...entertained of military operations, beyond ravage and a battle. Hi* genius led him to a fuperior fyfiem, which the wealth of his country enabled him to carry into practice. His favourite maxim was tofpare the lives ofh:sfoldiers-; and fcarccly any general ever gained fo many important advantages...

...a superior system, which the wealth of his country inabled him to carry into practice. His favorite maxim was to spare the lives of his soldiers ; and...consolation and his boast, in his dying hours, that he CHAP. he never was the cause that a fellow-.citizen wore v_^Jl_j mourning : a glorious and perhaps...

...though he won - many trophies, he never gained a splendid victory. A battle, according to marshal Saxe, is the resource of ignorant generals: when they know...his dying hours, that he never was the cause that a fellow citizen wore mourning; a glorious, andj perhaps, a singular subject of exultation, for a head...

...a superior system, which the wealth of his country inabled him to carry into practice. His favorite maxim was to spare the lives of his soldiers ; and...consolation and his boast, in his dying hours, that he he never was the cause that a fellowcitizen wore mourning : a glorious and perhaps a singular subject...

...commanded the Athenian forces, he never was defeated ; yet, though he won many trophies, 's Me- ^e never gained a splendid victory. A battle, according...was the cause that a fellow-citizen wore mourning : a glorious and perhaps a singular subject of exultation for a head of a party in Greece; where, in...

...many trophies, he never gained a splendid victory. A battle, according to a great modern authority 6, is the resource of ignorant generals : when they know...was the cause that a fellow-citizen wore mourning : a glorious and perhaps a singular subject of exultation for a head of a party in Greece; where, in...

...a superior system, which the wealth of his country enabled him to carry into practice. His favorite maxim was to spare the lives of his soldiers ; and...many important advantages with so little bloodshed." — Mitford's " History of Greece," Vol II. p. 892. Governor Brooks, a few years ago, was on the Niagara...

...a superior system, which the wealth of his country enabled him to carry into practice. His favorite maxim was to spare the lives of his soldiers ; and scarcely any General ever gained BO many important advantages with so little bloodshed." — Mitford's " History of Greece," Vol II....