 | Francis Plowden - 1806 - 516 pages
...accurately described by Mr. Hobbs, ^nd so ardently recommended by Mr. Paine ; a state where, indeed, the race was to the swift, and the battle to the strong ; where possession was property, and strength was right ; a state superior to the conditions of society,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1827 - 634 pages
...pursued by the whole cavalry 61' the highland army, consisting of Lord Elcho, Sir Peter ThreiplaTid, and two or three gentlemen, with their grooms.' —...the day, and on that occasion, at least, the race icus to the swift, and the battle to the strong." 'tile sleepers, thus unpleasantly alarmed, were now... | |
 | William Ladd - 1831 - 890 pages
...fury, to sweep away the vineyard ot the harvest, the peasant's cabin, the shepherd and his flock. Again the race was to the swift and the battle to the strong. The Pyrenees and the Alps and the Balean range were f eblc barriers against the children of eternal snows... | |
 | 1827 - 630 pages
...Threipland, and two or three gentlemen, with their grooms.'—' In short,' as our friend expiessed himself, ' the dragoons and highlanders divided the...the day, and on that occasion, at least, the race u-cu to the swift, and the battle to the strong.' The sleepers, thus unpleasantly alarmed, were now... | |
 | William Wayte Andrew - 1849 - 942 pages
...war was no longer in the hands of the Lord — we speak of the bravery of our mighty men, as though the race was to the swift and the battle to the strong. Even our great peace agitators talk of sending a few British troops to beard off a numerous army of... | |
 | Isaac Kelso - 1864 - 346 pages
...we were glorying in our strength, and boasting of our wisdom, wealth, and prosperity. We thought ' the race was to the swift and the battle to the strong ; ' and we had forgotten the divine declaration, ' Righteousness exalteth a nation.' Contemning the... | |
 | William Meynell Whittemore - 1867 - 592 pages
...and gain His ends by the most unpromising means. The cause of Heaven does not depend upon numbers. If the " race was to the swift, and the battle to the strong," the Church of God would be overwheimed to-morrow. Christianity triumphs "not by might, nor by power," but... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1870 - 396 pages
...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, at least, the race mat to the swift, and the battle to the strong." The sleepers, thus unpleasantly alarmed, were now... | |
 | 1839 - 556 pages
...ten thousand pounds. Here however the old language fails, — for, though expected by very few, — " the race was to the swift, and the battle to the strong." Amato got but an indifferent start, — but he went easily with his horses round the course, — came... | |
 | 1872 - 600 pages
...Wiltshire. Mr. LEVESON-GOWEK, in reply, favoured Mr. Stacey's idea of payment by piece-work, as then the race was to the swift and the battle to the strong. It was very depressing to a superior man to find himself paid only the same as the ¡aft ri г Still,... | |
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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. 
