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...A collection of memoirs about the Peninsular War, the Battle of Waterloo, and society and personalities of Regency London and 19th century Paris, by a sometime Grenadier Guards officer, unsuccessful parliamentarian, and dandy. Gronow displays some social atti...

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... Spain, following her English soldier husband who had been fighting with Wellington’s army on the Peninsular. After his death, she had found work wi... ... I could imagine him standing at the prow of a dragon ship, wearing the horned helmet of a Viking war lord. It must be his giant frame, that blond h... ...ed you THE CURSE OF KALI 219 could forgive me but it seems you are determined to continue this war between us. Well so be it, I will not grovel,’... ...and this time drums and cymbals were added to the bloodcurdling sound of the sepoys’ now familiar war cry, ‘Chalo Bhai; Maro Firinghi Soor!’ Heavy f... ...tities of beer found in his tent. It seemed this Indian Ruler travelled in opulent style, even to war. Gavin and Helen listened in horror to John’s ...

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...lantains, bananas, and other local foodstuffs; disrup- tions caused by civil war require food imports Fishing: catch 112,000 metric tons (1982) Major ... ...plagues of locusts have caused widespread food shortages, and years of civil war have devastated the economy. GDP: $405.7 million, $90 per capita (198... ...wth rate 3.32%; figures do not take into account the impact of the Iran-Iraq war Nationality: noun Iranian(s); adjective Iranian Ethnic divisions: 63%... ...wth rate 3.56%; figures do not take into account the impact of the Iran-Iraq war Nationality: noun Iraqi(s); adjective Iraqi Ethnic divisions: 75% Ara... ...lation: 16,068,516 (July 1987), aver- age annual growth rate 2.08%, includes Peninsular Malaysia 13,280,754, average annual growth rate 1.98%; Sabah 1... ... divisions: 59% Malay and other indigenous, 32% Chinese, 9% Indian Religion: Peninsular Malaysia Malays nearly all Muslim, Chinese predominantly Buddh... ...24% Buddhist and Confucianist, 20% Muslim, 16% Christian, 5% other Language: Peninsular Malaysia Malay (official); English, Chinese dialects, Tamil; S... ...e expectancy: 67.7 male, 72.7 female Literacy: 65.0% overall, age 20 and up; Peninsular Malaysia 80%; Sabah 60%; Sarawak 60% Labor force: 5.95 million... ... consisting of a 58-member Senate and a 154-member House of Representatives; Peninsular Malaysian states hereditary rulers in all 151 Malaysia (conti...

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...ce hers—that all might be well with him, for she knew that in this unhappy war important captives were not treated as Frenchmen would have been as pri... ...ant captives were not treated as Frenchmen would have been as prisoners of war, but executed as traitors to their King. She paused over him till a low... ...s way more safely on foot than in the panoply of an es- quire, for in this war, the poorer sort were hardly touched; the attacks were chiefly made on ... ...ance by the assistance that she gave to him. They were not molested by the war, which was decidedly a war of battles, not of sieges, but they heard fa... ...agreed that she should remain as one of the many orphans made by the civil war in England, without precise definition of her rank, and be only called ... ...which was to be of roses in honour of St. Elizabeth of Hun- gary, whom the Peninsular Isabels reckoned as their name- sake and patroness. It was a pat...

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... by William Makepeace Thackeray DEDICATION TO CAPTAIN SAMUEL LEWIS, OF THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY’S SERVICE. My Dear Lewis, ... ...onversation naturally fell upon the tour Mr. James was about to take. The Peninsular and Oriental Company had arranged an excursion in the Medi- terr... ... to crown all, said he had no doubt that his friends, the Directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, would make Mr. Titmarsh the present of a ... ...the size of a pocket-handkerchief,—and at the bows of the boat, the man-of-war’s pennant, being a strip of bunting considerably under the value of a f... ...o die in the very first month of her union with the noble whiskered god of war! We Britons on board the English boat received the news of the “Groenen... ...ttle boat, as if it were flying from the mainmast of a thun- dering man-of-war. He gets two hundred a year for his ser- vices, and has an old mother ... ... handkerchiefs round their heads; fuddled seamen from 27 Thackeray men-of-war, or merchantmen; porters, Galician or Genoese; and at every few minutes... ...abian Nights” in their youth, let them book themselves on board one of the Peninsular and Oriental vessels, and try one dip into Constantinople or Smy... ...ever sailed upon this maritime globe, namely, Captain Samuel Lewis, of the Peninsular and Oriental Company’s Service. CHAPTER XIV: FROM JAFFA TO ALEXA...

