 | Daniel Defoe - 1724 - 544 pagina’s
...soon after gave a new proof of his martial skill and conduct, in defeating the design which Marshall Villeroy had formed of besieging Nieuport ; but the...assaults to the town, one on the neck of another, and in every assault sent such a number of forces, that they seemed rather small armies than detachments.... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1840 - 448 pagina’s
...such good orders, that all the attacks of the French proved fruitless, and he had the honour of makmg a glorious retreat, in spite of the enemy, without...assaults to the town, one on the neck of another, and in every assault sent such a number of forces, that they seemed rather small armies than detachments.... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1855 - 520 pagina’s
...soon after gave a new proof of his martial skill and conduct, in defeating the design which Marshall Villeroy had formed of besieging Nieuport ; but the...assaults to the town, one on the neck of another, and in every assault sent such a number of forces, that they seemed rather small armies than detachments.... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1855 - 540 pagina’s
...soon after gave a new proof of his martial skill and conduct, in defeating the design which Marshall Villeroy had formed of besieging Nieuport; but the...assaults to the town, one on the neck of another, and in every assault sent such a number of forces, that they seemed rather small armies than detachments.... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1854 - 528 pagina’s
...soon after gave a new proof of his martial skill and conduct, in defeating the design which Marshall Villeroy had formed of besieging Nieuport ; but the...assaults to the town, one on the neck of another, and in every assault sent such a number of forces, that they seemed rather small armies than detachments.... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1873 - 406 pagina’s
...Pythagoras. d T.de Will Talmage, DM. e C/iamock. Kingr of king's a Is. ix.'S. 7 ; De. x. 17; PS. cxxxvi. 3. "It. is better to have a lion at the head of an army...than a sheep at the head of an army of lions."— Defoe. } Ь С. Simeon, If. A. " Л brave captain is as a root, oat of which (as branches) the courage... | |
 | 1891 - 556 pagina’s
...out of which (as branches) the courage of his soldiers doth spring. Sir Philip Sydney. VALUE OP A. It is better to have a lion at the head of an army...sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions. De Foe. COMMENDATION. RESULT OP. Commend a fool for his wit, or a knave tor his honesty, and they will... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 pagina’s
...to ridicule ; taking the utmost care never to apply those arts improperly. — Fielding, COMMANDER. It is better to have a lion at the head of an army...sheep than a sheep at the head of an army of lions. — De t'oe. A brave captain is as a root, out of which (as branches) the courage of his soldiers doth... | |
 | Hialmer Day Gould, Edward Louis Hessenmueller - 1904 - 920 pagina’s
...is163 a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring. — Sir P. Sidney. It is better to have a lion at the head of an army...sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions. — De Foe. Commerce has made all winds her messengers; all dimes her tributaries; all people her servants.... | |
 | Richard H. Mulliner - 1920 - 396 pagina’s
...Gibbon. Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow. — Chinese. It is better to have a lion at the head of an army...sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions. — DeFoe. LESSONS When one has learned his lessons he may roam the fields and float on the river at... | |
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Deinse; the governors of which places wanted courage to defend them, which puts me in mind of a proverb, that it is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions. 
