the Historical balance, most other sieges, including that of Troy Town, are gossamer, cost, as we find, in kil... ..., cost, as we find, in killed and mortally wounded, on the part of the Be- siegers, some Eighty-three persons: on the part of the Besieged, after all ... ...sand contradictions;—to no purpose. For, in far lands, with scarlet Nassau-Siegens, with sinful Imperial Catherines, is not the heart-broken, even as ... ...e, after centu- ries, this is what we have: Jourdan Coupe-tete, leading to siege and warfare an Army, from three to fifteen thousand strong, called th... ... being killed in mutiny, closes his dye-shop; and does there visibly, with siege-artil- lery, above all with bluster and tumult, with the ‘brave Brig-...

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...le the War yet lasts, will Gibraltar surrender. Not though Crillon, Nassau-Siegen, with the ablest projec- tors extant, are there; and Prince Conde an... ... Eye above can read it,—as it shall unfold itself, in fire and thunder, of siege, and field- artillery; in the rustling of battle-banners, the tramp o... ... with its back towards us: the Bastille is still to take! To describe this Siege of the Bastille (thought to be one of the most important in history) ... ...e followed by new higher; and dwindle into comparatives and positives! The Siege of the Bastille, weighed with which, in the Historical balance, most ... ...of the Bastille, weighed with which, in the Historical balance, most other sieges, including that of Troy Town, are gossamer, cost, as we find, in kil...

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... was so discouraging that the Colonel found himself compelled to raise the siege. Mar- tial, who guessed what the officer’s last request had been, and...

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...dangerous expedition to invade Heav’n, whose high walls fear no assault or Siege, Or ambush from the Deep. What if we find Some easier enterpriz... ...es about me, so much more I feel 120 Torment within me, as from the hateful siege Of contraries; all good to me becomes Bane, and in Heav’n much ... ... and Arms th’ ensanguind Field 650 Deserted: Others to a Citie strong Lay Siege, encampt; by Batterie, Scale, and Mine, Assaulting; others from t... ...er his encroachment proud Stayes not on Man; to God his Tower intends 965 Siege and defiance: Wretched man! what food Will he convey up thither t...

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... Havnt I told you I will see nobody?[T o Sir Patrick] I live in a state of siege ever since it got about that I’m a magician who can cure consumption ...

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...nes of the flight (as it literally was in its commencement)—to the T artar siege of the Russian fortress Koulagina—the bloody engagement with the Coss... ...as withdrawn from public notice into pri- vate chambers and hospitals. The siege of Jerusalem by V espasian and his son, taken in its entire circumsta... ...d warfare. The period of his anxiety was not long: on the fifth day of the siege, he descried from the walls a succession of T artar couriers, mounted... ...e heavier columns of the Russian army should arrive upon their flanks. The siege of Koulagina was instantly raised; and that signal, so fatal to the h...

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... day. Or are you for claret, my lads? No? I’m fortified up here to stand a siege in my old round tower, like the son of Eremon that I am. Lavra Con! C...

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...n good humour. Dr. Johnson said, ‘Pray, General, give us an account of the siege of Belgrade.’ Upon which the General, pouring a little wine upon the ... ...t. There was a reverend gentleman, (Mr. Hawkins,) who wrote a tragedy, the siege of something, which I refused.’ Harris. ‘So, the siege was raised.’ J...

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...towns and cities. Captured engineers directed the building and testing of siege machines which then would be disassembled and carried by horses to b...

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...by a silence ominous, threatening, and harder to bear than even the active siege and the noise. The landlord and the two village policemen stood their... ...ty, let him contrast it with the purposes and objects of the Crusades, the siege of Y ork, the W ar of the Roses, and other historic comedies of that ... ...member that Wellington or Napoleon ever examined Shakespeare’s battles and sieges and strategies, and then decided and established for good and all th...

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...ll looked young, and was quite agile. It was not until after that dreadful siege of our house by the Indians, which left me a widow ere I was a mother... ...cause, and lost the greater part of it by fines and sequestration: stood a siege of his castle by Ireton, where his brother Thomas capitulated (af- te... ...nd her cousin, the son of that Francis Esmond who was killed at Castlewood siege. And the lady, it was said, took a fancy to the young man, who was he... ...oor show there: they walked over the old house and gardens, and fought the siege of Oliver’s time over again: they played a game of rack- ets in the o... ... enemy this was impossible, and our young man took his humble share in the siege, which need not be described here, and had the good luck to escape wi... ...Master Grandson, who read this, do you look for the history of battles and sieges? Go, find them in the proper books; this is only the story of your g... ... sat down before Lille, the capital of French Flanders, and commenced that siege, the most celebrated of our time, and almost as famous as the siege o... ...gest captains must go down. The English Duke took little part in that vast siege of Lille, which the Imperial Generalissimo pursued with all his force... ...e was wounded, our Duke took his Highness’s place in the trenches; but the siege was with the Imperialists, not with us. A division under Webb and Ran...

