 I do say it to create alarm; for we do not appear to me to be half alarmed enough, or to entertain that sense of our danger which leads to the most obvious means of self-defence. As for the spirit of the peasantry, in making a gallant defence behind hedge-rows,...  The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith - Strana 325podľa Sydney Smith - 1844Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1837 - Počet stránok 596
...seldom passing, the limits of conventional propriety. Take, for instance, such a paragraph as this : — As for the spirit of the peasantry, in making a gallant defence behind hind hedge-rows, and through plate-racks and hen-coops, highly as I think of their bravery, I do not... | |
 | 1915 - Počet stránok 862
...their indifference to reform at home in the Napoleonic period. "We do not appear to me," he wrote, "to be half alarmed enough, or to entertain that sense...leads to the most obvious means of self-defence." Sydney Smith, however, merely wished to substitute the fear of doing injustice for the fear of doing... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1845 - Počet stránok 686
...to the disparagement of English officers, — they have had no means of acquiring experience ; but I do say it to create alarm : for we do not appear...of the peasantry in making a gallant defence behind * Byron's name Tor the author of 1'lymley. hedge-rows, and through plate-racks and hencoops, highly... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1845 - Počet stránok 682
...to the disparagement of English officers, — they have had no means of acquiring experience ; but I do say it to create alarm : for we do not appear...of the peasantry in making a gallant defence behind * Byron's name for the author of Plymley. hedge-rows, and through plate-racks and hencoops, highly... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1848 - Počet stránok 580
...this to the disparagement of English ofiicers : they have had no means of acquiring experience ; but I do say it to create alarm ; for we do not appear...plate-racks and hen-coops, highly as I think of their braver}7, I do not know any nation in Europe so likely to be struck with the panic as the English ;... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - Počet stránok 780
...fears, the British rulers neglected i he obvious meani of self-defence against THE FRENCH INVASION. As for the spirit of the peasantry in making a gallant...their bravery, I do not know any nation in Europe go likely to be struck with panic as the English; and this from their total unacquaintance with sciences... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1852 - Počet stránok 246
...this to the disparagement of English officers : they have had no means of acquiring experience ; but I do say it to create alarm ; for we do not appear...and hen-coops, highly as I think of their bravery, 1 do not know any nation in Europe so likely to be struck with panic as the English; and this from... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - Počet stránok 800
...fears, tlie British rulers neglected the obvious means of selfdefence against THE FRENCH INVASION. As for the spirit of the peasantry in making a gallant...and hencoops, highly as I think of their bravery, 1 do not know any nation in Europe so likely to be struck with panic as the English ; and this from... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - Počet stránok 502
...this to the disparagement of English officers ; they have had no means of acquiring experience ; but I do say it to create alarm ; for we do not appear,...a gallant defence behind 'hedge-rows, and through plnteracks and hen-coops, highly as I think of their bravery, I do not know any nation in Europe so... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - Počet stránok 800
...these fears, the British rulers neglected the ohvious means of selfdefence against THE FRENCH INVASION. As for the spirit of the peasantry in making a gallant defence hehind hedgerows, and through plate-racks and hencoops, highly as I think of their hravery, I do not... | |
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