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... had saved, inspired all breasts,—this regiment fought its way through the Peninsular war , up to the investment of Badajos in eighteen hundred and tw... ... inspired all breasts,—this regiment fought its way through the Peninsular war , up to the investment of Badajos in eighteen hundred and twelve. Again... ...officer came face to face once more, there would be weeping in France. The war went on—and through it went the exact picture of the French officer on ... ... week, through the long bright sum- mer days, until the harvest, spared by war , had ripened and was gathered in. Over and over again the sun rose and... ... call you mother. What has happened, mother?” “A great victory , dear. The war is over , and the regiment was the bravest in the field.” His eyes kind... ...been fought between English and French officers, arising out of the recent war; and these duels, and how to avoid this officer’s hospitality , were th...

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... had suffered some deep personal affliction in connexion with this Spanish war. Here, now, was the case of one who, having formerly suf- fered, might,... ...ormation, that I could not but ask her if she had not some relative in the Peninsular army. Oh yes; her only son was there. In what regiment? He was a... ...umulation of foreign mails this night, ow- ing to irregularities caused by war, by wind, by weather, in the packet service, which as yet does not bene... ...—that, having hid His face through one generation be- hind thick clouds of War, once again was ascending, from the Campo Santo of Waterloo was ascendi... ...ted Orleans, that great city, so decisive by its fate for the issue of the war, and then beleaguered by the English with an elaborate application of e... ...tected at all; some only suspected; and others discharged without noise by war offices and other absurd people. In our navy, both royal and commercial...

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...n this principle; and I am misunderstood if it is supposed that I have any war to make upon that principle. Now, what is judge Douglas’s popular sover... ... States. Not only so: I presume he insisted that this was a declaration of war between the free and slave States, that it was the sound- ing to the on... ...ree and slave States, that it was the sound- ing to the onset of continual war between the different States, the slave and free States. This charge, i... ...e. When I made that reply to him, I told him, on the question of declaring war between the different States of the Union, that I had not said that I d... ...thing for you, how much better off do you think you will be? Will you make war upon us and kill us all? Why, gentlemen, I think you are as gallant and... ...surgent force of about fifteen hundred, for months domi- nating the narrow peninsular region constituting the counties of Accomac and Northampton, and...

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...lead the Scots abroad into the military service of countries which were at war with each other. They were distinguished on the Continent by their brav... ...quarrel, and might plun- der the peasantry subjected to him by the fate of war with the most unrelenting rapacity; but he must beware how he sustained... ... and trusty men of the Scotch T rain. A ball, which shattered his arm in a peninsular cam- paign, at length procured him an honourable discharge. with... ...d knocks. —Butler. It was during the period of that great and bloody Civil War which agitated Britain during the seventeenth century, that our tale ha... ...mencement. Scotland had as yet remained free from the ravages of intestine war, although its inhabit- ants were much divided in political opinions; an... ...ion, and who, finally, were in that half savage state of society, in which war is always more welcome than peace. Great commotions were generally expe...

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...ys. So these worthy people sat down to dinner presently. They talked about war and glory, and Boney and Lord Wellington, and the last Gazette. In thos... ...the presentation of the living, Hodson; none of that breed shall get it, I war’nt”; and Mr. Hodson said he was quite right: and I have no doubt from t... ...s well as the particulars of the night’s conver- sation; the politics; the war; the quarter-sessions; the famous run with the H.H., and those heavy an... ...s mysterious opera- tions in the City—a stirring place in those days, when war was raging all over Europe, and empires were being staked; when the “Co... ...red anything about Brienne and Montmirail, or was fairly interested in the war until the abdication of the Emperor; when she clapped her hands and sai... ...d for, to show their comrades in arms that they could fight as well as the Peninsular veterans, and that all the pluck and valour of the —th had not b...

