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...Austerlitz,” said he to me one day, “I saw every incident. The roar of the cannon, the cries of the fighting men rang in my ears, and made my inmost s... ... from the Huns to Charlemagne, from Charlemagne to Leo X., from Leo X., to Philip II., from Philip II. to Louis XIV.; from Venice to England, from Eng... ...poleon instinctively moving from a spot struck immediately afterwards by a cannon ball. XVII Between the sphere of Abstraction and that of Special- is...

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... The Em- peror Maximilian, great-grandfather to the now King 71 Montaigne Philip,—[Philip II. of Spain.]—was a prince endowed throughout with great a... ... taken it in another sense. Henry VII., King of England, articled with Don Philip, son to Maximilian the emperor, or (to place him more honourably) fa... ...lace him more honourably) father to the Emperor Charles V ., that the said Philip should deliver up the Duke of Suffolk of the White Rose, his enemy, ... ...ose, his enemy, who was fled into the Low Countries, into his hands; which Philip accordingly did, but upon condi- tion, nevertheless, that Henry shou... ...laces of sepulture, and there he should have his fill. Nevertheless, as to cannon-shot, when a body of men are drawn up in the face of a train of arti... ... Mondolfo, a place in the territories of the Vicariat in Italy, seeing the cannoneer give fire to a piece that pointed directly against him, it was we... ...o culverins, that would be a madman to abide a battery of thirty pieces of cannon—where also the greatness of the prince who is master of the field, h... ...ed at a tilting, and did not one of his ancestors die by jostle of a hog?—[Philip, eldest son of Louis le Gros.]—AEschylus, threatened with the fall o... ... not only the execution but the 386 Essays: Book the First thunder of our cannon also: “Ad ictus moenium cum terribili sonitu editos, pavor...

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...earned the more of Spain, from which she had set sail with so proud a company, and King Philip, the wealthy king, that sent her on that voyage. And no... ...ders pushed an army over the pass by forced marches, and for three days horse and foot, cannon and tumbril, drum and standard, kept pouring downward ... ...weariness, pity, and wonder; and all night long, after he was in bed, he could hear the cannon pounding and the feet trampling, and the great armament... ...s stood ajar, three of them like three ambushes, shaking his nerves like the throats of cannon. He could never again, he felt, be sufficiently im- mur... ... a tempest. It besieged the hamlet, apparently from every side, as if with batteries of cannon; the houses shook and groaned; live coals were blown up...

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...layed in the cap- ture since 21st December, 1861, of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, city of New Orleans, and the destruction of various rebel gunboats,... ...by Flag-officer Farragut which led to the capture of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, city of New Orleans, and the destruction of rebel gunboats, rams, e... ...sort by calling in militia from the adjacent States. We also have eighteen cannon on the road to Harper’s Ferry, of which arm there is not a single on... ...ent of the mortar flotilla during the bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Captain Silas H. Stringharn, now on the retired list, for dis- ting... ...E MANSION, WASHINGTON, June 2, 1863. MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER: It is said that Philip Margraf, in your army, is under sentence to be shot on Friday the 5t... ...en- eral Warren, and ended in the enemy being repulsed with a loss of four cannon and from four to seven hundred prisoners. A. LINCOLN. 439 The Writi...

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...: Book III way of speaking, and draws out discoveries, like wine and love. Philippides, in my opinion, answered King Lysimachus very discreetly, who, ... ...e assault; ’tis the glittering of so much steel, the fire and noise of our cannon and drums, that have infused this new rigidity and fury into his vei... ...r and mediation? and, of old, Phaulius the Argian, who offered his to King Philip out of ambition; as Galba did it out of civility, who, having enter-... ... the front of their battle with three thousand such coaches, and after the cannon had played, made them all pour in their shot upon the enemy, who had... ...ers ought not to have the title of liberality.”—Cicero, De Offic., i. 14.] Philip, seeing that his son went about by presents to gain 138 Essays: Boo... ...enetrate our steel: to which may be added the lightning and thunder of our cannon and harquebuses, enough to frighten Caesar himself, if surprised, wi... ...part of the famous books are of this condition. 177 Montaigne When I read Philip de Commines, doubtless a very good author, several years ago, I ther... ...e and settle, often better than they could have been disposed by art. King Philip mustered up a rabble of the most wicked and incorrigible rascals he ...

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... Hence our device, Cil est nostre, taken at a tourna- ment in the reign of Philip Augustus, with the supporters, a 10 The Collection of Antiquities k... ...tten document stating the nature of the compromise, so as to keep a loaded cannon pointed at its heart.” “We agree,” said Chesnel, without admitting t... ...cy left! Napoleon’s Code Civil made an end of the parch- ments, exactly as cannon made an end of feudal castles. When you have some money, you will be...

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...ony. There was no getting into the town now, and the growling thunder of a cannon might now and then be heard. Jeph would have liked to spend all his ... ...ay, the sharp rattle of the musquets, and now and then the grave roll of a cannon. Stead had been too busy to attend, but half the village had been wa... ...ter now. Hark! they are beginning again,” as the growl of a heavy piece of cannon shook the ground. “I wonder where our Jeph is,” said the little girl... ...d got the treasure. ’T was for the King. And now they are all gone, Master Philip and all, and master says they are flibustiers, and pirates, and robb...

