 | 1828 - 476 pàgines
...which was the only subject of which he was master, he seized in an instant on the great points of his own and 'his enemy's positions ; and combined at once...decided in a day. He understood war as a science; hut his mind was too bold, rapid, and irrepressible, to be enslaved by the technics of his profession.... | |
 | 1828 - 562 pàgines
...which was the only subject of which he was master, he seized in an instant on the great points of his own and his enemy's positions ; and combined at once...part of the hostile line, and the fate of an army he decided in a day. He understood war as a science ; but his mind was too bold, rapid, and irrepressible,... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pàgines
...which was the only subject of which he was master, he seized in an instant on the great points of his own and his enemy's positions ; and combined at once...and irrepressible, to be enslaved by the technics of hia profession. He found the old armies fighting by rule ; and he discovered the true characteristic... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1843 - 686 pàgines
...which was the only subject of which he was master, he seized in an instant, on the great points of his own and his enemy's positions ; and combined at once...on a vulnerable part of the hostile line, and the fato of any army be decided in a day. He understood war as a science ; but his mind was too bold, rapid,... | |
 | Henry White - 1844 - 594 pàgines
...and to remove new obstructions. — Bonaparte's intellect was distinguished by rapidity of thought. He understood war as a science ; but his mind was too bold to be enslaved by the technics of his profession. His unforeseen and impetuous assaults astonished... | |
 | Henry White - 1848 - 704 pàgines
...circumstances, and to remove new obstructions. Bonaparte's intellect was distinguished by rapidity of thought. He understood war as a science ; but his mind was too bold to be enslaved by the technics of his profession. His unforeseen and impetuous assaults astonished... | |
 | Henry White - 1849 - 592 pàgines
...and to remove new obstructions. — Bonaparte's intellect was distinguished by rapidity of thought. He understood war as a -science ; but his mind was too bold to be enslaved by the technics of his profession. His unforeseen and impetuous assaults astonished... | |
 | H. White - 1851 - 592 pàgines
...and to remove new obstructions. — Bonaparte's intellect was distinguished by rapidity of thought. He understood war as a science ; but his mind was too bold to be enslaved by the technics of his profession. His unforeseen and impetuous assaults astonished... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1852 - 344 pàgines
...which was the only subject of which he was master, he seized in an instant on the great points of his own and his enemy's positions ; and combined at once...the movements by which an overpowering force might bo thrown with unexpected fury on a vulnerable part of the hostile line, and the fate of an army be... | |
 | George Jones - 1852 - 748 pàgines
...glance what most men only learn by study. He darted to a conclusion rather by intuition than reasoning. He understood war as a science ; but his mind was too bold, rapid, and irrepressible to lie enslaved by the technics of his profession. He found the old armies fighting by rule, and he discovered... | |
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... of his own and his enemy's positions ; and combined at once the movements by which an overpowering force might be thrown with unexpected fury on a vulnerable part of the hostile line, and the fate of an army be decided in a day. 
