 In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time mutinous and full of faction, until some popular general, who understands the art of conciliating the soldiery, and who possesses...  Hypocrisy: A Satire, in Three Books. Book the First - Page 230by Charles Caleb Colton - 1812 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1807 - 512 pages
...of an army will remain for some time mutinous and full of faction, until some popular general, who understands the art of conciliating the soldiery,...spirit of command, shall draw the eyes of all men upon ttimself. Armies will obey him on his personal account. There is no other way of securing military... | |
 | Edmund Burke - France - 1814 - 258 pages
...of an army will remain for some time mutinous and full of faction, until some popular general, who understands the art of conciliating the soldiery,...this state of things. But the moment in which that event shall happen, the person who really commands the army is your master; the master (that is little)... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 362 pages
...of an army will remain for some time mutinous and full of faction, until some popular general, who understands the art of conciliating the soldiery,...this state of things. But the moment in which that event shall happen, the person who really commands the army is your master ; the master (that is little)... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1839 - 546 pages
...full of faction, until some I i il popular general who understands the art of conciliating the i *• soldiery, and who possesses the true spirit of command,...this state of things. But the moment in which that event shall happen, the person who really commands the army is your master ; the master (that is little)... | |
 | John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1841 - 738 pages
...remain for some time mutinous and " full of faction, until some popular general, who un" derstands the art of conciliating the soldiery, and " who possesses...this state of things. " But the moment in which that event shall happen, " the person who really commands the army is your " master ; the master (that is... | |
 | John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1841 - 702 pages
...remain for some time mutinous and " full of faction, until some popular general, who un" derstands the art of conciliating the soldiery, and " who possesses...this state of things. " But the moment in which that event shall happen, " the person who really commands the army is your " master ; the master (that is... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1852 - 608 pages
...of an army will remain for some time mutinous and full of faction, until some popular general, who understands the art of conciliating the soldiery,...this state of things. But the moment in which that event shall happen, the person who really commands the army is your master ; the master (that is little)... | |
 | William Smyth - France - 1855 - 590 pages
...of the army will remain for some time mutinous and full of faction, until some popular general, who understands the art of conciliating the soldiery,...himself; armies will obey him on his personal account, and he will then be your master." The first part of this remark was illustrated in the instances of... | |
 | John Dunmore Lang - Australia - 1857 - 436 pages
...of an army will remain for some time mutinous and full of faction, until some popular general, who understands the art of conciliating the soldiery,...draw the eyes of all men upon himself. Armies will only obey him on his personal account. There is no otlicf way of securing military obedience in this... | |
 | John Dunmore Lang - Australia - 1857 - 428 pages
...possesses the true spirit of command, shall draw the eyes of all men upon himself. Armies will only obey him on his personal account. There is no other...this state of things. But the moment in which that event shall happen, the person who really commands the army is your master — the master of your whole... | |
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