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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... "
The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ... - Page 239
1831
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The Christian Parlor Magazine, Volume 11

Religion - 1855 - 424 pages
...million ; in all the wars consequent upon the French Revolution, no less than 9,000,000 ! and beauty, "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 an enemy. The rest languish in...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...glory, smile in death ! The life of a modern soldier is ill represented by heroic fiction. War lias 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...
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The Young Officer's Companion; Or Essays on Military Duties and Qualities ...

William Lennox Lascelles Fitzgerald-de-Ros De Ros (23d baron) - Military art and science - 1857 - 458 pages
...expressed in a more copious and forcible manner by Dr. Johnson. " The life of a modern soldier," he says, " is ill represented by heroic fiction. War has means of destruction more formidable than the cannon or the sword. Of the thousands and ten thousands that perished in our contest with France and Spain,...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...the 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...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 pages
...the 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 erer felt...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 105

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1859 - 750 pages
...century has remained in a great degree true in our own. ' The life of a modern soldier is ill-represented by heroic fiction. War has means of destruction more...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...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 105

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1859 - 584 pages
...century has remained in a great degree true in our own. ' The life of a modern soldier is ill-represented by heroic fiction. War has means of destruction more...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...
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Quarterly Review, Volume 105

English literature - 1859 - 578 pages
...century has remained in a great degree true in our own. ' The life of a modern soldier is ill-represented by heroic fiction. War has means of destruction more...than the cannon and the sword. Of the thousands and ten tnousands that perished in our late contests with France and Spain, a very small part ever felt...
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Calcutta Review, Volume 33

India - 1859 - 598 pages
...same idea is more graphically expressed by Johnson. " The life of a modern soldier is illrepresented by heroic fiction. War has means of destruction more...than the cannon and the sword. Of the thousands and ten thousands that perished in our late contests with and Spain, a very small part ever felt the stroke...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 105

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1859 - 750 pages
...a great degree true in our own. ' The life of a modern soldier is ill-represented by heroic fictioa 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...
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