 | William Venables Vernon Harcourt - 1873 - 276 Seiten
...side. And again, brethren, listen to the remark, but too true, of the author whom I before quoted : " War has means of destruction more formidable than...ten thousands that perished in our late contests, a very small part ever felt the stroke of an enemy ; the rest languished in tents and ships, amidst... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1878 - 570 Seiten
...contrasted them with those of the persons who profited at home by the calamities of war. " The life of the modern soldier is ill represented by heroic fiction....than the cannon and the sword. Of the thousands and tens of thousands that perished in our late contests with France and Spain, a very small part ever... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - 1882 - 914 Seiten
...tissue may be attacked and the termination will depend very much on the course of treatment pursued. War has means of destruction more formidable than the cannon and the sword ; let all harsh measures be avoided. A good surgeon must be cool, firm, and this he may be and still... | |
 | James Macaulay - 1884 - 164 Seiten
...resign their lives amidst the joys of conquest, and, filled with England's glory, smile in death ! " The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by heroic fiction. War has means of destruction more terrible than the cannon or the sword. Of the thousands and ten thousands that perished in our late... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1896 - 242 Seiten
...resign their lives amidst the Joys of conquest, and, filled with England's glory, smile in death. " The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by...thousands that perished in our late contests with Prance and Spain, a very small part ever felt the stroke of an enemy ; the rest languished in tents... | |
 | George Eugène Fasnacht - 1897 - 216 Seiten
...with England's glory, smile in death ! The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by heroic 10 fiction. War has means of destruction more formidable than the cannon and the sword. Of the tlwusands and ten thousands that perished in our late contests with France and Spain, a very small... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1898 - 266 Seiten
...resign their lives amidst the joys of conquest, and, filled with England's glory, smile in death. " The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by...thousands that perished in our late contests with Prance and Spain, a very small part ever felt the stroke of an enemy ; the rest languished in tents... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 Seiten
...beauty cannot be revealed. As an example take the following passage from the Falkland's Islands: ' The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by...than the cannon and the sword. Of the thousands and the ten thousands that perished in our late contests with France and Spain, a very small part ever... | |
 | George Brown, Joanna Bull, Malcolm Pendlebury - 1997 - 340 Seiten
...rilled with England's glory, smile in death'. The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by heroick fiction. War has means of destruction more formidable...than the cannon and the sword. Of the thousands and tens of thousands that perished in our late contests with France and Spain, a very small part ever... | |
 | George Brown, Joanna Bull, Malcolm Pendlebury - 1997 - 340 Seiten
...England's glory, smile in death'. The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by heroick fiction. Wat has means of destruction more formidable than the cannon and the sword. Of the thousands and tens of thousands that perished in our late contests with France and Spain, a very small patt ever... | |
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The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by heroic fiction. War has means of destruction more formidable than the cannon and the sword. Of the thousands and ten thousands that perished in our late contests with... 
