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" Believe me, nothing except a battle lost, can be half so melancholy as a battle won... "
The Railway Anecdote Book: A Collection of the Best and Newest Anecdotes and ... - Seite 33
1850 - 192 Seiten
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History of the French revolution, and of the wars resulting from that ...

John James M'Gregor - 1827 - 542 Seiten
...no^doubt by those powerful sensations which he afterwards thus expressed to a friend,—" Believe me, that nothing excepting a battle lost, can be half so melancholy as a battle won. The bravery of my toops has hitherto saved me from that greater evil; but to win even such a battle as this of Waterloo,...
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Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications

Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 650 Seiten
...Believe me," he afterwards said, " that nothing excepting a battle lost, can be more melancholy than a battle won. The bravery -of my troops has hitherto saved me from that greater evil ; but to win even such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expense of the lives...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Paul's letters to ...

Walter Scott - 1829 - 376 Seiten
...value, and sorrow for their loss. " Believe me," he afterwards said, " that nothing, excepting a hattle lost, can be half so melancholy as a battle won. The bravery of my troops has hitherto saved me from that greater evil; but, to win even such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expense of the lives...
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Memorials of the Late War ...: Memoirs of the war of the French in Spain, by ...

1831 - 334 Seiten
...Believe me," he afterwards said, " that nothing excepting a battle lost, can be more melancholy than a battle won. The bravery of my troops has hitherto saved me from that greater evil ; but to win even such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expense of the lives...
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The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Paul's letters to his kinsfolk ...

Walter Scott - 1834 - 456 Seiten
...repaid by his sense of its value, and sorrow for their loss. " Believe me," he afterwards said, " that nothing, excepting a battle lost, can be half so melancholy...The bravery of my troops has hitherto saved me from that greater evil ; but, to win even such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expense of the lives...
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The Journal of Civilization: Established for the Promotion of Civilization ...

1851 - 428 Seiten
...JACQUES CALLOT. IT was the observation of the Duke of Wellington after the battle of Waterloo, " that nothing, excepting a battle lost, can be half so melancholy as a battle won." The feeling was honourable to that great captain— the victorious leader— the conqueror of conquerors—...
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Songs and Poems ...

Michael Constable - 1848 - 328 Seiten
...battle he stated to one, who was speaking of the glories of the day, " Believe me, that nothing, except a battle lost, can be half so melancholy as a battle...The bravery of my troops has hitherto saved me from that greater evil; but to win such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expense uf the lives of so...
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Life of ... the duke of Wellington

Andrew Redman Bonar - 1850 - 474 Seiten
...much he felt this heavy loss. " Bjlieve me," said he, " excepting a battle lost, nothing can behalf so melancholy as a battle won. The bravery of my troops has hitherto saved me from that greater evil; but to win even such a battle as this of Waterloo, at the expense of the lives of...
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The Completeness of the Late Duke of Wellington as a National Character. Two ...

George Jennings Davies - 1854 - 116 Seiten
...their parents, but in war parents bury their children." " My heart is broken (he feelingly writes) by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends...companions, and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won." Yes, we take up his words and say,...
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God Manifest: A Treatise on the Goodness, Wisdom, and Power of God, as ...

Oliver Prescott Hiller - 1858 - 482 Seiten
...sustained in my own friends and companions, and in my poor soldiers. Believe me,— nothing, except a battle lost, can be half so melancholy as a battle won." Yet we should not be unjust, or fanatical, even in our opposition to war; for there may be fanaticism...
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