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. The Quarterly Review - Page 176edited by - 1827Full view - About this book
| 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 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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1835 - 394 pages
...from the window, I could see the dragoons, whose nerves had never recovered the Canter of Coltbrigg, as that retreat was called, in full rout, pursued...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,... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 386 pages
...from the window, I could see the dragoons, whose nerves had never recovered the Canter of Coltbrigg, as that retreat was called, in full rout, pursued...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,... | |
| 1827 - 630 pages
...from the window, 1 could see the dragoons, whose nerves had never recovered the Canter of Coltbrigg, as that retreat was called, in full rout, pursued...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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1838 - 1198 pages
...Peter Threipland, and two or three gentlemen, with their grooms." " In short," as our friend expressed himself, " the dragoons and Highlanders divided the...of the day, and on that occasion, at least the race tea* to the swift, and the battle to the strong." The sleepers, thus unpleasantly alarmed, were now... | |
| Walter Scott - 1841 - 456 pages
...from the window, I could see the dragoons, whose nerves had never recovered the Canter of Coltbrigg, as that retreat was called, in full rout, pursued...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,... | |
| 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 - 594 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... | |
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