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... savage plun- derer of a besieged town up to the reckless monarch mak- ing war to feed his own ambition. There is a courage that breaks out in bravado... ...ely devoted to the holy work of softening the after sufferings that render war so hideous; whose very step and shadow car- ried gladness and healing t... ...eek peace and ensue it.’ With such strains as these, sung to his harp, the war- 17 Yo n g e rior gained the hearts of his men to enthusiastic love, a... ...of Prussia and Maria Theresa of Austria, which was called the Seven Years’ War. Louis XV . of France had taken the part of Austria, and had sent an ar... ...d out the memory of the self-devotion of the chevalier; for, among the new war-steamers of the French fleet, there is one that bears the ever-honored ... ...t ever yet sent forth by the little kingdom, and the first that had left a Peninsular port with the banners and streamers of which the more north- ern...

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...ys. So these worthy people sat down to dinner presently. They talked about war and glory, and Boney and Lord Wellington, and the last Gazette. In thos... ...the presentation of the living, Hodson; none of that breed shall get it, I war’nt”; and Mr. Hodson said he was quite right: and I have no doubt from t... ...s well as the particulars of the night’s conver- sation; the politics; the war; the quarter-sessions; the famous run with the H.H., and those heavy an... ...s mysterious opera- tions in the City—a stirring place in those days, when war was raging all over Europe, and empires were being staked; when the “Co... ...red anything about Brienne and Montmirail, or was fairly interested in the war until the abdication of the Emperor; when she clapped her hands and sai... ...d for, to show their comrades in arms that they could fight as well as the Peninsular veterans, and that all the pluck and valour of the —th had not b... ... who know the present Sir George Tufto would hardly recognise the dar- ing Peninsular and W aterloo officer. He has thick curling brown hair and black...

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...ng agitations and the un- conquerable impatience of my nervous malady. 2. “War.”** —In this paper, from having faultily adjusted its proportions in th... ...ngs of his- tory, to show that the criminal (because trivial) occasions of war are not always its trifle causes, or to suggest that war (if resigned t... ...ld, Gustavus Adolphus* in modern days, fighting for the *The Thirty Years’ War, from 1618 to the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, was notoriously the last... ...the decisive conflict between Popery and Protestantism; the result of that war it was which fi- nally enlightened all the Popish princes of Christendo... ...lly he will have read one justification of Wordsworth’s bold doctrine upon war. Thus far he will destroy a wisdom working from afar, but, as regards t... ...e very bosom of luxury suddenly precipitated himself upon the hardships of Peninsular warfare? Which of us forgets the adventurous Lee of Lime, whom a...

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...ire a thief per se, and, as to Mr. Howship, it is well known that he makes war upon all ulcers; and, without suffering himself to be se- duced by thei... ... other’s toes. The philosopher, therefore, sees clearly the necessity of a war, and regrets that sometimes nations do not wait for grounds of war so s... ...ted Orleans, that great city, so decisive by its fate for the issue of the war, and then beleaguered by the English with an elaborate application of e... ...tected at all; some only suspected; and others discharged without noise by war offices and other absurd people. In our navy, both royal and commercial... ...had suffered some deep personal affliction in connection with this Spanish war. Here now was the case of one, who, having formerly suf- fered, might, ... ...ormation, that I could not but ask her if she had not some relation in the Peninsular army. Oh! yes: her only son was there. In what regiment? He was ...

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... said he would get him the nominal rank of Captain, the fees at the Panama War Office were five-and-twenty pounds, which sum honest Eglantine produced... ...he Captain’s exchequer was rather low at that moment, and the fees at the “War Office” were pe- remptory. Meanwhile His Highness left Regent Street, w... ...se of the Life Guards, and a few more. Can you tear yourself away from the war of wits, and take a quiet dinner with a few mere men about town?” The l... ...ed to help her to anything on the table. In respect to Dobus, he is an old Peninsular man, as you are made to know before you have been very long in h...

