... 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 ever felt the stroke of an enemy; the rest languished... The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Página 59por Samuel Johnson - 1806Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 716 páginas
...France and Spain, a very small part, ever felt the stroke of an enemy ; the rest languished in tents and ships, amidst damps and putrefaction ; pale, torpid,...in pits, or heaved into the ocean, without notice anil without remembrance. By incommodious encampments and unwholesome stations, where courage is useless,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 718 páginas
...ships, amidst dumps and putrefaction ; pale, torpid, spiritless, und helpless; gasping and mauling, aradise Lost," which I have a particular reason,"...pears, as I went from time to time to visit him, Tims is a people gradually exhausted, for the most part, with little effect. The wars of eiviJized... | |
| 1844 - 122 páginas
..." War," says Dr. Johnson, " has means of destruction more formidable than the cannon or the sword. By incommodious encampments and unwholesome stations, where courage is useless and enterprise is impracticable, fleets are silently dispeopled, and armies sluggishly melted away." • CHAPTER XXIV.... | |
| Henry Brown - 1844 - 524 páginas
...perish, a small part ever feel the stroke of an enemy — the rest languish in tents and ships amid damps and putrefaction — pale, torpid, spiritless and helpless ; gasping and groaning, unpitied by men made obdurate by misery, and are at last whelmed in pits, or heaved into the ocean, without... | |
| Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 868 páginas
...ponds, the golden carp to take, Nor troll for pikes dispeople™ of the lake. Gay. Rural Sports, can. 1. By incommodious encampments and unwholesome stations,...and enterprise impracticable, fleets are silently dupeopled and armies sluggishly melted away. Johiuon. Thoughts respecting the Falkland Islands. DISPERIS,... | |
| 1845 - 620 páginas
...and groaning unpitied among men rendered obstinate by long continuance of hopeless misery; and are at last whelmed in pits, or heaved into the ocean, without notice or remembrance. By incommodious encampments and unwholesome stations, whole fleets are silently dispeopled,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 páginas
...among men, made obdurate y long continuance of hopeless misery ; and were at last whelmed in nits, or heaved into the ocean, without notice and without...remembrance. By incommodious encampments and unwholesome sla'ions, where courage is useless, and enterprise impracticable, fleets are silently dispeopled, and... | |
| John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1847 - 744 páginas
...with France and Spain a very small part ever felt the stroke of an enemy; the rest languished in tents and ships, amidst damps and putrefaction, — pale,...continuance of hopeless misery, — and were at last whelmed into pits, or heaved into the ocean, without notice, without remembrance. Thus, by incommodious encampments... | |
| John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1847 - 742 páginas
...with France and Spain a very small part ever felt the stroke of an enemy; the rest languished in tents and ships, amidst damps and putrefaction, — pale,...spiritless, and helpless, — gasping and groaning, uupitied among men, made obdurate by long continuance of hopeless misery, — and were at last whelmed... | |
| George Cone Beckwith - 1847 - 264 páginas
...gasping and groaning unpitied among men rendered obdurate by long continuance of hopeless misery, and are at last whelmed in pits, or heaved into the ocean, without notice or remembrance." Glance, also, at their food, often provided by avaricious, unprincipled contractors... | |
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