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...and of the Imperial Troops. — Treaty with France. — Congress at Leipzig. — Siege and cruel fate of Magdeburg. — Firmness of the Landgrave of Cassel. —... ..., and therefore little to be depended on. Vienna was unprepared for a long siege. The party of the Protestants, ready at any moment to join the Bohemi... ...who commanded these troops after the recall of Spinola, hastily raised the siege of Frankenthal, when Mansfeld entered the Lower 117 Friedrich Schill... ...8 The History of the Thirty Y ears’ War brave general met his death at the siege of Neuhausel, as, shortly before, the no less val- iant Dampierre had... ...elled the Spanish general forth- 121 Friedrich Schiller with to raise the siege of Bergen-op-Zoom. But even Holland was soon weary of these danger- o... ...ole army. After throwing into this place the necessary supplies for a long siege, the latter attempted to open a new passage through Eichsfeld and Thu... ... Savelli, had surren- dered to the king, and Colberg, after a five months’ siege, was starved into a capitulation. As the passes in Upper Pomerania we... ... relieve it, had again returned to Magdeburg, to prosecute with vigour the siege of that town. The rich archbishopric, of which Magdeburg was the capi... ... and obliged Tilly at once to have recourse to arms. In the meanwhile, the siege was prolonged, by the progress of the King of Sweden, which called th...

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...putation for valor in the field and for wickedness in private life. At the siege of T arragona it lost its celebrated hero, Bianchi, the man who, duri... ...hen she hears of the occupation of our province by your armies, and of the siege of Tarragona, she will assuredly set out at once to come here and see... ...ad remained there hidden during the day from 20 Juana every eye while the siege lasted. Up to the present time she had slept in the room of her adopt... ... of luxury, on hearing from her royal lover of the events in Spain and the siege of T arragona. 26 Juana “Tarragona! I must get to Tarragona before t...

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...rove that he killed a rhinoceros and stormed fourteen intrenchments at the siege of Allyghur. W ell, immediately after the capture of this important f... ...ch had been made the head-quarters of several Queenite officers during the siege. The pesatero or landlord of the inn had been despatched by my brave ... ...l not describe Delhi, which is doubtless well known to the reader; nor the siege of Agra, to which place we went from Delhi; nor the terrible day at L... ...h bungalows which had escaped the flames, and which he occupied during the siege. When I entered the large room where he sat, I found him in the midst... ...has seven hun- dred at present in the compound, and swears that during the siege he will content himself with only three a week): he has lost in battl... ...ckings, who had come out merely for a dance, and found themselves in for a siege). Such were our numbers:— Ladies 74 Troops and artillerymen 40 Other ... ... twenty-six souls, and this is all the food which is to last us during the siege. Meat there is none—of drink there is a tolerable quantity; and at on... ... two glasses, and an olive and a fig—and this must be your food during the siege. Lord Lake cannot be ab- sent more than three days; and if he be—why,... ...LE CLEVES began in good earnest to pre- pare his castle for the threatened siege. He gathered in all the available cattle round the property, and the ...

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...orghetto? or are they destined to invest V erona, storm Peschiera, and lay siege to Mantua? This is more than I can tell you, for, I repeat it, 20 Mi...

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...nd again, in his rhymed prologue, he shall assign some of the glory of the siege of Doubting Castle to his favourite Valiant-for-the- T ruth, who did ...

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...e perpetual testing of all general statements by particular instances; the siege in form which is laid to the meaning of large abstract terms, by fixi...

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... oars and sails, implements more than three thousand years old? Old as the siege of Troy. Older! … And I know what I am talking about. Only six weeks ...

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... the late king, said to be the son of a Turkish pasha, whom he took at the siege of Buda, and constantly kept about his person—P . 19 ‘Parson Hale;’ ...

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...y hope to face them with a mind as quiet! But my paper is running out; the siege guns are firing on the Dutch frontier; and I must say adieu for the f...