 It is wonderful with what coolness and indifference the greater part of mankind see war commenced. Those that hear of it at a distance or read of it in books, but have never presented its evils to their minds, consider it as little more than a splendid...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Σελίδα 311των Samuel Johnson - 1825Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1854 - 588 σελίδες
...of mankind see war commenced. Those who hear of it at a distance, or read of it in books, but have never presented its evils to their minds, consider...splendid game, a proclamation, an army, a battle, a triumph. Some, indeed, must perish in the successful field, but they die upon the bed of honour,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 σελίδες
...of mankind see war commenced. Those that hear of it at a distance or read of it in books, but have never presented its evils to their minds, consider it as little more than a splendid gome, a proclamation, an army, a battle, and a triumph. Some, indeed, must perish in the successful... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 σελίδες
...of mankind see war commenced. Those that hear of it at a distance or read of it in books, but have never presented its evils to their minds, consider...battle, and a triumph. Some, indeed, must perish in the successful field, but they die upon the bed of honor, resign their lives amidst the joys of conquest,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 σελίδες
...and a triumph. Some, indeed, must perish in the successful field, but they die upon the bed of honor, resign their lives amidst the joys of conquest, and, filled with England's glory, smile in drnth ! The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by heroic fiction. War has menns of destruction... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 σελίδες
...of mankind see war commenced. Those that hear of it at a distance or read of it in books, but have never presented its evils to their minds, consider...battle, and a triumph. Some, indeed, must perish in the successful field, but they die upon the bed of honor, resign their lives amidst the joys of conquest,... | |
 | Jonathan Dymond - 1861 - 142 σελίδες
...wrecked upon the rock of expediency. 103 hear of it at a distance, or read of it in books, but have never presented its evils to their minds, consider...most successful field ; but they die upon the bed of honor, resign their lives amidst the joys of conquest, and filled with England's glory, smile in death.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 σελίδες
...of mankind see war commenced. Those that hear of it at a distance or read of it in books, but have never presented its evils to their minds, consider...battle, and a triumph. Some, indeed, must perish in the successful field, but they die upon the bed of honor, resign their lives amidst the joys of conquest,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 σελίδες
...of mankind see war commenced. Those that hear of it at a distance or read of it in books, but have never presented its evils to their minds, consider...battle, and a triumph. Some, indeed, must perish in the successful field, but they die upon the bed of honor, resign their lives amidst the joys of conquest,... | |
 | Robert Armstrong - 1872 - 344 σελίδες
...of mankind see war commenced. Those that hear of it at a distance, or read of it in books, but have never presented its evils to their minds, consider...a battle, and a triumph. Some, indeed, must perish on the successful field, but they die upon the bed of honour, resign their lives amidst the joys of... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 σελίδες
...and a triumph. Some, indeed, must perish in the successful field, but they die upon the bed of honor, resign their lives amidst the joys of conquest, and,...life of a modern soldier is ill represented by heroic fictirn. War has means of destruction more formidable than the cannrn arid the sword. Of the thousands... | |
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