 Placing himself in the centre, he bade all the rest form a circle round him, and then ride on, each man in a separate direction, and each to halt as soon as he found his horse swimming. The man whose horse continued to march the last, was sure, he said,...  The History of Napoleon Buonaparte - Pàgina 122per John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 618 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1829 - 576 pàgines
...those simple expedients which occur to an imperturhahle mind. Placing himself in the centre, he hade all the rest form a circle round him, and then ride...The man whose horse continued to march the last, was turc, he said, to he in the right direction : him, accordingly, we all followed, and reached Suez at... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1830 - 298 pàgines
...spoilers. On one occasion, one of the ulemahs could not help smiling at the zeal which he manifested foi tracing home the murder of an obscure peasant to the...himself in the centre, he bade all the rest form -a ! . 1799.] EL-ARIsH — GAZAH — JAPPA. 125 circle round him, and then ride on, each man in a separate... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1835 - 456 pàgines
...horsemen a-head cried out that their horses were swimming. General Buonaparte rescued the whole party by one of those simple expedients which occur to an...all the rest form a circle round him, and then ride out each man in a separate direction, and each to halt as soon as he found his horse swimming. The... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1835 - 454 pàgines
...horsemen a-head cried out that their horses were swimming. General Buonaparte rescued the whole party by one of those simple expedients which occur to an...the centre, he bade all the rest form a circle round hi in, and then ride out each man in a separate direction, and each to halt as soon ns he found his... | |
 | Marie Joseph L. Adolphe Thiers - 1838 - 502 pàgines
...when the horsemen ahead cried out that their horses were swimming. Bonaparte rescued the whole party by one of those simple expedients which occur to an...Placing himself in the centre, he bade all the rest to form a circle round him, and then ride out each man in a separate direction, and each to halt as... | |
 | Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl - 1840 - 476 pàgines
...when the horsemen ahead cried out that their horses were swimming. Bonaparte rescued the whole party by one of those simple expedients which occur to an...Placing himself in the centre, he bade all the rest to form a circle round him, and then ride out each man in a separate direction, and each to halt as... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1876 - 430 pàgines
...horsemen a,hcad cried out that their horses were swimming. General Buonaparte rescued the whole party by one of those simple expedients which occur to an...all the rest form a circle round him, and then ride out each man in a separate direction, and each to halt as soon as he found his horse swimming. The... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1881 - 738 pàgines
...is supposed to have perished in the pursuit of the llebrcws. "The night overtook us," saysSavaryin his Memoirs, " the waters began to rise around us,...imperturbable mind. Placing himself in the centre, ho bade all the rest form a circle around him, and then ride out, each man in a separate direction,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1885 - 356 pàgines
...had done before him, affixed his name to their charter of privileges ; he examined also the fountain of Moses ; and nearly lost his life in exploring,...ride on, each man in a separate direction, and each to halt as soon as he found his horse swimming. The man whose horse continued to march the last, was... | |
 | 1885 - 492 pàgines
...his name to their charter of privileges. He examined the well of Moses, and nearly lost his life on the sands of the Red Sea, where Pharaoh is supposed...in the centre, he bade all the rest form a circle around him, and then ride on, each man in a separate direction, and each man to halt as soon as he... | |
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