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...s turned off by the farmers for refusing to remove his child. Now that the war was carried on so openly, Mr. Mohun considered it his duty to withdraw ... ... and though Mr. Mohun did per- suade him to own that it was wrong to be at war with the clergyman, the effect of his arguments was soon done away with... ...said Claude. ‘No, not Phyl—her tears only are eloquent; but it is a mighty war about the token of peace and love, Lily.’ ‘The love would be in driving... ...defer their onslaught on the wasps till Lord Rotherwood’s arrival, and the war was now limited to attacks on foraging parties. Reginald most carefully... ... thought so,’ said Claude. ‘“When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war,”’ muttered the Marquis. ‘You are all talking Greek,’ said Jane. ‘Arabi... ...tell you a true history that I heard from an officer who had served in the Peninsular War—the war in Spain, you know.’ ‘Yes, with the French, who kill...

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...ere, he belonged to a military family. His father had been a distinguished Peninsular officer, and his brother, older by many years, held a command in... ...other Albinia bravely stood a desperate wringing of her hand at the tug of war. She was glad she had come, for the boy suf- fered a good deal, and was... ...as not easy to find anything that did not appear dry. As the daughter of a Peninsular man, she thought nothing so charming as the Subaltern, and Gilbe... ...d to enjoy it; but by the time he had heard all her oral traditions of the war by way of notes, his attendance began to slacken; he stayed out later, ... ..., and Winifred made a discovery that excited her more than Albinia thought war- ranted by any fact relating to the horde of Irish cousins. 100 Yo n g... ... broad- side of heavy metal. When the diners-out came home, they found the war rag- ing as hotly as ever; a great many historical facts and wise sayin... ... her exceeding coldness, talked on with perfect ease upon the chances of a war with Russia, and had given her three or four maxims, before Gil- bert c...

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...leas Fogg was sent were as follows: The steamer Mongolia, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, built of iron, of two thousand eight hun- ... ... you made this trip before?” “Several times. I am one of the agents of the Peninsular Company.” “Then you know India?” “Why yes,” replied Fix, who spo... ...ers is a serious one at such dis- tances from the coal-mines; it costs the Peninsular Company some eight hundred thousand pounds a year. In these dis-... ...EM TO UNDER- STAND IN THE LEAST WHAT IS SAID TO HIM The Rangoon—one of the Peninsular and Oriental Company’s boats plying in the Chinese and Japanese ... ...ut beyond Hong Kong, a simple warrant would be of no avail; an extradition war- rant would be necessary, and that would result in delays and obstacles... ...ame into the possession of the English by the T reaty of Nankin, after the war of 1842; and the colonising genius of the English has created upon it a... ...ss of ships of all nations: En- glish, French, American, and Dutch, men-of-war and trad- ing vessels, Japanese and Chinese junks, sempas, tankas, and ...

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...rmed, Seeks furtive for its shore, But acclimated, gropes no more For that Peninsular. 312 CXVIII NO Autumn’s intercepting chill Appalls th...

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...s be familiar to you, in connection with the most remarkable events of the Peninsular War?’ Mr Pecksniff gently shook his head. ‘No matter,’ said the ... ...ar to you, in connection with the most remarkable events of the Peninsular War?’ Mr Pecksniff gently shook his head. ‘No matter,’ said the gentleman. ... ...lessness of child- hood, when the colonel proudly interposed and said: ‘My War Correspondent, sir—Mr Jefferson Brick!’ Martin could not help starting ... ...r the truth is that I—’ ‘Stop!’ cried the colonel, glancing sternly at his war correspondent and giving his head one shake after every sentence. ‘That... ...ttle to that gentleman, ‘will give us a sentiment.’ ‘Well, sir!’ cried the war correspondent, ‘Since you have con- cluded to call upon me, I will resp... ...this as the signal for their departure, Martin walked downstairs after the war correspondent, who preceded him with great majesty. The colonel followi...

