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Our military system , if system it could be called , was tried , and found utterly wanting . Only the devotion of the regimental officers and the brilliant fighting power and pathetic endurance of the British soldiers shed lustre upon a ...
Our military system , if system it could be called , was tried , and found utterly wanting . Only the devotion of the regimental officers and the brilliant fighting power and pathetic endurance of the British soldiers shed lustre upon a ...
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... called Militia Reserve of about 30,000 men is an Army Reserve composed of Militiamen who , in return for a retain- ing fee , hold themselves in readiness to join the regular forces in the event of war . Thus the character of the old ...
... called Militia Reserve of about 30,000 men is an Army Reserve composed of Militiamen who , in return for a retain- ing fee , hold themselves in readiness to join the regular forces in the event of war . Thus the character of the old ...
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... called out ) , who are merely civilians with some notion of drill and a slight acquaintance with the use of the rifle . There is excellent stuff no doubt among these auxiliaries , just as , indeed , there is plenty of good material in ...
... called out ) , who are merely civilians with some notion of drill and a slight acquaintance with the use of the rifle . There is excellent stuff no doubt among these auxiliaries , just as , indeed , there is plenty of good material in ...
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... called upon to turn us into a military nation , or at least into a nation that can perform its military duties without unendurable strain and imminent danger of failure . It might be deemed presumptuous for the layman , the amateur ...
... called upon to turn us into a military nation , or at least into a nation that can perform its military duties without unendurable strain and imminent danger of failure . It might be deemed presumptuous for the layman , the amateur ...
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... called upon to take their place in the fighting lines . - Compulsory service seems the only way of meeting the difficulty ; nor can one believe , after the warnings of the present war , that it will be seriously resisted . That we ...
... called upon to take their place in the fighting lines . - Compulsory service seems the only way of meeting the difficulty ; nor can one believe , after the warnings of the present war , that it will be seriously resisted . That we ...
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Página 150 - O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.
Página 57 - Butter and honey shall he eat, That he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, The land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
Página 817 - MY hair is gray, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears. My limbs are bowed, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose, For they have been a dungeon's spoil, And mine has been the fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are...
Página 79 - The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages.
Página 144 - ... twere, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this overdone or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theatre of others.
Página 66 - AND he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that there be some of them that stand here which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
Página 500 - Britain that the parties constructing or owning the same shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon than the aforesaid governments shall approve of as just and equitable ; and that the same canals or railways, being open to the citizens and subjects of the United States and Great Britain on equal terms...
Página 499 - ... erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America...
Página 77 - The most accomplished way of using books at present is two-fold: either first, to serve them as some men do lords, learn their titles exactly, and then brag of their acquaintance. Or secondly, which is indeed the choicer, the profounder, and politer method, to get a thorough insight into the index, by which the whole book is governed and turned, like fishes by the tail.
Página 504 - The Suez Maritime Canal shall always be free and open, in time of war as in time of peace, to every vessel of commerce or of war, without distinction of flag.