 They have a very high reputation in arms; and from the great fear the French entertain of them, one must believe it to be justly acquired. But I have it on the best information, that when the war is raging most furiously, they will seek for good eating,...  Complete Works - Page 122by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Augusta Sneyd - 1847 - 170 pages
...must believe it to be justly acquired. But I have it on the best information, that when the war is raging most furiously, they will seek for good eating, and all their other comforts, without thinking of what harm might befal them. (37) They have an antipathy to foreigners, and imagine that they lad,... | |
 | 1854 - 564 pages
...must believe it to be justly acquired. But I have it on the best information, that when the war is raging most furiously they will seek for good eating and all their other comforts, without thinking of what harm might befal them." It is most amusing to see an Englishman's veneration for a dinner-party,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 200 pages
...comes afterwards,—which the French denote as esprit d'escalier. This dulness makes their attachment to home, and their adherence in all foreign countries...their other comforts, without thinking what harm might befal them." Then their eyes seem to be set at the bottom of a tunnel, and they affirm the one small... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 200 pages
...who visits Mount Etna will carry his teakettle to the top. The old Italian author of the " Belation of England" (in 1500), says, " I have it on the best...their other comforts, without thinking what harm might befal them." Then their eyes seem to be set at the bottom of a tunnel, and they affirm the one small... | |
 | Charles Henry Pearson - 1876 - 408 pages
...the Italian tourist before quoted, " that when the war is at its greatest fury, they (the English) will seek for good eating and all their other comforts, without thinking of what harm might befall them." But as a consequence the English yeomanry were the strongest men of... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...afterwards, — which the French denote as esprit cC escalier. This dulness makes their attachment words as good when occasion comes. If we live truly,...rubbish. When a man lives with God, his voice shall harmmight befall them." Then their eyes seem to be set at the bottom of a tunnel, and they affirm the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 284 pages
...his teakettle to the top. The old Italian author of the " Relation of England" (in 1500) says, " 1 have it on the best information, that, when the war...world that nothing else exists. And, as their own mons of London cringed like a Neapolitan rabble, before a successful thief. But — how to resist one... | |
 | Charles William Colby - 1899 - 398 pages
...must believe it to be justly acquired. But I have it on the best information, that when the war is raging most furiously, they will seek for good eating, and all their other comforts, without thinking of what harm might befal them. They have an antipathy to foreigners, and itmiginc that they never come... | |
 | Charles William Colby - 1899 - 378 pages
...must believe it to be justly acquired. But I have it on the best information, that when the war is raging most furiously, they will seek for good eating, and all their other comforts, without thinking of what harm might befal them. They have an antipathy to foreigners, and imagine that they never come... | |
 | Robert Burns Morgan - 1923 - 696 pages
...one must believe it to be justly acquired. But I have it on the best information, that when war is raging most furiously, they will seek for good eating, and all their other comforts, without thinking of what harm might befal them. They have an antipathy to foreigners, and imagine that they never come... | |
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