 Prussia was unknown ; and, in order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, and red men scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America...  Littell's Living Age - Страница 2531882Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 828 страници
...of Prussia was unknown ; and, in order that he might rob a neighbor wrhom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, and red...scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America. VOL. II.— 43 Silesia had been occupied without a battle ; but the Austrian troops were advancing... | |
 | 1880 - 832 страници
...of Prussia was unknown ; and, in order that he might rob a neighbor whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of C'oromandel, and...scalped each other by the great lakes of North America. Silesia had been occupied without a battle ; but the Austrian troops were advancing to the relief of... | |
 | 1880 - 814 страници
...Prussia was unknown ; and, in order that ho might rob a neighbor whom lie had promised to defend, b'ack men fought on the coast of Coromandel, and red men...scalped each other by the great lakes of North America. Silesia had been occupied without a Imttlu ; but the Austrian troops were advancing to the relief of... | |
 | 1880 - 800 страници
...of Prussia was unknown ; and in order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, and red men scalped each other by the great lakes of America." For our hero must have experienced with satisfaction, or heard with admiration, of a (recently... | |
 | 1881 - 662 страници
...breaking out of wars in Europe. In the last century, as Macaulay says, because Frederic was ambitious, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, and red...scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America. This cannot happen to any great extent again. Of the European powers, only one possesses colonies of... | |
 | Sir John Robert Seeley - 1883 - 340 страници
...Frederick's invasion of Silesia, ' In order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had • promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel and red...uniformities. For example, out of these seven wars of England five are wars with France from the beginning, and both the other two, though the belligerent... | |
 | 1883 - 540 страници
...of Prussia was unknown ; and, in order that he might rob a neighbor whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, and red...scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America. — MACAULAY. Frederick did much to repair the damages done to Prussia by the Seven Years' War, and... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 страници
...Great Hall. On Warren Hastings. In order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, and red...scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America. Frederic the Great. We hardly know an instance of the strength and weakness of human nature so striking,... | |
 | Lionel Arthur Tollemache (hon.) - 1884 - 456 страници
...of Prussia was unknown ; and, in order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coromandel, and red...scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America." Our list would still be incomplete if we were to leave unnoticed the opinion of Victor Hugo concerning... | |
 | 1890 - 1120 страници
...Great might rob a neighbor whom he had promised to defend, black men fought on the coast of Coramandel and red men scalped each other by the great lakes of North America." Then came the surrender and cession of Canada to the Knglish, when " bigots and panders and lackeys... | |
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