Conversations on War and General CultureRoberts brothers, 1871 - 306 pages |
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Page 239 - I could weep My spirit from mine eyes ! — There is my dagger And here my naked breast ; within, a heart Dearer than Plutus' mine, richer than gold : If that thou be'st a Roman, take it forth ; I, that denied thee gold, will give my heart. Strike as thou didst at Csesar ; for I know, When thou didst hate him worst, thou lov'dst him better Than ever thou lov'dst Cassius.
Page 279 - But when a creature pretending to reason could be capable of such enormities, he dreaded lest the corruption of that faculty might be worse than brutality itself.
Page 219 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war. 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag. 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective — that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 264 - But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
Page 298 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 181 - ... of mildew and of frost, And one of storms of hail, And one of pigs that he has lost By maggots at the tail. Quoth one, "A rarer man than you " In pulpit none shall hear : "But yet, methinks, to tell you true,
Page 238 - You say you are a better soldier : Let it appear so ; make your vaunting true, And it shall please me well : for my own part, I shall be glad to learn of noble men. Cas. You wrong me every way, you wrong me, Brutus : I said an elder soldier, not a better : Did I say better?
Page 239 - You say you are a better soldier: Let it appear so; make your vaunting true, And it shall please me well: For mine own part, I shall be glad to learn of noble men. Cas. You wrong me, every way you wrong me, Brutus ; I said an elder soldier, not a better; Did I say, better?
Page 279 - Noise, Confusion, trampling to Death under Horses Feet: Flight, Pursuit, Victory; Fields strewed with Carcases left for Food to Dogs, and Wolves, and Birds of Prey; Plundering, Stripping, Ravishing, Burning and Destroying. And, to set forth the Valour of my own dear Countrymen, I assured him...
Page 219 - Privateering is, and remains, abolished; 2. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4.