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... been down to Brighton, and about that infernal traitor Bonaparty, and the war; until the Irish maid-servant came with a plate and a bottle of wine, f... ...of taste and elegant discernment, as all the shopfolks said. And about the war that was ensuing, Mrs. Osborne was not much alarmed; Bonaparty was to b... ...te, on their way to Brussels and Ghent. People were going not so much to a war as to a fash- ionable tour. The newspapers laughed the wretched upstart... ...subject for the pencil, to illustrate the prin- ciple of an honest English war. All looked as brilliant and harm- less as a Hyde Park review. Meanwhil... ... tell us that the armies of the allied powers were all providentially on a war-footing, and ready to bear down at a moment’s notice upon the Elban Emp... ... who know the present Sir George Tufto would hardly recognise the dar- ing Peninsular and W aterloo officer. He has thick curling brown hair and black...

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...mselves as imitative servants of their god Mars, on the fields of love and war, stood necessarily prepared to vindicate their conduct as the field of ... ...,” she said. “Ormont has no chance of employment unless there’s a European war. They can’t over- look him in case of war. He’ll have to pray for that.... ...hat’s what I said: all he wants is to serve his country. If you won’t have war, give him Gibraltar or Malta, or com- mand of one of our military distr... ...male men combine to try to stifle. They won’t succeed, but we shall want a war to teach the country the value of courage. You catch what I am driving ... ... to it, must be sol- diers; and in peace they are snubbed by the heads; in war they are abused by the country. They don’t understand in England how to... ...eck —the outline of the coast of Portugal for an introductory subject, our Peninsular battles and so forth—I spoke of her enthusiasm. The effect was, ...

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...ty offered, the firm 22 used to send them on to Malata either by a man-of-war schoo- ner going on a cruise, or by some trading craft proceeding that ... ...hough. As far as I can make it out, he was an officer on board a sloop- of-war. There’s nothing strange in that. At all stages of the long Peninsular ... ... sloop- of-war. There’s nothing strange in that. At all stages of the long Peninsular campaign many of our men-of-war of the smaller kind were cruisin... ... in that. At all stages of the long Peninsular campaign many of our men-of-war of the smaller kind were cruising off the north coast of Spain—as risky... ...s indeed the best type of a genuine British tar of that time, and a man-of-war’s man for years. He came by the name on account of some wonderful adven...

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...ing back, tail erect, and eyes like flaming green glass, waged a continual war with him over her basket in the hall. Anne was very glad to hear her co... ...cts, such as that Charles the Fifth beat Francis the First, at Pavia, in a war for the duchy of Milan, and nothing more told about them. I am always r... ... there was no leader good enough for you among the Spanish patriots in the Peninsular war.’ ‘I do not know,’ said Anne; ‘I admire Don Jose Palafox for... ...no leader good enough for you among the Spanish patriots in the Peninsular war.’ ‘I do not know,’ said Anne; ‘I admire Don Jose Palafox for his defenc... ...ink that the old Saxon word, knight, meant the sworn champion, the devoted war- rior of noble birth, which it now expresses. You know 90 ABB... ...eps from the door without meeting with a pool deep enough to swim a man-of-war.’ ‘Rupert,’ said Elizabeth, ‘I hereby give notice, that whoso- ever say...

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...not less than a million to the T reasury, is chiefly managed at Croisic, a peninsular village which communicates with Guerande over quicksands, which ... ...t the arms of the family. Three English guns equally suitable for chase or war, three sabres, two game-bags, the utensils of a huntsman and a fish- er... ... the mo- ment that La Vendee and Brittany took arms; he fought through the war with Charette, with Cathelineau, La Rochejaquelein, d’Elbee, Bonchamps,... ...s the ermine itself. We understand that sale made to his sister before the war; which provided for all, and faced all, death, confiscation, exile. The... ...e forest, teaching him through the pleasures of the chase the rudiments of war, preaching by ex- ample, indifferent to fatigue, firm in his saddle, su... ...old. Both were under the orders of Mademoiselle, who, from the time of the war in La Vendee to the period of her brother’s return, had ruled the house...

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...One of the beneficial results of the Great War has been the teaching of thrift to the American housewife. For patriotic reasons and for reasons of economy, more attention has been bestowed upon the preparing and cooking of food that is to be at once palatable, nourish...

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...Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan...

