In short," as our friend expressed himself, " the dragoons and Highlanders divided the honours of the day, and on that occasion, at least, the race was to the swift, and the battle to the strong. The Quarterly Review - Page 176edited by - 1827Full view - About this book
| Walter Scott - Demonology - 1870 - 396 pages
...from the window, I could see the dragoons, whose nerves had never recovered the Canter of Coltbrigg, as that retreat was called, in full rout, pursued...gentlemen, with their grooms." " In short," as our friend expressed himself, " the dragoons and I liuhlnndrix divided the honours of the day, and on that occasion,... | |
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| Agriculture - 1872 - 600 pages
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| Frances Fuller Victor - Black Hills War, 1876-1877 - 1877 - 636 pages
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| Science - 1878 - 616 pages
...pursuits, the more ambitious spirits in the German bourgeoisie have sought the only field of honor in which the race was to the swift and the battle to the strong. We may smile at the small salaries of the German professor, but, when compared with other government... | |
| English literature - 1878 - 542 pages
...pursuits, the more ambitious spirits in the German hurt/Mule have sought the only field of honour in which the race was to the swift and the battle to the strong. We may smile at the small salaries of the German Professor, but whan compared with other government... | |
| 1878 - 538 pages
...the more ambitious spirits in the German bourgeoisie have sought the only field of honour in which the race was to the swift and the battle to the strong. We may smile at the small salaries of the German Professor, but when compared with other government... | |
| 1827 - 328 pages
...from the window, 1 could see the dragoons, whose nerves had never recovered the Canter of Coltbrigg, as that retreat was called, in full rout, pursued...with their grooms.' — ' In short,' as our friend expressed himself, ' the dragoons and highlanders divided the honours of the day, and on that occasion,... | |
| George Matheson - Evolution - 1885 - 442 pages
...evolutionary drama. The first is the period in which the physical element dominated over all beside — when the race was to the swift and the battle to the strong. The second is the period in which there appeared upon the field an antagonist to the physical element,... | |
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