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...re than the Latinity that will surprise an English reader: HIC JACET PHILIPPUS ZAEHDARM, COGNOMINE MAGNUS, ZAEHDARMI COMES, EX IMPERII CON... ...s Sorrows of Napoleon Opera, in an all-too stupendous style; with music of cannon-volleys, and murder-shrieks of a world; his stage- lights are the fi... ...llows:— “Horrible enough! A whole Marchfeld strewed with shell- splinters, cannon-shot, ruined tumbrils, and dead men and horses; stragglers still rem... ...a Divine Mission- ary, though unconscious of it; and preached, through the cannon’s throat, that great doctrine, La carriere ouverte aux talens (The T... ...ck- name of Beggars, heroically rallied and prevailed, though against King Philip himself? Intrinsic significance these had none: only extrinsic; as t...

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...to our hosts we’re ever rude, Jail-bread we’re forced to eat. And when the cannons growl around, And small arms rattle clear, And trumpet, trot, and d... ...ame-breathing grave, Oh, what noble lessons were those for the rash son of Philip, Were not the lord of the world e’en for instruction too great! 1789...

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...mblem! Be- think you of the most unhappy Queen Mary’s days, when this same Philip held sway with her in England, and of the piles which were built for... ...it as you list.” So saying, he put into her hand five broad gold pieces of Philip and Mary, “I would not accept this gold either,” said Janet, “but th... ...as the Duke of Medina, come over, incognito, to adjust the quarrel betwixt Philip and that princess. T ressilian was angry, and expostulated with the ... ... day, but soon.—Ha, Will Shakespeare— wild Will!—thou hast given my nephew Philip Sidney, love- powder; he cannot sleep without thy Venus and Adonis u... ...There are some lines, for example—I would my nephew, 213 Sir Walter Scott Philip Sidney, were here; they are scarce ever out of his mouth—they are sp... ...eak for us, shrill-tongued tuckets. Stand to thy linstock, gunner; let thy cannon Play such a peal, as if a paynim foe Came stretch’d in turban’d rank... ...om the battle- ments; but the noise of drums and trumpets, and even of the cannon themselves, was but faintly heard amidst the roaring and reiterated ...

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...or the sea. If I could have got to them places in the Indies, such as that Philip went to, as you reads about in the verse-book—he as killed his wife ... ... and made friends with that there big rascal, and had the chest of gold—’ ‘Philip Mortham! Were you going in search of buccaneers?’ ‘I don’t know, my ... ... the view, as they stood on the turf, beside Captain Hannaford’s two small cannon, overlooking the water to- wards Bickleypool, with a purple hill ris... ...very broke on, him. Well that he could bear it! ‘Hark!’ he said, ‘there is cannon firing! Miss Conway, you cannot go back. I will do my utmost to reco... ...tinual. And now it was in front as well as in the rear; and the booming of cannon resounded from the heart of the city. They were again on the outskir... ...en were marching on the hotel, and my Lady ought to be informed. A distant cannonade, the trampling of many feet, and terrified voices on the stairs, ... ...l! Why , Charlotte tells me you led her straight over the barricades, with cannon firing on you all the time!’ ‘But not Cupid.’ ‘Then, it is true! and...

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...t table, of Malplaquet, so frightful were the gaps left in our army by the cannon of that bloody action. ’Twas heartrending for an of- ficer who had a... ...en more than any other, having to sustain not only the fury of the enemy’s cannonade, which was very hot and well served, but the furious and repeated... ...t home or away. If he read his name in a Gazette, or escaped the shot of a cannon-ball or a greater danger in the campaign, as has happened to him mor... ...hought that, by bringing his wife to his ancestral home, by prayers to St. Philip of Castlewood, and what not, heaven might be induced to bless him wi...

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...ntions.” “But in that case the cousin wouldn’t have fallen among us like a cannon-ball,” answered the notary. “That doesn’t prove anything,” said Mons... ...o old Monsieur de la Bertelliere. Item, three gold quadruples, Spanish, of Philip V ., struck in 1729, given to her one by one by Madame Gentillet, wh... ...ot your gold!” cried Grandet, starting up erect, like a horse that hears a cannon fired beside him. “No, I have not got it.” “You are mistaken, Eugeni...

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...d sown in the earth, the blood of martyrs gives the quickest harvest. When Philip the Second, who punished revolt through two gen- erations, stretched... ...nverted dream. My body comes and goes and acts; it moves amid bullets, and cannon, and men; it crosses Europe at the will of a power I obey and yet de... ...id to have cost the lives of some of their frequenters who, like ill- cast cannon, were unable to withstand such practice. The two societies naturally...

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...rageous in the great war. He told them how red-hot shot are dropped into a cannon, a wad of wet clay between them and the cartridge; how they sizzle a... ...fer the caplin,” cried the Mary Chilton. “‘Salt ‘most wet?” asked the King Philip. “Hey , Tom Platt! Come t’ supper to-night?” said the Henry Clay; an...

