It is probable that, among the hundred and twenty thousand soldiers who were marshalled round Neerwinden under all the standards of Western Europe, the two feeblest in body were the hunchbacked dwarf who urged forward the fiery onset of France, and the... The Principles of Success in Literature - Page 205by George Henry Lewes - 1901 - 212 pagesFull view - About this book
| New York State Agricultural Society - 1860 - 848 pages
...all the standards of Western Europe, the two feeblest in body were the hunchbacked dwarf who urged on the fiery onset of France, and the asthmatic skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England." If education can produce such effects as these, if learning can increase the vigor of the body, and... | |
| 1862 - 670 pages
...thousand men engaged at Landen, " perhaps the two feeblest in body were the humpbacked dwarf who urged on the fiery onset of France, and the asthmatic skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England." The strongest argument in favor of Richard's personal appearance is that drawn from Dr. Shaw's address... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1855 - 704 pages
...this occasion that Corporal Trim was left wounded on the field, and was nursed by thcj Begulue. CHAP, that the strength of the muscles is far inferior in...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England. The French were victorious: but they had bought their victory dear. More than ten thousand of the best... | |
| 1855 - 604 pages
...the standards of Western Europe, the two feeblest in body were the hunch-backed dwarf who urged on the fiery onset of France ; and the asthmatic skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England." — Vol. iv. p. 409. The argumentative passage relates to the law which required two witnesses in cases... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 600 pages
...dark age. In such an age bodily vigour is the most indispensable qualification of a warrior. At Landcn two poor sickly beings, who, in a rude state of society,...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England. The French were victorious : but they had bought their victory dear. More than ten thousand of the best... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 814 pages
...of the mind. It is probable that, among the hundred and twenty thousand soldiers who were marshaled round Neerwinden under all the standards of Western...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England. The French were victorious : but they had bought their victory dear. More than ten thousand of the best... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 782 pages
...is probable that, among the hundred and twenty thousand soldiers who were marshaled round Ncerwinden under all the standards of Western Europe, the two...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England. . The French were victorious : but they had bought their victory dear. More than ten thousand of the best... | |
| 1856 - 876 pages
...probable that among the hundred and twenty thousand soldiers who were marshalled round Neerwinden under the standards of Western Europe, the two feeblest...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England." This is all very well ; only be it borne in mind that these two sickly beings had constitutionally... | |
| Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1858 - 502 pages
...field, and was nursed by and August 1693. See also the the Beguiuc. History of the Last Campaign in six hundred years earlier, have been sent to some...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England. The French were victorious : but they had bought their victory dear. More than ten thousand of the best... | |
| Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1858 - 908 pages
...would have been exposed while infants. In Christendom they would, six hundred years earlier, harve been sent to some quiet cloister. But their lot had...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England. The French were victorious : but they had bought their victory dear. More than ten thousand of the best... | |
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