 | Peace - 1845 - 648 pages
...likely to ensue ? Far greater, however, is the incidental loss of life. Well does Dr. Johnson say, " War has means of destruction more formidable than the cannon and the sword. Of the thousands and ten thousands that perish, a very small part ever feel the stroke of the enemy. The rest languish in... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1846 - 550 pages
...the joys of conquest, and, filed with England's glory, smile in death. " The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by heroic fiction. War has means...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... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1846 - 546 pages
...joys of conquest, and, filled with England's glory, smile in death. " The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by heroic fiction. War has means...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... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1846 - 548 pages
...the joys of conquest, and, filed with England's glory, smile in death. " The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by heroic fiction. War has means...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - 714 pages
...the joyt of conquest, and, filled viln England's glory, smile in death. The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by heroic fiction. War has means...of destruction more formidable than the cannon and Ihe tword. Of the thousands and ten thousands that perished in our hue contests with France and Spain,... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1847 - 744 pages
...description of the evils to be encountered by our brave defenders in arms: " The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by heroic fiction. War has means...than the cannon and the sword. Of the thousands and ten thousands who perished in our late contests with France and Spain a very small part ever felt the... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...of conquest, and, filled with their country's glory, smile in death ! The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by heroic fiction. War has means...than the cannon and the sword. Of 'the thousands and ten thousands that perished in the late contests with France and Spain, a very small part ever felt... | |
 | Georges Hardinge Champion - 1849 - 548 pages
...thé joys of conquest, and, filled with England's glory, smile in death ! The life of a modem soldier is ill represented by heroic fiction. War has means of destruction more formidable than thé cannon and thesword. Ofthe thousands and ten thousands that perished in our latc contests with... | |
 | William Lennox Lascelles Fitzgerald De Ros (23d baron) - Military art and science - 1851 - 594 pages
...expressed in a more copious and forcible manner. " The life of a modern soldier," says Johnson, truly, " is ill represented by heroic fiction. War has means of destruction more formidable than the cannon or the c 2 sword. Of the thousands and ten thousands that perished in our contest with France and Spain,... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Elocution - 1854 - 440 pages
...of conquest, and, filled with their country's glory, smile in death ! The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by heroic fiction. War has means...than the cannon and the sword. Of the thousands and ten thousands that perished in the late contests with France and Spain, a very small part ever felt... | |
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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... 
