| 1856 - 722 pages
...chcsnut mare ; I'll see if I can't cut him down, at any rate"; ami away went the Baronet after him. " The race is not always to the swift, or the battle to the strong," thoiiL'ht Beverley, as heciintcred along a grass lane, with a line of gates, by the side of Harriet... | |
| 1867 - 816 pages
...great political kaleidoscope may not be anything like the pattern of to-morrow. In these contests, the race is not always to the swift, or the battle to the strong, or neither Mr Lincoln nor Mr Johnson would ever have reached the perilous elevation of the presidential... | |
| 1834 - 442 pages
...and proud distinction raised his name aloft. In genius, as in most things of mortal existence, the race is not always to the swift, or the battle to the strong. There are few days so gloomy that a chance sunbeam will not brighten β few fortunes so low that accident... | |
| 1826 - 518 pages
...their eyes taken away at a stroke β and it can lower the pride of conquest with that truth β "the race is not always to the swift, or the battle to the strong." But it has not a word for the self-deceiver in religion. Man may have his hope as high as heaven, and... | |
| New Hampshire Historical Society - 1827 - 318 pages
...itβ that, although we cannot, by the best concerted plans, absolutely command success ; although the race is not always to the swift, or the battle to the strong, yet without presumptuously waiting for miracles to be wrought in our favour, it is our indispensable... | |
| 1837 - 488 pages
...the hopes of anticipated victory, rushed upon their antagonists in great disorder. The result proved that the "race is not always to the swift, or the battle to the strong." Both parties engaged hand to hand, but a few minutes decided the battle in favour of the whites. Thirty-six... | |
| 1837 - 490 pages
...the hopes of anticipated victory, rushed upon their antagonists in great disorder. The result proved that the "race is not always to the swift, or the battle to the strnnsr " limb parties engaged hand to hand, but a few minutes decided the battle in favour of the... | |
| Anna Maria Hall - 1837 - 976 pages
...me." " Protect you," said Uncle Horace. " Gad so ! you are a pretty fellow to protect, truly." " The race is not always to the swift, or the battle to the strong," replied Peter, shaking his head, and with an aspect of meekness and devotion which did not at all accord... | |
| Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1838 - 222 pages
...me." " Protect you," said Uncle Horace. " Gad so ! you are a pretty fellow to protect, truly." " The race is not always to the swift, or the battle to the strong," replied Peter, shaking his head, with an aspect of meekness and devotion which did not at all accord... | |
| John William Carleton - 1856 - 802 pages
...ehesnut mare ; I'll see if I can't cnt him down, at any rate"; and away went the Baronet after him. "The race is not always to the swift, or the battle to the strong," thought lieverley, as he cantered along a grass lane, with a line of gates, by the sido of Harriet... | |
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