 As for the spirit of the peasantry, in making a gallant defence behind hedgerows, and through plate-racks and hencoops, highly as I think of their bravery, I do not know any nation in Europe so likely to be struck with panic as the English ; and this...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Stran 3481842Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1837 - 596 strani
...seldom passing, the limits of conventional propriety. Take, for instance, such a paragraph as this : — As for the spirit of the peasantry, in making a gallant defence behind hind hedge-rows, and through plate-racks and hen-coops, highly as I think of their bravery, I do not... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 388 strani
...enough, or to entertain that sense of our danger which leads to the most obvious means of self-defence. As for the spirit of the peasantry, in making a gallant...with panic as the English ; and this from their total unacquaintance with the science of war. Old wheat and beans blazing for twenty miles round; cart mares... | |
 | 1915 - 862 strani
...an invasion picture and a warning, but because of its unexpected estimate of the English character : As for the spirit of the peasantry, in making a gallant...defence behind hedgerows and through plate-racks and bon-coops, highly as i think of their bravery, i do not know any nation in Europe so likely to be struck... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1845 - 496 strani
...enough, or to entertain that sense of our danger which leads to the most obvious means of self-defence. As for the spirit of the peasantry in making a gallant...know any nation in Europe so likely to be struck with the panic as the English; and this from their total unacquaintancc with the science of war. Old wheat... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1845 - 696 strani
...spirit of the peasantry in making a gallant defence behind * Byron'i name for the author of Plymley. hedge-rows, and through plate-racks and hencoops,...with panic as the English ; and this from their total unacquaintance with the science of war. Old wheat and beans blazing for twenty miles round, — cart-mares... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1845 - 682 strani
...enough, or to entertain that sense of our danger which leads to the most obvious means of self-defence. As for the spirit of the peasantry in making a gallant defence behind * Byron's name for the author of Plymley. hedge-rows, and through plate-racks and hencoops, highly... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1848 - 580 strani
...enough, or to entertain that sense of our danger which leads to the most obvious means of self-defence. As for the spirit of the peasantry in making a gallant...plate-racks and hen-coops, highly as I think of their braver}7, I do not know any nation in Europe so likely to be struck with the panic as the English ;... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 strani
...fears, the British rulers neglected i he obvious meani of self-defence against THE FRENCH INVASION. As for the spirit of the peasantry in making a gallant...their bravery, I do not know any nation in Europe go likely to be struck with panic as the English; and this from their total unacquaintance with sciences... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 768 strani
...defenee behind hedgerows, and through plate-racks and heneoops, higbly as I think of thcir bravery, Ido not know any nation in Europe so likely to be struck with panic as the English ; and this from thcir total unacquaintanee with scienees of war. Old wheat and beans blazing for twenty miles round;... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1852 - 246 strani
...enough, or to entertain that sense of our danger which leads to the most obvious means of self-defence. As for the spirit of the peasantry, in making a gallant...and hen-coops, highly as I think of their bravery, 1 do not know any nation in Europe so likely to be struck with panic as the English; and this from... | |
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