 ... too cheap an estimation,) behaved themselves to wonder, and were in truth the preservation of that army that day ; for they stood as a bulwark and rampire to defend the rest, and, when their wings of horse were scattered and dispersed, kept their...  London and Middlesex: Or, An Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive Survey of ... - Page 354by Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Norris Brewer, Joseph Nightingale - 1810Full view - About this book
 | Tobias Smollett - 1805 - 582 pages
...when their wings of horse were scattered and dispersed, kept their ground so steadily, that though Prince Rupert himself led up the choice horse to charge...their storm of small shot, he could make no impression ppon their stand of pikes, but was forced to wheel about ; of so • . • sovereign benefit and use... | |
 | 1808 - 546 pages
...« hen their wings of horse were scattered and dispersed, kept their ground so steadily, that though Prince Rupert himself led up the choice horse to charge...their stand of pikes, but was forced to wheel about. OF SO SOVEREIGN BENEFIT ANU USE IS THAT READINESS, ORDER, A r.'D DEXTERITY IN THE USE OF THEIR ARMS,... | |
 | Richard Glover, Thomas Park - 1808 - 342 pages
...when their wings of horse were scattered and dispersed, kept their ground so steadily, that though Prince Rupert himself led up the choice horse to charge them, and endured the storm of small shot, he could make no impression on their stand of pikes : but was forced to wheel... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1810 - 772 pages
...when their wings of horse were scattered and dispersed, kept their ground so steadily, that though Prince Rupert himself led up the choice horse to charge...immediately given by the Parliament the Petition. Hii words are, " therenpon a troop of horse, under the command of one Harvey, a decayed silknian, who... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1810 - 778 pages
...when their wings of horse were scattered and dispersed, kept their ground so steadily, that though Prince Rupert himself led up the choice horse to charge...before this, Sir John Conyers was removed from the Lieutenancy of the Tower on his own petition, and the command of that fortress was immediately given... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 662 pages
...when their wings of horse were scattered and dispersed, kept their ground so steadily, that though prince Rupert himself led up the choice horse to charge' them, and endured the storm of sijiall shot, he could make no impression on their stand of pikes; but was forced to wheel... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 pages
...when their wings of horse were scattered and dispersed, kept their ground so steadily, that though Prince Rupert himself led up the choice horse to charge...their stand of pikes, but was forced to wheel about; of such sovereign benefit and use is that readiness, ojder, and dexterity, in the use of their arms,... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1814 - 932 pages
...so steadily," that Priuce Rupert himself, who charged them at the head of tbe choice Royal horse, " could make no impression upon their stand of pikes, but was forced to wheel about.'' f The same noble historian designates London, as " the devoted City" of the Commons, and their " inexhaustible... | |
 | Sholto Percy, Reuben Percy - 1824 - 380 pages
...when their wings of horse were scattered and dispersed, kept their ground so steadily, that though Prince Rupert himself led up the choice horse to charge...their stand of pikes, but was forced to wheel about." In the subsequent affair at Cheriton Downs, the Londoners acquired fresh laurels. Two of their strongest... | |
 | Sholto Percy, Reuben Percy - 1824 - 380 pages
...when their wings of horse were scattered and dispersed, kept their ground so steadily, that though Prince Rupert himself led up the choice horse to charge...upon their stand of pikes, but was forced to wheel abuut." In the subsequent affair at Cheriton Downs, the Londoners acquired fresh laurels. Two of their... | |
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