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" ... fiction. War has means of destruction more formidable than the cannon and the sword. Of the thousands and ten thousands that perished in our late contests with France and Spain, a very small part ever felt the stroke of an enemy ; the rest languished... "
English Composition for the Use of Schools - Page 68
by Robert Armstrong - 1872
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Thoughts on the Late Transactions Respecting Falkland's Islands

Samuel Johnson - Falkland Islands - 1771 - 84 pages
...gafping and groan^ ing unpitied among men made obdurate by long continuance of hopelefs tnifery, and whelmed in pits, or heaved into the ocean, without...without remembrance. By incommodious encampments and unwholefome ftations, where courage is ufelefs, and enterprife impracticable, fleets are filently difpeopled,...
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Four Tracts ...

Thomas Day - Great Britain - 1785 - 300 pages
...gafping and groan' ing, unpilied among men made obdurate by long con' tkiuance of hopelefs mifery, and whelmed in pits, or ' heaved into the ocean, without notice and without remem' brance. By incommodious encampments and unwholfome ' ftations, where courage is ufelefs, and...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Political tracts. Political essays ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 550 pages
...groaning, unpitied among men, made obdurate by long continuance of hopelefs mifery j and were at laft whelmed in pits, or heaved into the ocean, without...without remembrance. By incommodious encampments and unwholefome ftations, where courage is ufelefs, and enterprife impracticable, fleets are filently difpeopled,...
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Political tracts. Political essays. Miscellaneous essays. A journey to the ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...groaning, unpitied among men, made obdurate by long continuance of hopelefs mifery; and were at laft whelmed in pits, or heaved into the ocean, without notice and without remem•r brance. By incommodious encampments and unwholefome ftations, where courage is ufelefs, and...
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The Phoenix; or, Weekly miscellany improved, Volume 1

436 pages
...groaning, unpitied among men, made obdurate by long continuance of hopeIc'fs mifcry ; and were at laft whelmed in pits, or heaved into the ocean, without notice and without remembrance. By incommodious incampmerlts and unwholefome Rations where courage is ufikis, and emerpriie impracticable, fleets are...
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The Manual of Liberty, Or, Testimonies in Behalf of the Rights of Mankind ...

Civil rights - 1795 - 432 pages
...felt the stroke of an enemy ; the rest languished in tents and ships, amidst damps and putrefaclion ; pale, torpid, spiritless, and helpless ; gasping and...without notice and without remembrance. By incommodious encampmenrs and unwholesome stations, where courage is useless, and enterprize impracticable, fleets...
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Letters Containing a Sketch of the Politics of France, from the Thirty-first ...

Helen Maria Williams - Correctional institutions - 1795 - 292 pages
...groaning, unpitied among men made obdurate by long continuance of helpiefs mifery, and were at laft. whelmed in pits or heaved into the ocean without notice...without remembrance. By incommodious encampments and unwholefome ftations, where courage is ufelefs and enterprife impracticable, fleets are filently difpeopled,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 424 pages
...groaning, unpitied among men, made obdurate by long continuance of hopelefs mifery ; and were at laft whelmed in pits, or heaved into the ocean, without...without remembrance. By incommodious encampments and unwholefome ftations, where courage is ufekfs, and enterprife impracticable, fleets are filently difpeopled,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 432 pages
...runpitied .among men, made obdurate by long continuance of hopelefs mifery ; and were at laft whelmed jn. pits, . or .heaved into the ocean, without notice....without remembrance. By incommodious encampments and unwholefome ftations, where courage is ufe-lefs,: and enterprife impracticable, fleets areiilently...
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The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ...

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...p. 9. War has means of destruction more formidable than the cannon and the sword. Of the thousands, and ten thousands that perished in our late contests...made obdurate by long continuance of hopeless misery; or whelmed in pits, or heajed into the ocean, without notice, and without remembrance. By incommodious...
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