 ... it was no light thing to engage an army twenty times as numerous as his own. Before him lay a river over which it was easy to advance, but over which, if things went ill, not one of his little band would ever return.  Macaulay's Essay on Lord Clive - Page 68by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1902 - 186 pagesFull view - About this book
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...in his own military talents, and in the valour and discipline of his troops, it was no light thing to engage an army twenty times as numerous as his...first and for the last time, his dauntless spirit, during a few hours, shrank from the fearful responsibility of making a decision. He called a council... | |
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...in his own military talents, and in the valour and discipline of his troops, it was no light thing to engage an army twenty times as numerous as his...first and for the last time, his dauntless spirit, during a few hours, shrank from the fearful responsibility of making a decision. He called a council... | |
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