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Page 524
... whole day's strategy he managed to borrow from the amah's basket would not wag its tail and swim in the pan , and though he hid behind a corner and peeped ever so quickly out at it , still it floated disgracefully stiff on its side with ...
... whole day's strategy he managed to borrow from the amah's basket would not wag its tail and swim in the pan , and though he hid behind a corner and peeped ever so quickly out at it , still it floated disgracefully stiff on its side with ...
Page 532
... whole country was turned into a marsh . For five days Blücher continued the pursuit , until he reached Naumburg , on the right bank of the Queiss , where he halted , having captured 18 , - 000 prisoners and 103 guns . To these disas ...
... whole country was turned into a marsh . For five days Blücher continued the pursuit , until he reached Naumburg , on the right bank of the Queiss , where he halted , having captured 18 , - 000 prisoners and 103 guns . To these disas ...
Page 533
... whole day hesitating whether to go on , or to turn westward and disperse another detachment of his ubiquitous foe , which , as he heard from Ney , had bridged the Elbe at the mouth of the Black Elster . It was the 23d before he turned ...
... whole day hesitating whether to go on , or to turn westward and disperse another detachment of his ubiquitous foe , which , as he heard from Ney , had bridged the Elbe at the mouth of the Black Elster . It was the 23d before he turned ...
Page 534
... stimulus ; but on the whole , natural causes , complex but not inex- plicable , sufficiently account for the subse- quent disasters . For instance , considerations of personal friendship having in earlier 534 THE CENTURY MAGAZINE .
... stimulus ; but on the whole , natural causes , complex but not inex- plicable , sufficiently account for the subse- quent disasters . For instance , considerations of personal friendship having in earlier 534 THE CENTURY MAGAZINE .
Page 548
... whole scheme was unmili- tary , but it exactly suited Metternich , who , having on January 13 first learned of Ber- nadotte's understanding with the Czar about the crown of France , was very uneasy . Both he and Schwarzenberg desired to ...
... whole scheme was unmili- tary , but it exactly suited Metternich , who , having on January 13 first learned of Ber- nadotte's understanding with the Czar about the crown of France , was very uneasy . Both he and Schwarzenberg desired to ...
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