| Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 594 páginas
...only writer who ha* united the merits ma professor and a veteran. The discipline and evolutions of t modern battalion gave me a clearer notion of the phalanx and the legion ; and the ciptain ol the Hampshire grenadiers (the reader may smile) has not been u se le« to tice lus lorian... | |
| 334 páginas
...Quintus Icilius (M. Guichard,) the only writer who has united the merits of a professor and a veteran. The discipline and evolutions of a modern battalion...been useless to the historian of the Roman empire." * Mr Mitford doubtless derived similar advantage from his professional experience, in developing the... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1838 - 544 páginas
...rudiments of the language, and science of tactics, which opened a new field of study and observation. The discipline and evolutions of a modern battalion...been useless to the historian of the Roman empire." — Misc. Works, vol. ip 136. ed. 1814. you tell me of Prince Ferdinand and Count Dohna makes me all... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1838 - 516 páginas
...rudiments of the language, and science of tactics, which opened u new field of study and observation. The discipline and evolutions of a modern battalion...been useless to the historian of the Roman empire." — Misc. Worhs, vol. ip 136. cd. 1814. you tell me of Prince Ferdinand and Count Dohna makes me all... | |
| William Pitt (1st earl of Chatham.), William Stanhope Taylor - 1838 - 532 páginas
...rudiments of the language, and science of tactics, which opened a new field of study and observation. The discipline and evolutions of a modern battalion...been useless to the historian of the Roman empire." — Misc. Works, vol. ip 136. ed. 1814. you tell me of Prince Ferdinand and Count Dohna makes me all... | |
| 1849 - 606 páginas
...describes the advantages he had derived from his service in the militia, saying, grandiloquently — "The discipline and evolutions of a modern battalion,...been useless to the historian of the Roman Empire." Mr. Macaulay's work is the history, not so much of England, as of English parties,* which, though they... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 páginas
...studies were interrupted, ' the discipline and evolutions of a modern battle,' he remarks, ' gave him dship, is essentially linked with such emotions ; and whilst they last, self appears as wha was not useless to the historian of the Roman empire.' On the peace of 1762, Gibbon was released from... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 páginas
...studies were interrupted, ' the discipline and evolutions of a modern battle,' he remarks, ' gave him shade«, Robbed of their tuneful souls, now shivering sit On the dead tree, a dull despond was not useless to the historian of the Roman empire.' On the peace of 1762, Gibbon was released from... | |
| 1849 - 778 páginas
...describes the advantages he had derived from his service in the militia, saying, grandiloquently, — 1 The discipline and evolutions of a modern battalion...been useless to the historian of the Roman Empire.' Mr. Macaulay's work is the history, not so much of England, as of English parties,f which, though they... | |
| 1849 - 588 páginas
...describes the advantages he had derived from his service in the militia, saying, grandiloquently — "The discipline and evolutions of a modern battalion,...been useless to the historian of the Roman Empire." Mr. Macaulay 's work is the history, not so much of England, as of English parties,* which, though... | |
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