 | Charles Montagu Earl of Halifax - 1715 - 376 sider
...rely'd, on the Side of the Court, ' That * no Body could doubt of the Duke's Bravery, * but that he was not like a certain General ' who led Troops to the Slaughter, to caufe * a great Number of Officers to be htock'd on the * Head r'wa Battel, or agaiwfl Stove-Walls,... | |
 | Roger Acherley - 1731 - 368 sider
...by £oyer~) " No-body cou'd " doubt of the Duke of Ormond's Courage ** and Bravery ; but that he was not like " a certain General, who led Troops, to " the Slaughter, to caufe a great Number " of Officers to be knock'd on the Head, " in a Battle, or againft Stone Walls,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1810 - 578 sider
...proceedings. Earl Paulet answered, that nobody could doubt the duke of Ormond's courage ; but ho was not like a certain general, who led troops to the...great number of officers to be knocked on the head, that he might fill his pocket"; by disposing of their commissions. The duke of Marlborough was so deeply... | |
 | David Hume - 1810 - 582 sider
...proceedings. Earl Paulet answered, that nobody could doubt the duke of Ormond's courage ; but he was not like a certain general, who led troops to the...great number of officers to be knocked on the head, that he might fill his pockets by disposing of their commissions. The duke of Marlborough was so deeply... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1810 - 590 sider
...proceedings. Earl Paulet answered, that nobody could doubt the duke of Ormond's courage ; but he was not like a certain general, who led troops to the...great number of officers to be 'knocked on the head, that he might fill his pockets by disposing of their commissions. The duke of Marlborough was so deeply... | |
 | William Coxe - 1819 - 734 sider
...occasions. Earl Poulet replied, " No one can doubt the duke of Ormond's bravery ; but he does not resemble a certain general, who led troops to the slaughter,...battle, or against stone walls, in order to fill his pocket, by disposing of their commissions." This imputation, perhaps the most vulgar and opprobrious,... | |
 | David Hume - 1819 - 438 sider
...proceedings. Earl Paulet answered, that nohody could dauht the duke of Ormond's courage; hut he was not like a certain general, who led troops to the slaughter, to cause a great numher of officers to he -knocked on the head, that he might fill his pockets hy disposing of their... | |
 | William Coxe - 1820 - 486 sider
...occasions. Earl Poulett replied, " No one can doubt the duke of Ormond s bravery ; but he does not resemble a certain general, who led troops to the slaughter,...battle, or against stone walls, in order to fill his pocket, by disposing of their commissions." This imputation, perhaps the most vulgar and opprobrious... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1820 - 628 sider
...secret orders not to fight, said of him, ' that he did not resemble a certain general, who led his troops to the slaughter to cause a great number of...against stone walls, in order to fill his pockets by disposing of their commissions.' Marlborough heard him in silence, but as soon as the house rose sent... | |
 | 1820 - 632 sider
...secret orders not to fight, said of him, * Uiat he did not resemble a certain general, who led his troops to the slaughter to cause a great number of officers to be knocked on the bead in a battle, or against stone walls, in order to till hi> pockets by disposing of their commissions.'... | |
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Ormond's courage; but he was not like a certain general, who led troops to the slaughter, to cause a great number of officers to be knocked on the head, that he might fill his pockets by disposing of their commissions. 
