 The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by heroic 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...  Works - Stran 114avtor: Samuel Johnson - 1811Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 424 strani
...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...without remembrance. By incommodious encampments and unwholesome stations, where courage is useless, and enterprise impracticable, fleets are silently dispeopled,... | |
 | International peace society - 232 strani
...sword. Of the thousands and tens of thousands that perished in our lite contests with France and Spain, a very small part ever felt the stroke of an enemy;...without remembrance. By incommodious encampments and unwholesome stations, where courage is useless and enterprise is impracticable, fleets are silently... | |
 | 1821 - 388 strani
...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...torpid, spiritless, and helpless ; gasping and groaning, unpitiea among men, made obdurate by long continuance of hopeless misery, and were at last whelmed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 572 strani
...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 iu tents and ships, amidst damps and putrefaction ; pale, torpid, spiritless, and helpless ; gasping... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 538 strani
...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...without remembrance. By incommodious encampments and unwholesome stations, where courage is useless, and enterprise impracticable, fleets are silently dispeopled,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 542 strani
...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...without remembrance. By incommodious encampments and unwholesome stations, where courage is useless, and enterprise impracticable, fleets are silently dispeopled,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 540 strani
...sword. Of the thousands and ten thousands, that perished in our late contests with France and Spain, a v.ery small part ever felt the stroke of an enemy...torpid, spiritless, and helpless; gasping and groaning, unpitiedamx>ngmen, made obdurate by long continuance of hopeless misery ; and were, at last, whelmed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 510 strani
...sword. Of the thousands and ten thousands that perished in our late contest with France and Spain, a very small part ever felt the stroke of an enemy ; the rest languished in tents and ships, amidst damp and putrefaction ; pale, torpid, spiritless, and helpless : gasping and groaning, nnpitied among... | |
 | William Ladd - 1827 - 298 strani
...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...unpitied among men, made obdurate by long continuance pf hopeless misery, and were at last whelmed in pits, or heaved into the ocean, without notice and... | |
 | William Ladd - 1827 - 316 strani
...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 in tents and ships, amidst datnps and putrefaction ; pale, torpid, spiritless, and helpless ; gasping and groaning, unpitied among... | |
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