| Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1824 - 544 pages
...were still commanded, for the most part, by officers of a liberal birth and education; but the common soldiers, like the mercenary troops of modern Europe,...very frequently from the most profligate of mankind." ,', "'.See State Trials, new edit. p. 519. * The poorest rank of soldiers possessed above forty pounds... | |
| William Dunlap - Art - 1834 - 502 pages
...establishment of a Democracy — is a wretch to pity or abhor. " The public virtue," says Gibbon, " which among the ancients was denominated patriotism,...prosperity of the free government of which we are members." The slaves of their own vices and the vices of a corrupt government will always mock at patriotism.... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 pages
...were still commanded, for the most part, by officers of a liberal birth and education ; but the common soldiers, like the mercenary troops of modern Europe,...patriotism is derived from a strong sense of our own Discipline. jnterest jn fae preservation and prosperity of the free government of which we are members.... | |
| Aristocracy (Social class) - 1886 - 932 pages
...But, as we must speak the truth, you will have the same horrible transactions revealed. Public virtue is derived from a strong sense of our own interest, in the preservation of free government, of which we are members. On a soldier's entrance into service, an oath was administered... | |
| Bishop Cameron Mann - Lenten sermons - 1893 - 136 pages
...still commanded for the most part by officers of a liberal birth and education, but the common soldiers were drawn from the meanest and very frequently from the most profligate of mankind." The soldier was no longer a citizen fighting for the safety or the glory of his native land ; he was... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1899 - 668 pages
...were still commanded, for the most part, by officers of liberal birth and education ; but the common soldiers, like the mercenary troops of modern Europe,...from the meanest, and very frequently from the most proffigate, of mankind. That public virtue, which among the ancients was denominated patriotism, is... | |
| Maude Morrison Frank - English language - 1909 - 178 pages
...—Preface to same. * C. Rewrite, avoiding, as much as possible, the use of words of Latin origin. 1. That public virtue, which among the ancients was denominated...government of which we are members. Such a sentiment, which has rendered the legions of the republic almost invincible, could make but a very feeble impression... | |
| Cecil John Cadoux - Christian ethics - 1919 - 316 pages
...Church History. ' Ig £ v. 1. Gibbon, writing in 1776, said of the imperial Roman armies: "The common soldiers, like the mercenary troops of modern Europe,...very frequently from the most profligate, of mankind " (Gibbon, Decline and, fall, i. 9 f, ed. Bury). Harnack says : " The conduct of the soldiers during... | |
| Constitutional law - 1924 - 298 pages
...exasperating regulations to which the American citizen would be subjected." "That public virtue," says Gibbon, "which among the ancients was denominated patriotism...prosperity of the free government of which we are members." No government can afford to put itself in antagonism to the sentiments of a respectable part of its... | |
| Edward Gibbon - History - 1998 - 1094 pages
...were still commanded, for the most part, by officers of a liberal birth and education; but the common soldiers, like the mercenary troops of modern Europe, were drawn from the meanest, and very fret] i ion tly from the most profligate, of mankind. That public virtue, which among the ancients... | |
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