 The second rank pushed in the first, the third pushed in the second; the horses reared, threw themselves over, fell upon their backs, and struggled with their feet in the air, piling up and overturning their riders; no power to retreat. The whole column...  Les Miserables - Page 21by Victor Hugo - 1884Full view - About this book
 | 1863 - 804 pages
...upon the extermiuaiior of the squares and eaiu.ons, the cuirassiers saw between themselves and the English a ditch, a grave. It was the sunken road of Ohain. It was a frightful moment. There was tho^ravine, unlocked for, yawning at the very feet of the horses, two fathoms Леер . between its... | |
 | Freemasonry - 1862 - 812 pages
...squares and cannons, 11ч: Cuirassiers saw between themselves and the Jlnglisk a ditch — agrave ! It was the sunken road of Ohain ! " It was a frightful...ravine, unlocked for, yawning at the very feet of the noises, two fathoms deep between its double slope. The second rank pushed in the first, the third pushed... | |
 | 1862 - 488 pages
...squares and cannons, the Cuirassiers saw betuven themselves and the English a ditch — agrave ! Il was the sunken road of Ohain ! " It was a frightful...ravine, unlocked for, yawning at the very feet of the hoises, two fathoms deep between its double slope. The second rank pushed in the first, the third pushed... | |
 | Victor Hugo - Ex-convicts - 1863 - 824 pages
...bent upon the extermination of the squares and cannons, the cuirassiers saw between themselves and the English a ditch, a grave. It was the sunken road of...fathoms deep between its double slope. The second rankpushedinthe first, the third pushed in the second ; the horses reared, 'threw themselves over,... | |
 | Oliver Ernesto Branch - Readers - 1878 - 278 pages
...fury and bent on extermination of the squares and cannon, the cuirassiers saw between them and the English, a ditch — a grave ! It was the sunken road...of Ohain. It was a frightful moment. There •was a ravine, unlocked for, yawning at the very feet of the horses, two faihoms deep between its double... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1878 - 508 pages
...bent upon the extermination of the squares and cannons, the cuirassiers saw between themselves and the English a ditch — a grave. It was the sunken road of Ohain. 2. It was a frightful moment. There was the ravine, unlooked-for, yawning at the very feet of the horses,... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1879 - 508 pages
...cuirassiers saw between themselves and the English a ditch — a grave. It was the sunken road of Ohain. 2. It was a frightful moment. There was the ravine, unlocked...of the horses, two fathoms deep between its double slopes. The second rank pushed in the first, the third pushed in the second ; the horses reared, threw... | |
 | Austin Barclay Fletcher - Elocution - 1881 - 498 pages
...bent upon the extermination of the squares and cannons, the cuirassiers saw between themselves and the English a ditch — a grave. It was the sunken road...Ohain. It was a frightful moment. There was the ravine, unlooked-for, yawning at the very feet of the horses, two fathoms deep between its double slopes. The... | |
 | Austin Barclay Fletcher - Elocution - 1881 - 454 pages
...squares and cannons, the cuirassiers saw between themselves and the English a ditch — a grave. O o It was the sunken road of Ohain. It was a frightful moment. There was the ravine, unlooked-for, yawning at the very feet of the horses, two fathoms deep between its double slopes. The... | |
 | Victor Hugo - Ex-convicts - 1887 - 568 pages
...dash on the English squares and guns, the cuirassiers noticed between them and the English a trench, a grave. It was the sunken road of Ohain. It was a frightful moment, — the ravine was there, unexpected, yawning, almost precipitous, beneath the horses' feet, and with... | |
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