De Quincey's Revolt of the Tartars
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De Quincey's Revolt of the Tartars has a preface saying that in editing an English classic for use in the secondary schools, there is always opportunity for the expression of personal convictions and personal taste. The text mentions an Essay on Style, published in Blackwood's, 1840, in which the writer deprecates the usual indifference to form, on the part of English writers. The text describes De Quincey as one of the great masters of prose style in this century.
The text mentions a strong body of infantry who had been conveyed by sections of five on about two hundred camels. The text mentions a body of trained riflemen who had distinguished themselves in the war with Turkey. A note on the word cuirassiers says it comes from the French and means soldiers protected by a cuirass, or breastplate, and mounted.
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- Thomas De Quincey
- Pages
- 91
- Language
- English
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- European History
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