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... military gentleman of advanced years , full of observa- tion , experience , and sound sense " with one arm , which he makes do the work of two , and nobody can notice that the oth- er arm resting in his coat - breast is of cork , so ...
... military gentleman of advanced years , full of observa- tion , experience , and sound sense " with one arm , which he makes do the work of two , and nobody can notice that the oth- er arm resting in his coat - breast is of cork , so ...
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... military face ; but . here is a young face too which has grown unexpectedly rigor- 17 Stenzel , iv . , 41 ; Preuss , Thronbesteigung ; & c . June - Sept . , 1740 . ous . Fancy 16 FRIEDRICH TAKES THE REINS IN HAND . [ Book XI . Intends ...
... military face ; but . here is a young face too which has grown unexpectedly rigor- 17 Stenzel , iv . , 41 ; Preuss , Thronbesteigung ; & c . June - Sept . , 1740 . ous . Fancy 16 FRIEDRICH TAKES THE REINS IN HAND . [ Book XI . Intends ...
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... military , the administra- tive , diplomatic , Friedrich was himself among the best of judges ; but in various others he had mainly ( mainly , by no means blind- ly or solely ) to accept noise of reputation as evidence of mer- it ; and ...
... military , the administra- tive , diplomatic , Friedrich was himself among the best of judges ; but in various others he had mainly ( mainly , by no means blind- ly or solely ) to accept noise of reputation as evidence of mer- it ; and ...
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... military part of it alone being brought to clearness , and rendered fairly conceiva- ble and credible to those who will study . And as to the Man himself , or what his real Physiognomy can have been- Well , it must be own- June - Sept ...
... military part of it alone being brought to clearness , and rendered fairly conceiva- ble and credible to those who will study . And as to the Man himself , or what his real Physiognomy can have been- Well , it must be own- June - Sept ...
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... military gentlemen , but of tacit nature , reflective , practical rather than discursive , and do not waste themselves by incontinence of tongue . Stille , by his military Commentaries , which are still known to soldiers that read ...
... military gentlemen , but of tacit nature , reflective , practical rather than discursive , and do not waste themselves by incontinence of tongue . Stille , by his military Commentaries , which are still known to soldiers that read ...
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Page 119 - ... it is cursorily, and in the business way only ; and there is not here or elsewhere the least pleading — a man, you would say, considerably indifferent to our belief on that head : his eye set on the practical merely. "Just Rights? What are rights, never so just, which you cannot make valid ! The world is full of such. If you have rights and can assert them into facts, do it ; that is worth doing...
Page 34 - Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee.
Page 303 - This picture can not fail to be shocking to the humane reader, especially when he is informed that, while those miserable objects cried in vain for assistance, and actually perished for want of proper attendance, every ship of war in the fleet could have spared a couple of surgeons for their relief, and many young gentlemen of that profession solicited their captains in vain for leave to go and administer help to the sick and wounded.
Page 110 - Opportunity in this manner, and obeyed the new omen. To seize such an opportunity, and perilously mount upon it, was the part of a young magnanimous King, less sensible to the perils, and more to the other considerations, than one older would have been.