The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Matathon to WaterlooHarper & Brothers, 1851 - Всего страниц: 364 |
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... importance , and by reason of the practical influence on our own social and political con- dition , which we can trace up to the results of those en- gagements . They have for us an abiding and actual in- terest , both while we ...
... importance , and by reason of the practical influence on our own social and political con- dition , which we can trace up to the results of those en- gagements . They have for us an abiding and actual in- terest , both while we ...
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... importance to the chosen fifteen . I need hardly remark that it is not the number of killed and wounded in a battle that determines its general his- torical importance . ‡ It is not because only a few hund- reds fell in the battle by ...
... importance to the chosen fifteen . I need hardly remark that it is not the number of killed and wounded in a battle that determines its general his- torical importance . ‡ It is not because only a few hund- reds fell in the battle by ...
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... importance to mankind . But , besides battles of this kind , there are many of great consequence , and attended with circumstances which pow- erfully excite our feelings and rivet our attention , and yet which appear to me of mere ...
... importance to mankind . But , besides battles of this kind , there are many of great consequence , and attended with circumstances which pow- erfully excite our feelings and rivet our attention , and yet which appear to me of mere ...
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... importance for him to traverse as rapidly as possible the mile or so of level ground that lay between the mountain foot and the Persian outposts , and so to get his troops into close action before the Asiatic cavalry could mount , form ...
... importance for him to traverse as rapidly as possible the mile or so of level ground that lay between the mountain foot and the Persian outposts , and so to get his troops into close action before the Asiatic cavalry could mount , form ...
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... importance of their victory was gratefully recog- nized . Through the whole epoch of her prosperity , through the long Olympiads of her decay , through centuries after her fall , Athens looked back on the day of Marathon as the ...
... importance of their victory was gratefully recog- nized . Through the whole epoch of her prosperity , through the long Olympiads of her decay , through centuries after her fall , Athens looked back on the day of Marathon as the ...
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Стр. 133 - Then leave the poor Plebeian his single tie to life — The sweet, sweet love of daughter, of sister, and of wife, The gentle speech, the balm for all that his vexed soul endures, The kiss, in which he half forgets even such a yoke as yours. Still let the maiden's beauty swell the father's breast with pride; Still let the bridegroom's arms infold an unpolluted bride.
Стр. 325 - This article is inadmissible in any extremity. Sooner than this army will consent to ground their arms in their encampments, they will rush on the enemy determined to take no quarter.
Стр. 37 - The flying Mede, his shaftless broken bow ; The fiery Greek, his red pursuing spear ; Mountains above, Earth's, Ocean's plain below ; Death in the front, Destruction in the rear ! Such was the scene...
Стр. 170 - If this be so, the victory of Arminius Ac -32 to deserves to be reckoned among those signal deliverances which have affected for centuries the happiness of mankind; and we may regard the destruction of Quintilius Varus, and his three legions, on the banks of the Lippe, as second only in the benefits derived from it to the victory of Charles Martel at Tours, over the invading host of the Mohammedans.
Стр. 4 - The victory of Charles Martel has immortalized his name, and may justly be reckoned among those few battles of which a contrary event would have essentially varied the drama of the world in all its subsequent scenes ; with Marathon, Arbela, the Metaurus, Chalons, and Leipsic.
Стр. 319 - ... in making bridges and temporary causeways, the British army moved forward. About four miles from Saratoga, on the afternoon of the 19th of September, a sharp encounter took place between part of the English right wing, under Burgoyne himself, and a strong body of the enemy, under Gates and Arnold. The conflict lasted till sunset. The British remained masters of the field ; but the loss on each side was nearly equal (from five...
Стр. 319 - Clinton embarked about 3000 of his men on a flotilla, convoyed by some ships of war, under Commander Hotham, and proceeded to force his way up the river. The country between Burgoyne's position at Saratoga and that of the Americans at Stillwater was rugged and seamed with creeks and watercourses ; but after great labor in making bridges and temporary causeways the British army moved forward. About four miles from Saratoga, on the afternoon of the...
Стр. 283 - I know the danger, yet a battle is absolutely necessary, and I rely on the bravery and discipline of the troops, which will make amends for our disadvantages.
Стр. 308 - The time will therefore come when one hundred and fifty millions of men will be living in North America,* equal in condition, the progeny of one race, owing their origin to the same cause, and preserving the same civilization, the same language, the same religion, the same habits, the same manners, and imbued with the same opinions, propagated under the same forms. The rest is uncertain, but this is certain ; and it is a fact new to the world — a fact fraught with such portentous consequences as...
Стр. 307 - This gradual and continuous progress of the European race toward the Rocky Mountains has the solemnity of a providential event ; it is like a deluge of men rising unabatedly, and daily driven onward by the hand of God.