 It is probable that, among the hundred and twenty thousand soldiers who were marshalled round Neerwinden under all the standards of Western Europe, the two feeblest in body were the hunchbacked dwarf who urged forward the fiery onset of France, and the...  Bombay Quarterly Review - Seite 3841856Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1866 - 670 Seiten
...reckons it probable that among the 120,000 soldiers who were marshalled round Neenvindeu under all the standards of Western Europe, the two feeblest in body were "the hunchbacked dwarf [Luxembourg] who urged forward the fiery onset of France, and the asthmatic skeleton [William] who... | |
 | New York State Agricultural Society - 1860 - 848 Seiten
...commanders, says that "among the hundred and twenty thousand soldiers marshalled around Neerwinden, under all the standards of Western Europe, the two feeblest in body were the hunchbacked dwarf who urged on the fiery onset of France, and the asthmatic skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England."... | |
 | 1862 - 670 Seiten
...thousand men engaged at Landen, " perhaps the two feeblest in body were the humpbacked dwarf who urged on the fiery onset of France, and the asthmatic skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England." The strongest argument in favor of Richard's personal appearance is that drawn from Dr. Shaw's address... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1855 - 704 Seiten
...that, among the hundred and twenty thousand soldiers who were marshalled round Neerwinden under all the standards of Western Europe, the two feeblest...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England. The French were victorious: but they had bought their victory dear. More than ten thousand of the best... | |
 | 1855 - 604 Seiten
...that, among the hundred and twenty thousand soldiers who were marshalled round Neerwinden under all n, Sir ; What is the reason that on the fiery onset of France ; and the asthmatic skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England."... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 600 Seiten
...that, among the hundred and twenty thousand soldiers who were marshalled round Neerwinden under all the standards of Western Europe, the two feeblest...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England. The French were victorious : but they had bought their victory dear. More than ten thousand of the... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1858 - 502 Seiten
...that, among the hundred and twenty thousand soldiers who were marshalled round Neerwinden under all the standards of Western Europe, the two feeblest...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England. The French were victorious : but they had bought their victory dear. More than ten thousand of the... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1858 - 908 Seiten
...that, among the hundred and twenty thousand soldiers who were marshalled round Neerwinden under all the standards of Western Europe, the two feeblest...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England. The French were victorious : but they had bought their victory dear. More than ten thousand of the... | |
 | 1858 - 754 Seiten
...Macaulay's remarks —as brilliant as his remarks usually are, and more true—about ' the hunchback dwarf who urged forward the fiery onset of France,...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England' at the battle of Landen. Read the chivalrous and romantic Froissart's account of the deliverance of... | |
 | Thomas Carter - 1860 - 742 Seiten
...that, amoD!,' the hundred and twenty thousand soldiers who were marshalled round Neerwinden under all the standards of western Europe, the two feeblest...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England." An excellent anecdote has been handed down in reference to the Duke of Luxembourg's deformed figure.... | |
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