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" Mameloucs are an invincible race, inhabiting a burning desert, mounted on the fleetest horses in the world, and full of courage. They live with their wives and children in flying camps, which are never pitched two nights together in the• same place.... "
Copies of Original Letters from the Army of Général Bonaparte in Egypt ... - Page 8
1798 - 248 pages
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History of Napoleon Bonaparte, and wars of Europe, by W.B. Heweston, Volume 1

William B. Hewetson - 1815 - 586 pages
...children in flying camps, which are never pitched two nights together in the same place. They are horrible savages, and yet they have some notion of gold and...and for what purpose ?—for continuing the course of life which I have described, and for teaching it to their children. O Jean Jacques! why was it not...
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The History of the War: From the Commencement of the French ..., Volume 1

Hewson Clarke - 1816 - 874 pages
...children in flying camps, which are never pitched two nights together in the same place. They are horrible savages, and yet they have some notion of gold and...my dear brother, they love gold ; they pass their lites in extorting it from such Europeans as fall into their hands ; and for what purpose : — for...
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History of the Wars Occasioned by the French Revolution, from the ..., Volume 1

C. H. Gifford - 1817 - 944 pages
...children in flying campe, which are never pitched two nights together in the same place. They are horrible savages, and yet they have some notion, of gold and...for what purpose'? — for. continuing the course of life which I have described, and for teaching it to their children, О Jean Jacques ! why wae it...
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The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 1

William Henry Ireland - 1828 - 528 pages
...his name.* admiration. Yes, my dear brother, they tove gold ; they pass their lives in extorting H from such Europeans as fall into their hands, and for what purpose ? — for continuing the course of life above described, and for inculcating similar pursuits in their children. O Jean Jacques! (Rousseau)...
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The Court and Camp of Bonaparte

1832 - 398 pages
...nights together in the same place. They are horrible savages, and yet they have some notion of gold ! A small quantity of it serves to excite their admiration....and for what purpose ? — for continuing the course of life which I have described, and for teaching it to their children. O, Jean Jacques ! why was it...
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The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Life of Napoleon Buonaparte

Walter Scott - 1835 - 456 pages
...children in flying camps, which are never pitched two nights together in the tame place. They are horrible savages, and yet they have some notion of gold and...and for what purpose ? — for continuing the course of life which I have described, and for teaching it to their children. O, Jean Jacques ! why was it...
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The History of the French Revolution, Volume 3

Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl - 1840 - 476 pages
...children in flying camps, which are never pitched two nights together in the same place. They are horrible savages, and yet they have some notion of gold and...quantity of it serves to excite their admiration." — Louis Jlonaparte. E. " The Mamelukes arc admirable horsemen, and the bits in their horses' mouths...
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The Court and Camp of Bonaparte

1842 - 410 pages
...nights together in the same place. They are horrible savages, and yet they have some notion of .gold ! A small quantity of it serves to excite their admiration....and for what purpose ? — for continuing the course of life which I have described, and for teaching it to their children. 0, Jean Jacques ! why was it...
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Life of Napoleon Buonaparte: With a Preliminary View of the French ..., Volume 2

Sir Walter Scott - 1843 - 440 pages
...children in flying camps, which arc never pitched two nights together in the same place. They are horrible savages, and yet they have some notion of gold and...excite their admiration. Yes, my dear brother, they h1ve gold ; they pass their l1ves in extorting it from such Europeans as fall into their hands;—...
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Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 2

Sir Walter Scott - 1876 - 430 pages
...children in flying camps, which are never pitched two nights together in the same place. They are horrible savages, and yet they have some notion of gold and...my dear brother, they love gold ; they pass their live,, in extorting it from such Europeans as fall into their hands ;— and for what purpose?— for...
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