 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1836 - Страниц: 794
...what vigour and ability displayed in the execution of Napoleon's march to Moscow! And yet when the winter came, only four days sooner than he expected, the giant's scheme seemed a thing for children to laugh at! 1812. Nevertheless the political grandeur of that expedition... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1842 - Страниц: 500
...what vigour and ability displayed in the execution of Napoleon's march to Moscow! And yet when the winter came, only four days sooner than he expected, the giant's scheme seemed a thing for children to laugh at! Nevertheless the political grandeur of that expedition will... | |
 | Thornton MacMahon - 1846 - Страниц: 260
...what vigour and ability displayed in the execution of Napoleon's march to Moscow ! And yet when the winter came, only four days sooner than he expected, the giant's scheme seemed a thing for children to laugh at! Nevertheless the political grandeur of that expedition will... | |
 | Sir Reginald Clare Hart - 1897 - Страниц: 394
...plan, what vigour and ability displayed in the execution, of Napoleon's march to Moscow ! Yet when the winter came, only four days sooner than he expected,...giant's scheme became a theme for children's laughter." * of success—consists in being strongest at the decisive point. A sound knowledge of the principles... | |
 | 1847 - Страниц: 662
...poignant, from our being assured that he approached very near to the completion of his holy work; 'when the winter came only four days sooner than he expected, the giant's scheme seemed a thing for children to laugh at,' (VI. 88, 380). O curas hominum, O quantum est in rebus inane... | |
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winter came only four days sooner than he expected, the giant's scheme became a theme for children's laughter 