 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1836 - 754 pages
...Joseph's reign was over, the crown had fallen from his head, and after years of toils, and combats which had been rather admired than understood, the English general, emerging from the chaos of the Peninsula struggle, stood on the summit of the Pyrennees a recognised conqueror. On those lofty pinnacles... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1836 - 774 pages
...Joseph's reign was over, the crown had fallen from his head, and after years of toils, and combats which had been rather admired than understood, the English general, emerging from the chaos of the Peninsula struggle, stood on the summit of the Pyrennees a recognised conqueror. On those lofty pinnacles... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1836 - 748 pages
...Joseph's reign was over, the crown had fallen from his head, and after years of toils, and combats which had been rather admired than understood, the English general, emerging from the chaos of the Peninsula struggle, stood on the summit of the Pyrennees a recognised conqueror. On those lofty pinnacles... | |
 | Richard H. Horne - France - 1841 - 668 pages
...invested. Joseph's reign was over; the crown had fallen from his head; and, after years of toil and combats which had been rather admired than understood, the...Peninsular struggle, stood on the summit of the Pyrenees a recognised conqueror." The news of these events reached Napoleon at Dresden. He received the accounts... | |
 | Battles - 1861 - 254 pages
...years of toils and combats, which' had rather been admired than understood, the great English leader, emerging from the chaos of the Peninsular struggle,...the summit of the Pyrenees a recognized conqueror. From those lofty pinnacles the clangour of his trumpets pealed clear and loud, and the splendour of... | |
 | Herbert R. Clinton - Europe - 1878 - 528 pages
...over, the crown had fallen from his head, and, after years of toils and combats, which had rather been admired than understood, the English general, emerging...the summit of the Pyrenees a recognized conqueror. From these lofty pinnacles the clangour of his trumpets pealed clear and loud, and the splendour of... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1890 - 564 pages
...invested. Joseph's reign was over, the crown had fallen from his head, and after years of toils and combats which had been rather admired than understood, the...the summit of the Pyrenees a recognized conqueror. From those lofty pinnacles the clangor of his trumpets pealed clear and loud, and the splendor of his... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Command of troops - 434 pages
...soon in force along the Spanish border from Roncesvalles to the mouth of the Bidassoa. " The F.ng'ish general, emerging from the chaos of the Peninsular struggle, stood on the summit of the Pyrenees a recognised conqueror. On those lofty pinnacles the clangour of his trumpets pealed clear and loud,... | |
 | Archibald Forbes - Battles - 1896 - 822 pages
...; the crown had fallen from his head, and, after years of toils and combats, which had rather been admired than understood, the English general, emerging...Peninsular struggle, stood on the summit of the Pyrenees a recognised conqueror. From these lofty pinnacles the clangour of his trumpets pealed clear and loud,... | |
 | Archibald Wilberforce - Europe - 1898 - 376 pages
...brilliant chapter in military history; and, at its close, to quote Napier's clarionlike sentences, "the English general, emerging from the chaos of the...the summit of the Pyrenees a recognized conqueror. From those lofty pinnacles the clangor of his trumpets pealed clear and loud, and the splendor of his... | |
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Sebastian were invested. Joseph's reign was over, the crown had fallen from his head, and after years of toils and combats which had been rather admired than understood, the English general, emerging from the chaos of the Peninsular struggle, stood on... 
