...whose nerves had never recovered the Canter of Coltbrigg, as that retreat was called, in full route, pursued by the whole cavalry of the Highland army,...gentlemen, with their grooms." " In short," as our friend expressed himself, " the dragoons and Highlanders divided the honours of the day, and on that occasion,...

...onlookers was that Bannockburn was to be avenged, or the memory of Flodden effaced. But throughout the game the race was to the swift, and the battle to the strong, and the English team won on its merits — by a goal and a try. All that the vanquished Scots could...

...generation ; and the same thing happened to man — at least in his earlier stages. In primeval days the race was to the swift and the battle to the strong, and swiftness and strength were titles to all power, all glory, all honour. Full development of the...

...generation ; and the same thing happened to man — at least in his earlier stages. In primeval days the race was to the swift and the battle to the strong, and swiftness and strength were titles to all power, all glory, all honour. Full development of the...

...that he must yield and stand aside, as the busy, tumultuous, exacting life passed by. He understood the race was to the swift and the battle to the strong. It was this which led him to return to the mountain home in spite of Esther's pleadings and protestations....

...as that of the bees," the "ape and tiger" instincts are found dominant. It was based on selfishness. The race was to the swift, and the battle to the strong. Even then, however, in the earliest grouping of a few families into clans or gentes, the blood-tie,...

...occurred. Here was life, bustle, achievement; here was an open field for energy and ambition where the race was to the swift, and the battle to the strong. Time was too precious to devote to ceremonies that consumed the half of it almost, and thus trenched...

...ironically — a wedding-song, a battle-song, a song of victory. Bastian Cautley was right when he said that the race was to the swift and the battle to the strong. How eager she had been for the fight, how mad for the crowded course! She had rushed on, heat after...

...stupid " ? Yes, — perhaps he had, when in the bold carelessness of full manhood he had assumed that the race was to the swift and the battle to the strong — but now, when the shadows were falling — when, perhaps, he would never hear the Christmas bells...

...retreating braves made their camp, and here the Catawbas came up with them and gave battle. This time the race was to the swift and the battle to the strong. The Delawares met their pursuers joyfully, turning the lust of the chase to the lust of fighting. The valley...