 The discipline and evolutions of a modern battalion gave me a clearer notion of the phalanx and the legion; and the captain of the Hampshire grenadiers (the reader may smile) has not been useless to the historian of the Roman empire.  Scribner's Magazine ... - Сторінка 7261909Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Robert Chambers - 1890 - 866 стор.
...evolutions of a modern battalion gave me a clearer notion of the phalanx and the legion ; and the captain of Hampshire grenadiers ( the reader may smile ) has not been useless to the historian of the Roman empire.' Meantime he revolved within his mind many projects for a historical work, and, the militia... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 462 стор.
...canvas. The result is seen in the lucidity and vigour of his battle-pieces. As he says in the Memoirs, " the Captain of the Hampshire Grenadiers (the reader...smile) has not been useless to the historian of the Roman Empire." While he was in the militia, in 1761, Gibbon published, in French, his first work, an... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 454 стор.
...canvas. The result is seen in the lucidity and vigour of his battle-pieces. As he says in the Memoirs, " the Captain of the Hampshire Grenadiers (the reader...smile) has not been useless to the historian of the Roman Empire." While he was in the militia, in 1761, Gibbon published, in French, his first work, an... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1889 - 440 стор.
...canvas. The result is seen in the lucidity and vigour of his battle-pieces. As he says in the Memoirs, " the Captain of the Hampshire Grenadiers (the reader...smile) has not been useless to the historian of the Roman Empire." While he was in the militia, in 1761, Gibbon published, in French, his first work, an... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1890 - 848 стор.
...servitude as a captain — an irksome discipline, but one which he admits was not unprofitable to him. 'The discipline and evolutions of a modern battalion...of the phalanx and the legion ; and the captain of Hampshire grenadiers (the reader may smile) has not been useless to the historian of the Koman empire.'... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 456 стор.
...Quintus Icilius (M, Guichardt), the only writer who has united the merits of a professor and a veteran. The discipline and evolutions of a modern battalion...smile) has not been useless to the historian of the Roman Empire. A youth of any spirit is fired even by the play of arms, and in the first sallies of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 448 стор.
...Quintus Icilius (M. Guichardt), the only writer who has united the merits of a professor and a veteran. The discipline and evolutions of a modern battalion...smile) has not been useless to the historian of the Roman Empire. A youth of any spirit is fired even by the play of arms, and in the first sallies of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 474 стор.
...of a professor and a veteran. 'The discipline and evolutions of a modern battalion gave me a~clearer notion of the phalanx and the legion ; and the captain...smile) has not been useless to the historian of the Roman Empire. . A youth of any spirit is fired even by the play of arms, and in the first sallies of... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 462 стор.
...canvas. The result is seen in the lucidity and vigour of his battle-pieces. As he says in the Memoirs, " the Captain of the Hampshire Grenadiers (the reader...smile) has not been useless to the historian of the Roman Empire." While he was in the militia, in 1761, Gibbon published, in French, his first work, an... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - 1891 - 440 стор.
...canvas. The result is seen in the lucidity and vigour of his battle-pieces. As he says in the Memoirs, " the Captain of the Hampshire Grenadiers (the reader...smile) has not been useless to the historian of the Roman Empire." While he was in the militia, in 1761, Gibbon published, in French, his first work, an... | |
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