O thou seducer of the human mind,Thou bane of millions, and thou bliss of none,Ambition! restless tyrant of mankind,No knee bend I before thy bloodstain’d throne. “Leo” The Gentleman’s Magazine, LXXVII (March 1807), p. 25 Ah sleep, once a thing I fought to stave off as a young man as “Life’s to short to wasteContinue reading “Chapter 2: The recollections of Mr John Ryder of the Sussex Echo.”
Monthly Archives: November 2019
The Pilgrims Trail
Author – Dale Small (British) 2nd Lieutenant Rhys Owain started over at the disheveled figure in the corner of the barn. It was still early in the morning and he could see the first changes in light through the cracks in the shoddy walls. The cold seemed to seep into the very core of hisContinue reading “The Pilgrims Trail”
Chapter 1: The recollections of Mr John Ryder of the Sussex Echo.
Author – Ben Ebrahim “Hail! — all hail! The Patriot’s grave, Valor’s venerable bed! Hail! The memory of the brave, Hail! The spirits of the dead!”Montgomery My time in Spain began attached to a small force under the command of one Henry Blount of the 95th Rifles. A new experimental skirmish force using the nowContinue reading “Chapter 1: The recollections of Mr John Ryder of the Sussex Echo.”
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