field marshal

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Count Ehrensuerd, Field-marshal of Sweden, is entitled to the credit of having devised the original system of fortifications, afterward so successfully carried out by the Czars of Russia.

From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)

"I congratulate you on the victory, Field-marshal," said Frederick, when they met on the field.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

Unto the Field-marshal They were not given for such purpose dire.

From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den

Field-marshal von, 198, 208, 209.Suite, the, earliest orchestral form, 99.Süsmayer,

From Beethoven by Fischer, George Alexander

Michael, the Field-marshal, stands in the heart of this triangle, towering high above his fellows, the personification of judgment, "With the glow Of lurid lightnings in his lifted hand."

From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den