 ... 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 France and Spain, a very small part ever felt the stroke of an enemy; the rest languished...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Σελίδα 59των Samuel Johnson - 1806Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
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...continuance of hopeless misery ; and were at last whelmed in pits or heaved into the ocean, without notice or remembrance. By incommodious encampments and unwholesome...silently dispeopled, and armies sluggishly melted away.' ART. VII. — Boswell's Life of Johnson: including their Tour to the Hebrides. By the Right Honourable... | |
 | 1859 - 598 σελίδες
...with and Spain, a very small part ever felt the stroke of ' an enemy ; the rest languished in tents and ships, amidst damps ' and putrefaction ; pale,...groaning, unpitied among men, made obdurate by long continu' ance of hopeless misery ; and were at last whelmed in pits or ' heaved into the ocean, without... | |
 | Andrew Wynter - 1860 - 554 σελίδες
...France and Spain, a very small part ever felt the stroke of an enemy ; the rest languished in tents and ships, amidst damps and putrefaction ; pale, torpid, spiritless and helpless ; gasping and groaning un pi tied among men, made obdurate by long continuance of hopeless misery ; and were at last whelmed... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 σελίδες
...France and Spain, a very small part ever felt the stroke of an enemy; the rest languished in tents and ships, amidst damps and putrefaction; pale, torpid,...silently dispeopled, and armies sluggishly melted away. PARALLEL BETWEEN DRYDEN AND POPE. Integrity of understanding and nicety of discernment were nut allotted... | |
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...our late contests, a very small part ever felt the stroke of an enemy ; the rest languished in tents and ships, amidst damps and putrefaction ; pale, torpid,...continuance of hopeless misery ; and were at last whelmed into pits, or heaved into the ocean, without notice and without remembrance." DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON. As... | |
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