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...ment 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of B... ...adin and al Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghani... ...10. WARTIME 325 10.1 Immediate Responses at Home 326 10.2 Planning for War 330 10.3 “Phase Two” and the Question of Iraq 334 11. FORESIGHT—AND... ...acks. 96 The threat of Soviet bombers diminished significantly as the Cold War ended, and the number of NORAD alert sites was reduced from its Cold Wa... ...ut 9:45 the President told the Vice President:“Sounds like we have a minor war going on here, I heard about the Pentagon.W e’re at war . . . some- bod... ...Scramble Aircraft; QUIT25; Sep- tember 11, 2001, ” Sept. 4, 2003, pp. 2–4 (Peninsular Radar position); FAA memo,“Partial Transcript; Scramble Air- cra...

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...O TO NEW YORK .................................................................................................. 189 CHAPTER XIII: AN APOLOGY FOR THE WAR ............................................................................................ 201 CHAPTER XIV: NEW YORK..........................................................................................................

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........................................ 189 CHAPTER XIII: AN APOLOGY FOR THE WAR .......................................................................... ...ve not allowed the division among the States and the breaking out of civil war to interfere with my intention; but I should not purposely have chosen ... ... subject in its present condition, and being so forced I must write of the war, of the causes which have led to it, and of its probable termination. B... ...hich there may perhaps even yet be some little room. And now touching this war which had broken out be- tween the North and South before I left Englan... ...ed for them, all would be well. But they will not do this. They will go to war with each other. The South will make her demands for secession with an ... ... opposite or western shore of the lake. Michigan is some- times called the Peninsular State, from the fact that the main part of its territory is surr...

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... kings, each with a different part of the island and as they were often at war with one another, they used to steal one another’s subjects, and sell t... ...dom as best he might. The King of Denmark died in the midst of his English war; but his son Cnut went on with the conquest he had begun, and before lo... ...th a fighting man em- broidered upon it. Then the Normans rode up on their war- horses to attack him, one brave knight going first, singing. The war-h... ...quarrel the husband and wife had ever had. Not long after, William went to war with the King of France. He had caused a city to be burnt down, and was... ...eir own way. They built strong castles, and hired men, with whom they made war upon each other, robbed one another’s tenants, and, when they saw a pea... ...lamanca, Vittoria, Orthes, and T oulouse; and the whole war was called the Peninsular War, because it was fought in the Peninsular of France and Spain...

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... market; to keep yourself informed of the state of the markets, prospects of war and peace every where, and anticipate the tendencies of trade and civ... ..., to make this frequent meeting tolerable, and that we need not come to open war. We meet at the post office, and at the sociable, and about the firesid... ...o in primeval years lived under these heavens, and their small implements of war and hunting were brought to the light of this modern day. They lay mi... ...l turn himself t’other side up and be as green as a leek in two days. A long war, not with cranes, but with weeds, those Trojans who had sun and rain ... ...kernels and very last sieve ful of news, what had subsided, the prospects of war and peace, and whether the world was likely to hold together much lon... ...here was only a narrow slit left between their lids, by which he preserved a peninsular relation to me; thus, with half shut eyes, looking out from th...

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... life of ours is stuck round with 9 Emerson Egypt, Greece, Gaul, England, War, Colonization, Church, Court and Commerce, as with so many flowers and ... ... by so much virtue as they contain. Commerce, husbandry, hunting, whaling, war, eloquence, personal weight, are somewhat, and engage my respect as exa... ...th, let us at least resist our temptations; let us enter into the state of war and wake Thor and Woden, courage and constancy, in our Saxon breasts. ... ...enius returns to essential man. We reckoned the improvements of the art of war among the triumphs of science, and yet Napoleon conquered Europe by the... ...e as far as I have shrunk from him; his eyes no longer seek mine; there is war between us; there is hate in him and fear in me. All the old abuses in ... ...f fire- wood in a shed or in the harvesting of fruits in the cellar, as in Peninsular campaigns or the files of the Department of State. In the rainy ...

