 Saxe, is the resource of ignorant generals: when they know not what to do, they fight a battle. It was almost universally the resource of the age of Pericles: little conception was entertained of military operations, beyond ravage and a battle. His genius...  The History of Greece - Page 106by William Mitford - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Tobias Smollett - 1790 - 728 pages
...entertained of military operations, beyond ravage and a battle. Hi* genius led him to a fuperior fyfiem, which the wealth of his country enabled him to carry into practice. His favourite maxim was tofpare the lives ofh:sfoldiers-; and fcarccly any general ever gained fo many important advantages... | |
 | William Mitford - 1814 - 444 pages
...a superior system, which the wealth of his country inabled him to carry into practice. His favorite maxim was to spare the lives of his soldiers ; and...consolation and his boast, in his dying hours, that he CHAP. he never was the cause that a fellow-.citizen wore v_^Jl_j mourning : a glorious and perhaps... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 356 pages
...though he won - many trophies, he never gained a splendid victory. A battle, according to marshal Saxe, is the resource of ignorant generals: when they know...his dying hours, that he never was the cause that a fellow citizen wore mourning; a glorious, andj perhaps, a singular subject of exultation, for a head... | |
 | William Mitford - 1822 - 436 pages
...a superior system, which the wealth of his country inabled him to carry into practice. His favorite maxim was to spare the lives of his soldiers ; and...consolation and his boast, in his dying hours, that he he never was the cause that a fellowcitizen wore mourning : a glorious and perhaps a singular subject... | |
 | Thucydides - 1829 - 588 pages
...often as he commanded the Athenian forces, he never was defeated ; yet, though he won many trophies, he never gained a splendid victory. A battle, according...was the cause that a fellow-citizen wore mourning. When his soldiers fell, they fell victims to the necessity of their country's service, and not to the... | |
 | Octavius Pickering - 1873 - 532 pages
...a superior system, which the wealth of his country enabled him to carry into practice. His favorite maxim was to spare the lives of his soldiers ; and...many important advantages with so little bloodshed." — Mitford's " History of Greece," Vol II. p. 892. Governor Brooks, a few years ago, was on the Niagara... | |
 | Octavius Pickering - 1873 - 610 pages
...a superior system, which the wealth of his country enabled him to carry into practice. His favorite maxim was to spare the lives of his soldiers ; and scarcely any General ever gained BO many important advantages with so little bloodshed." — Mitford's " History of Greece," Vol II.... | |
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