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... been the favorite closet of Napo- leon and Louis XVIII., and now of Louis Philippe. There, seated before a walnut table he had brought with him from ... ...en boats filled with armed soldiers will pursue the wretched fugitive. The cannon will warn every one to refuse shelter to a man wandering about naked... ... Cristo 176 uttered a third cry, and felt himself sinking, as if the fatal cannon shot were again tied to his feet. The water passed over his head, an... ...hey simply throw the dead into the sea, after fastening a thirty-six pound cannon-ball to their feet.” “Well,” observed the Englishman as if he were s... ... sink again, and both go under at once. All at once there’s a noise like a cannon — that’s the air blowing up the deck. Soon the water rushes out of t... ...hat they could already distinguish the rocks heaped on one an- other, like cannon balls in an arsenal, with green bushes and trees growing in the crev... ... he replied, “of the Old Man of the Mountain, who attempted to assassinate Philip Augustus?” “Of course I have.” “Well, you know he reigned over a ric...

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... it, of the ivory heel. Ah! Stubb, thou did’st not know Ahab then. “Am I a cannon ball, Stubb,” said Ahab, “that thou wouldst wad me that fash ion? B... ...nk Whale; the Pudding Headed Whale; the Cape Whale; the Leading Whale; the Cannon Whale; the Scragg Whale; the Coppered Whale; the Elephant Whale; the... ...y feet in the air; careless, now, who rules the decks below; whether Louis Philippe, Louis Blanc, or Louis the Devil. Great Washington, too, stands hi... ... stormed his general sanity, and carried it, and turned all its concentred cannon upon its own mad mark; so that far from having lost his strength, Ah... ...otorious murderous savage Annawon, the headmost warrior of the Indian King Philip. I do not know where I can find a better place than just here, to mak... ...anchored the ship as far off shore as possible; loaded and ran out his two cannon from the bows; stacked his muskets on the poop; and warning the Isla... ... the curled brow of the bull has a touch of the grand in it. Pushing heavy cannon up mountain defiles, the elephant’s brow is majestic. Human or animal... ...n to be frequented here and there by the Sperm Whale, sweep inshore by the Philip pine Islands, and gain the far coast of Japan, in time for the grea...

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...sleep and wake upon. I believe George was playing bil- liards with Captain Cannon in Swallow Street at the time when Amelia was asking Captain Dobbin ... ...at in Pall Mall; dropped in at the Old Slaughters’, and called for Captain Cannon; played eleven games at billiards with the Captain, of which he won ... ...oken heart comboined, for the horrud old Colonel, with a head as bald as a cannon- ball, was making sheep’s eyes at a half-caste girl there. Mrs. Mage... ...” “Cest le feu!” said Isidor, running to the balcony. “God defend us; it’s cannon!” Mrs. O’Dowd cried, starting up, and followed too to the window. A ... ...hapels, and knelt and prayed on the flags and steps. The dull sound of the cannon went on rolling, rolling. Presently carriages with travellers began ... ...chopped off the head of the Arthur of her day, who had been Chamberlain to Philip and Mary, and carried letters between the Queen of Scots and her unc... ...Gaunt, then at Paris, who won vast sums from the lady’s brother at some of Philip of Orleans’s banquets. The Earl of Gaunt’s famous duel with the Coun...

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... if Elizabeth herself could be more stately. But who comes here?” “I’m Sir Philip Sydney.” “No, no,” shouted Humfrey, “Sir Philip shall not come into ... ...And this Gray maketh a fine show of chivalry and honour, insomuch that Sir Philip Sidney himself hath desired his friendship; but, you see, the poor l... ...d, to bring water from Dartmoor. He would never get license to attack King Philip on his own shores. The Queen knew better than to give it. Humfrey an... ...e queen and publicity to the other, if he would have taken a leaf from Don Philip’s book, and permitted the lady to be dealt with secretly. Had he giv... ...at Fotheringhay . I prom- ise you there was ringing of bells and firing of cannon, and 367 Charlotte M. Yonge lighting of bonfires, so t... ...n would this weary, weary time be at an end! Each time I hear a bell, or a cannon shot, I start and think, Oh! has she signed the warrant? Is it too l... ...ubjects for this real world of ours; are they not rather swains in my poor Philip Sidney’s 419 Charlotte M. Yonge Arcadia? Ho, no; ‘twer...

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...and arm and man it;—and sail a- privateering “to the Eastern Archipelago,” Philippine Isles, or I know not where; and so conquer the golden fleece. Bo... ...icane burst them in, as if it had been a discharge from a battery of heavy cannon. The shutters were first forced open, and the wind fastened them bac... ...grave (?) H. N. Coleridge, Esq.(?) W. F. Pollok, Esq. J. W. Colville, Esq. Philip Pusey, Esq. Allan Cunningham, Esq.(?) A. Rio, Esq. Rev. H. Donn. C. ... ...” he would say: “Yes, truly; if they give you leave to proclaim silence by cannon-salvos! My Harpocrates-Stentor!” In like manner, “Intellect and Vir-...