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...and drained it with a health to the donors. How strange are the chances of war! But half an hour be- fore he and I were engaged in mortal combat, and ... ...w, and none more so than Philip Fogarty, the humble writer of this tale of war. Our embrasure was luckily bomb-proof, and the detach- ment of the Onet... ... gallantry from my conduct in various actions and forlorn hopes during the war, the Emperor was most anxious to attach me to his service. The Grand Cr... ...wards. The sur- geon in attendance having taken charge of this unfortunate war- rior, we rode off to the review where Ney and Eugene were on duty at t... ...d which bore him. Both were caparisoned in the fullest trappings of feudal war. The arblast, the mangonel, the demiculverin, and the cuissart of the p... ... gratitude as of their other obligations, and that writes histories of the Peninsular war with the Emperor Napoleon, without making the slightest ment...

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...procured a black Pa- dre for a guide, and a Spaniard who had served in the Peninsular war as an interpreter, we visited a collection of buildings, of ... ...black Pa- dre for a guide, and a Spaniard who had served in the Peninsular war as an interpreter, we visited a collection of buildings, of which an an... ... sensation, similar to that produced by the Physalia, or Portuguese man-of-war. I was much interested, on several occasions, by watching the habits of... ...d a retreat. They retired to their horses, and seemed to hold a council of war. This was an awful pause for the Spaniards, as all their ammunition, wi... ...ey breed so!” Every one here is fully convinced that this is the most just war, because it is against barbarians. Who would believe in this age that s... ...ut if they fail in so doing, they themselves are to be exter- minated. The war is waged chiefly against the Indi- ans near the Cordillera; for many of...

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...ec’s had risen to be an Admiral and a knight for valiant action in the old war, when men could rise. Him they besought to take charge of the youth, an... ...ON BOARD THE JOCASTA FROM THE TAGUS to the Thames the Government sloop-of- war, Jocasta, had made a prosperous voyage, bearing that pre- cious freight... ...g manifestations of stiff-backedness, could not forbear add- ing: ‘I am at war with my sympathies, which should be with the poor brute flying from his... ...rve to Drummond: ‘Your Countess doesn’t ruffle well.’ But a lady who is at war with two or three of the facts of Providence, and yet will have Provide... ... one of the Queens—I forget her name. The dif- ference between us and your Peninsular cavaliers is, that we would do as much for uncrowned ladies.’ ‘A... ...reat Mel. For how could he have any, the remotest relation with Queens and Peninsular pic-nics? You shall hear. Lady Jocelyn happened to catch a word ... ... what she had sown to Provi- dence. Till then, respect, and the honours of war! So the Count- ess snubbed him, and he being full of wine, fell into th...

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...be landed back in the dark ages. But talking of books, there is Southey’s `Peninsular War.’ I am reading that of a morning. Y ou know Southey?” “No” s... ...ack in the dark ages. But talking of books, there is Southey’s `Peninsular War.’ I am reading that of a morning. Y ou know Southey?” “No” said Mr. Cas... ...be laying herself open to a demonstration that she was somehow or other at war with all goodness. But on safe opportunities, she had an indirect mode ... ...n the mouth and a venom in the glance which would almost justify declaring war in spite of past benefits. He was much obliged to Casaubon in the past,... ... about the new King and the numerous handbills on the walls, had seemed to war- rant a little recklessness. It was a maxim about Middlemarch, and rega... ...ey carry, and drove ‘em away, so as they knew better than come again.” “It war good foon, I’d be bound,” said Hiram, whose fun was much restricted by ...

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...be landed back in the dark ages. But talking of books, there is Southey’s ‘Peninsular War.’ I am reading that of a morning. You know Southey?” “No” sa... ...ack in the dark ages. But talking of books, there is Southey’s ‘Peninsular War.’ I am reading that of a morning. You know Southey?” “No” said Mr. Casa... ...be laying herself open to a demonstration that she was somehow or other at war with all goodness. But on safe opportunities, she had an indirect mode ... ...n the mouth and a venom in the glance which would almost justify declaring war in spite of past benefits. He was much obliged to Casaubon in the past, ... ...ey carry, and drove ’em away, so as they knew better than come again.” “It war good foon, I’d be bound,” said Hiram, whose fun was much restricted by ... ...I — The Widow and the Wife. spree;—“I’n seen lots o’ things turn up sin’ I war a young un—the war an’ the peace, and the canells, an’ the oald King Ge...