 | 1839 - 648 pages
...not a little invidious. Tbs history of a battle is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great...difference as to their value or importance. Then the fault or the mishehaviour of some gave occasion for the distinction of others, and perhaps were the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1849 - 884 pages
...bailie," says the greatest of living generals, "is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great...all the difference as to their value or Importance Just to show you how little reliance can be placed even on what are supposed the best accounts of a... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 560 pages
...battle," says the greatest of living generals, "is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great...all the difference as to their value or importance Just to show you how little reliVOL. i. 41 So ended the last fight, deserving the name of battle, that... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 470 pages
...battle," says the greatest of living generals, " is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great...all the difference as to their value or importance Just to show you how little reliance can be placed even on what are supposed the best accounts of a... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 664 pages
...generals, " is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little evenU of which the great result is the battle won or lost...all the difference as to their value or importance Just to show you how little reliance can be placed even on what are supposed the best accounts of a... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1850 - 552 pages
...battle," says the greatest of living generals, "is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great...all the difference as to their value or importance Just to show you how little reliance can be placed even on what are supposed the best accounts of a... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley (1st duke of Wellington.), Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1852 - 204 pages
...A BATTLE AND A BALL. The history of a battle is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great...all the difference as to their value or importance. — Letter from. Paris, 8th of August, 1815. THE BEST TROOPS IN THE WORLD. My opinion is, that the... | |
 | English literature - 1853 - 566 pages
...original letter :' — ' The history of a battle is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great...occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value and importance. ' Then the faults or the misbehaviour of some gave occasion for tiie distinction of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1855 - 556 pages
...battle," says the greatest of living generals, " is not unlike the history of n ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great...or lost ; but no individual can recollect the order m which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value... | |
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The history of a battle," says the greatest of living generals, " is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great result is the battle won or lost ; but no individual can recollect the order... 
