 ... at least, he loved us English ; then he had reason to love us ; for we made a pet of him ; and a pet in a cause which would yet make his bones stir in the grave — in the national cause of Prussia against France. I have often wondered that he did...  The queen's lieges - Pagina 254door Queen - 1846Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1838 - 826 pagina’s
...against France. I have often wondered that he did not go mad with the fumes of gratified vengeance. Revenge is a luxury, to those who can rejoice in it...gratification of his vindictive hatred or its perfect defeat. And, hence, it may have been that Blücher did not go mad. Few men have had so ample a vengeance as... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 384 pagina’s
...against France. I have oftened wondered that he did not go mad with the fumes of gratified vengeance. Revenge is a luxury, to those who can rejoice in it...gratification of his vindictive hatred or its perfect defeat. And, hence, it may have been that Blucher did not go mad. Few men have had so ample a vengeance as... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 386 pagina’s
...against France. I have oftened wondered that he did not go mad with the fumes of gratified vengeance. Revenge is a luxury, to those who can rejoice in it...gratification of his vindictive hatred or its perfect defeat. And, hence, it may have been that Blucher did not go mad. Few men have had so ample a vengeance as... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1876 - 628 pagina’s
...oppressor's breast. . . . She carries death within her breast. I know it." Mr. de Quincey calls revenge a luxury, to those who can rejoice in it at all, so...gratification of his vindictive hatred or its perfect defeat. Of Blucher in Paris he says, " I have often wondered that he did not go mad with the fumes of gratified... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1890 - 494 pagina’s
...against France. I have often wondered that he did not go mad with the fumes of gratified vengeance. Revenge is a luxury, to those who can rejoice in it...gratification of his vindictive hatred or its perfect defeat. And hence it may have been that Blucher did not go mad. Few men have had so ample a vengeance as he,... | |
 | Patrick Bridgwater - 2004 - 188 pagina’s
...subject of the Prussian Marshal Blucher which forms a digression in the 'Recollections of Charles Lamb': 'Revenge is a luxury, to those who can rejoice in...gratification of his vindictive hatred or its perfect defeat' (3: 70). Few men have had so ample a vengeance as Blucher, when holding Paris as a conqueror, he says,... | |
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