Military Ends and Moral MeansSmith, Elder and Company, 1864 - 475 pages |
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Page vii
... armour plates , are not the only elements of victory . Such elements undoubtedly form part of the whole machinery of war ; but the movement of that vast and complicated machinery differs from the action of an ordinary piece.
... armour plates , are not the only elements of victory . Such elements undoubtedly form part of the whole machinery of war ; but the movement of that vast and complicated machinery differs from the action of an ordinary piece.
Page xxiii
... movements of his enemy - The best spies - Necessary training for persons employed as spies - Information from deserters to be distrusted - When men are employed to desert , measures must be concerted so as to get the information they ...
... movements of his enemy - The best spies - Necessary training for persons employed as spies - Information from deserters to be distrusted - When men are employed to desert , measures must be concerted so as to get the information they ...
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... movements . Theirs is the mighty influence which alternately rouses and stems the whirlwind of popular feeling ; they are , in fact , the actors on the world's stage , whose deeds , engraven with a pen of adamant on the world's history ...
... movements . Theirs is the mighty influence which alternately rouses and stems the whirlwind of popular feeling ; they are , in fact , the actors on the world's stage , whose deeds , engraven with a pen of adamant on the world's history ...
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... movement in favour of the restoration of the Promotes the Royal Family went on increasing ; while the man who directed it did not seem to advance a single step , unless it were to recede the instant after . One of the King's agents in ...
... movement in favour of the restoration of the Promotes the Royal Family went on increasing ; while the man who directed it did not seem to advance a single step , unless it were to recede the instant after . One of the King's agents in ...
Page 72
... time of peace . Entwined as " Since these pages were written , the volunteer movement has added greatly to the defensive power of the country . CHAP . III . England now is with her colonies 72 Military Ends and Moral Means .
... time of peace . Entwined as " Since these pages were written , the volunteer movement has added greatly to the defensive power of the country . CHAP . III . England now is with her colonies 72 Military Ends and Moral Means .
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Page 445 - Be brave then ; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be, in England, seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny : the threehooped pot shall have ten hoops ; and I will make it felony to drink small beer: all the realm shall be in common, and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass.
Page 451 - Our sovereign lord the king chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of king George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the king.
Page 137 - What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? / came not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
Page 451 - ... that if any persons, to the number of twelve or more, being unlawfully, riotously, and tumultuously assembled together, to the disturbance of the public peace...
Page 136 - Syria gathered all his host together : and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
Page 136 - And Joab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David, went out and met together by the pool of Gibeon. And they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool and the other on the other side of the pool. And Abner said to Joab, "Let the young men now arise and play before us.
Page 198 - So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house ; he took all : he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Page 53 - ... at a seaport town, lest the sight of the ships and the conversation and adventures of the sailors should entice him to go to sea. The distant prospect of hazards, from which we can hope to extricate ourselves by courage and address, is not disagreeable to us, and does not raise the wages of labour in any employment. It is otherwise with those in which courage and address can be of no avail. In trades which are known to be very unwholesome, the wages of labour are always remarkably high. Unwholesomeness...
Page 190 - And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: And they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; City against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
Page 356 - This is well to be weighed; that boldness is ever blind; for it seeth not dangers and inconveniences. Therefore it is ill in counsel, good in execution; so that the right use of bold persons is, that they never command in chief, but be seconds, and under the direction of others. For ii. counsel it is good to see dangers; and in execution not to see them, except they be very great...