A Solemn Review of the Custom of War: Showing that War is the Effect of Popular Delusion, and Proposing a RemedyHilliard and Metcalf, 1816 - 32 páginas |
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... battle ; for we ought to esteem those , who do what is agreeable to temperance and prudence , no less glorious than those , who have gained great reputation by their actions in war . " Vespasian . FIFTH EDITION . CAMBRIDGE : PRINTED BY ...
... battle ; for we ought to esteem those , who do what is agreeable to temperance and prudence , no less glorious than those , who have gained great reputation by their actions in war . " Vespasian . FIFTH EDITION . CAMBRIDGE : PRINTED BY ...
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... battle ; for we ought to esteem those , who do what is agreeable to temperance and prudence , no less glorious than those , who have gained great reputation by their actions in war . " Vespasian . FIFTH EDITION , CAMBRIDGE : PRINTED BY ...
... battle ; for we ought to esteem those , who do what is agreeable to temperance and prudence , no less glorious than those , who have gained great reputation by their actions in war . " Vespasian . FIFTH EDITION , CAMBRIDGE : PRINTED BY ...
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... battles . Duelling is indeed a horrible custom ; but war is as much more horrible , as it is more desolating and ruinous . As to the principles on which war is practised , it has no advantage of duelling . It is in fact national ...
... battles . Duelling is indeed a horrible custom ; but war is as much more horrible , as it is more desolating and ruinous . As to the principles on which war is practised , it has no advantage of duelling . It is in fact national ...
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... battles , and the duration of war . If any thing be done by the army of one nation , which is deemed by the other as contrary to the modern usages in war ; how soon do we hear the exclamations , of Goths and Vandals ! Yet what are ...
... battles , and the duration of war . If any thing be done by the army of one nation , which is deemed by the other as contrary to the modern usages in war ; how soon do we hear the exclamations , of Goths and Vandals ! Yet what are ...
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... battles fought by Cæ- sar , he slew one million , one hundred and ninety two thousand of his enemies . If to this number we add the loss of troops on . his own side , and the slaughter of women and children on both sides , we shall ...
... battles fought by Cæ- sar , he slew one million , one hundred and ninety two thousand of his enemies . If to this number we add the loss of troops on . his own side , and the slaughter of women and children on both sides , we shall ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 7 - Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Página 40 - Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Página 5 - Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you ? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Página 7 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Página 36 - They err, who count it glorious to subdue By conquest far and wide, to overrun Large countries, and in field great battles win, Great cities by assault: what do these worthies, But rob, and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations...
Página 32 - Ye lust, and have not : ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain : ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Página 19 - Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Página 26 - But be not ye called Rabbi : for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters : for one is your Master, even Christ.
Página 2 - Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Página 7 - For he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.