Excursions in Western Africa: And Narrative of a Campaign in Kaffir-land, on the Staff of the Commander-in-chief, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1840 |
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Page 267 - Have then thy wish!' — He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill ; Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows : On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe...
Page 38 - And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
Page 160 - You voluntarily placed yourself in our hands as a hostage ; you are, however, to look upon me as having full power over you, and if you attempt to escape, you will assuredly be shot. I consider my nation at peace with yours, and I shall not molest your subjects; provided they are peaceable. When they bring in the cattle according to your commands, I shall select the bullocks, and return the cows and calves to them.
Page 160 - You have voluntarily placed yourself in our hands as a hostage; you are however to look upon me as having full power over you, and if you attempt to escape you will assuredly be shot. I consider my nation at peace with yours, and I shall not molest your subjects...
Page 326 - ... River ! brimming River ! Broad, and deep, and still as time, Seeming still — yet still in motion, Tending onward to the ocean, Just like mortal prime. River ! River ! rapid River ! Swifter now you slip away ; Swift and silent as an arrow, Through a channel dark and narrow, Like life's closing day. River ! River ! headlong River ! Down you dash into the sea ; Sea, that line hath never sounded, Sea, that voyage hath never rounded, Like eternity.
Page 267 - The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior armed for strife. That whistle garrisoned the glen At once with full five hundred men, As if the yawning hill to heaven A subterranean host had given.
Page 90 - Commander-in-Chief, on the evening of the 10th, directed the 3d division, under Major Cox, to continue upon the theatre of the recent operations, and incessantly to pursue, attack, and harrass, all the straggling parties of the enemy, allowing them no repose; and by this means preventing them from banding together for any mischievous purpose to the colonial border during the farther advance of the invading force, (which arrangement also protects the communications with it by the...
Page 281 - ... and dependents, and each for himself and the branch or family of it which he individually represents, separately and solemnly promise and engage to bear true allegiance to, and to be faithful subjects of, His Majesty the King of England ; to be friends to His Majesty's friends, and enemies to his enemies; to obey the commands of His Majesty's Governor, and the duly constituted colonial authorities, and to live in submission to the general laws of the colony. The Governor and the laws at the same...
Page 308 - Hurrah ! for the son of the Sun ! Hurrah ! for the brother of the Moon ! Throughout all the world there is none Like Quashiboo the only one Descended from the Great Baboon, Baboon, Descended from the Great Baboon.* Buffalo of Buffaloes, and Bull of Bulls ! He sits on a throne of his enemies...
Page 315 - Alexander was surprised to find ... that these rude attempts of uncivilized artists are not utterly devoid of merit; and that although defective in proportions, there is more resemblance in them to the human figure than is ever seen imparted by persons, however educated, who have a total negation of graphic talent. This, indeed, is rendered most evident on the spot, by sundry miserable attempts at figures, made beside them by some civilized bungler.