Mooriana: Or, Selections from the Moral, Philosophical, and Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr.John Moore, Volume 1J. Cundee, 1803 - Scottish literature |
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... officers have seen more service . He is of a modest un- assuming character , humane , of scrupulous integrity , and more solicitous to deserve praise than to receive it . He is esteemed by his brother of- ficers , beloved by his ...
... officers have seen more service . He is of a modest un- assuming character , humane , of scrupulous integrity , and more solicitous to deserve praise than to receive it . He is esteemed by his brother of- ficers , beloved by his ...
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... OFFICER AND SOLDIER . STRICT discipline is essentially requisite for the well being of an army ; without which it de ... officers de- presses the spirit of the private men , and extin- guishes that daring ardour which glows in the breast ...
... OFFICER AND SOLDIER . STRICT discipline is essentially requisite for the well being of an army ; without which it de ... officers de- presses the spirit of the private men , and extin- guishes that daring ardour which glows in the breast ...
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... officers to behave with mildness , at least with equity , to the soldiers under their com- mand . How many officers have been rescued from death , from captivity , by the grateful at- tachment and intrepidity of the soldiers ? But ...
... officers to behave with mildness , at least with equity , to the soldiers under their com- mand . How many officers have been rescued from death , from captivity , by the grateful at- tachment and intrepidity of the soldiers ? But ...
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... officers ; unbiassed equity in the midst of the strictest discipline commands their esteem ; and the smallest mark of kindness se- cures their gratitude and attachment . PARTIES OF PLEASURE , ARE those where many people are apt to con ...
... officers ; unbiassed equity in the midst of the strictest discipline commands their esteem ; and the smallest mark of kindness se- cures their gratitude and attachment . PARTIES OF PLEASURE , ARE those where many people are apt to con ...
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... officers are commonly invited to dine with him . At table the king likes that every person should appear to be on a footing , and that the conversation should be carried on with perfect freedom . I have heard of his bearing some very ...
... officers are commonly invited to dine with him . At table the king likes that every person should appear to be on a footing , and that the conversation should be carried on with perfect freedom . I have heard of his bearing some very ...
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Page 182 - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Page 234 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 131 - ... with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication; 5and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth's abominations." 6And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.
Page 102 - When we had driven a few miles, I perceived a genteel-looking young fellow, dressed in an old uniform. He sat under a tree on the grass, at a little distance from the road, and amused himself by playing on the violin. As we came nearer we perceived he had a wooden leg, part of which lay in fragments by his side. " ' What do you do there, soldier? ' said the Marquis. ' I am on my way home to my own village, mon officier,
Page 130 - And the Woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and filthiness of her whoredom.
Page 215 - Dans l'adversité de nos meilleurs amis, nous trouvons toujours quelque chose qui ne nous déplaît pas.
Page 109 - And, like th' old Hebrews, many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last : The barren wilderness he past ; Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land ; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it.
Page 182 - ... that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone.
Page 182 - It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossness.
Page 17 - A Journal, during a Residence in France, from the beginning of August to the middle of December, 1792. To which is added, an Account of the most remarkable Events that happened at Paris, from that time to the death of the late King of France.