Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1914 |
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... army ; the whole year a march . Such was the state of society which facilitated the gigantic conquests of Attila and Tamerlane . But a people which subsists by the cultivation of the earth is in a very different situation . The ...
... army ; the whole year a march . Such was the state of society which facilitated the gigantic conquests of Attila and Tamerlane . But a people which subsists by the cultivation of the earth is in a very different situation . The ...
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... army . The infantry was regarded as comparatively worthless , and was neglected till it became really so . These tactics maintained their ground for centuries in most parts of Europe . That foot - soldiers could withstand the charge of ...
... army . The infantry was regarded as comparatively worthless , and was neglected till it became really so . These tactics maintained their ground for centuries in most parts of Europe . That foot - soldiers could withstand the charge of ...
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... army . It is scarcely possible , that men can pass their lives in the service of one State , without feeling some interest in its greatness . Its victories are their victories . Its defeats are their defeats . The contract loses ...
... army . It is scarcely possible , that men can pass their lives in the service of one State , without feeling some interest in its greatness . Its victories are their victories . Its defeats are their defeats . The contract loses ...
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... army out of the dregs of an unwarlike people ; who , after acquiring sovereignty by destroying his enemies , acquired popularity by destroying his tools ; who had begun to employ for the most salutary ends the power which he had ...
... army out of the dregs of an unwarlike people ; who , after acquiring sovereignty by destroying his enemies , acquired popularity by destroying his tools ; who had begun to employ for the most salutary ends the power which he had ...
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... army . The hours which a citizen could spare from his ordinary employments , though by no means sufficient to familiarise him with the exercise of a man - at - arms , might render him an useful foot - soldier . The dread of a foreign ...
... army . The hours which a citizen could spare from his ordinary employments , though by no means sufficient to familiarise him with the exercise of a man - at - arms , might render him an useful foot - soldier . The dread of a foreign ...
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