Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 páginas |
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... army rose against the parliament , the different corps of the army against each other . Sect raved against sect . Party plotted against party . The Presbyterians , in their eagerness to be revenged on the Independents , sacrificed their ...
... army rose against the parliament , the different corps of the army against each other . Sect raved against sect . Party plotted against party . The Presbyterians , in their eagerness to be revenged on the Independents , sacrificed their ...
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... army , is at- tended by a crowd of camp followers , a useless and heart- less rabble , who prowl round its line of march in the hope of picking up something under its protection , but desert it in the day of battle , and often join to ...
... army , is at- tended by a crowd of camp followers , a useless and heart- less rabble , who prowl round its line of march in the hope of picking up something under its protection , but desert it in the day of battle , and often join to ...
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... army that Europe had ever seen - who trampled down king , church , and aristocracy - who , in the short inter- vals of domestic sedition and rebellion , made the name of England terrible to every nation on the face of the earth , were ...
... army that Europe had ever seen - who trampled down king , church , and aristocracy - who , in the short inter- vals of domestic sedition and rebellion , made the name of England terrible to every nation on the face of the earth , were ...
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... army ; the whole year a march . Such was the state of society which facilitated the gigantic con- quests of Attila and Timour . 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 con- quests of Attila and Timour . But a people which subsists by the cultivation of the earth is in a very different situation . The ...
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... on horses of the largest breed , were considered as composing the strength of an army . The infantry was regarded as comparatively worthless , and was neglected till it became really so . These tactics MACHIAVELLI . 71.
... on horses of the largest breed , were considered as composing the strength of an army . The infantry was regarded as comparatively worthless , and was neglected till it became really so . These tactics MACHIAVELLI . 71.
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