 Sir John Moore was equally destitute of affected dignity. He entered into the society of those under his command as their equal, confident that his vast superiority as a man would, at all times, raise him above them more than even his great rank could...  Lights and Shades of Military Life - Página 361por comte Alfred Victor de Vigny, sir Charles James Napier - 1840Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - 1871 - 394 páginas
...that his vast superiority as a man would at all times raise him above them more than even his great rank could do ; he required no external aid. There...provoke it. His manners were extremely polished and agreeable, and at times even playful. I recollect once standing in the street at Lisbon, looking at... | |
 | Sir John Moore - 1904 - 476 páginas
...that his vast superiority as a man would, at all times, raise him above them more than even his great rank could do ; he required no external aid. There...provoke it. His manners were extremely polished and agreeable, and at times even playful. I recollect once standing in the street at Lisbon looking at... | |
 | 1850 - 660 páginas
...that his vast superiority as a man would, at all times raise him above them, more than his high rack could do, he required no external aid. There was among...— those who could, were not likely to provoke it. It would not be proper to say much of those who are alive, but I may so far renture as to say that... | |
 | 1850 - 662 páginas
...; confident that his vast superiority as a man would, at all times raise him above them, more than his high rank could do, he required no external aid....and self-sufficient men by a degree of sarcasm which lew could withstand — those who could, were not likely to provoke it. It would not be proper to say... | |
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