Prussia was unknown ; and, in order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, and red men scalped each other by the Great Lakes... Biographical essays - Seite 14von Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1857 - 196 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1917 - 434 Seiten
...but perhaps never more appropriately than to-day, said that in order that a former King of Prussia might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, red men scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America, and a whole world sprang to arms. Were... | |
| 1846 - 818 Seiten
...were felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown ; and in order that he might rob a neighbor whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on...and red men scalped each other by the great lakes of Canada ;" the scattered villages of New England were laid in ashes by the savages, men butehered, children... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1853 - 596 Seiten
...Christendom would acquiesce in the arrangements made by the late Emperor. But the selfish rapacity of the King of Prussia gave the signal to his neighbours....Coromandel, and red men scalped each other by the Groat Lakes of North America. Silesia had been occupied without a battle ; but the Austrian troops... | |
| 1858 - 516 Seiten
...wickedness were felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown ; and in order that he might rob whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on...scalped each other by the great lakes of North America." The author of such calamities must be justly reckoned among the scourges and curses of mankind. That... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1088 Seiten
...by his wickedness were felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown ; and, in order that ho might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, imd red men scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America. Silesia had been occupied without... | |
| Joseph Johnson - 1862 - 360 Seiten
...was war in all parts of the world. " The evils produced by his wickedness," says Macaulay, "were'felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown ; and,...scalped each other by the great lakes of North America." Frederic's first battle was at Molwitz, where he neither manifested generalship nor courage. His army... | |
| Goldwin Smith - 1863 - 344 Seiten
...were the days when, because European Kings had fallen out with each other in the middle of Germany, " black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, and red...scalped each other by the great lakes of North America." They were the days when Adam Smith bitterly complained of the expense and uselessness of the Colonies,... | |
| 1865 - 550 Seiten
...declarations until the example of the King of Prussia called the whole world to arms. " On his head is all the blood which was shed in a war which raged...scalped each other by the great lakes of North America." i The beginning of strife is like the letting out of waters. It is a terrible question, —At whose... | |
| William Leete Stone - 1865 - 596 Seiten
...were felt in lands where the name of Prussia was unknown ; and, in order that he might rob a neighbor whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, and red men scalped by the great lakes of North America."4 1 Proceedings of the court martial, vide Gentleman's Magazine,... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 Seiten
...a war which raged during many years and in every quarter of the globe ; the blood of the column at Fontenoy, the blood of the mountaineers who were slaughtered...scalped each other by the great lakes of North America. 4. THE FALL OF THE MOGUL EMPIRE. (FROM THE SAME WOEK.) SUCH, or nearly such, was the change which passed... | |
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