 German despot: your attempts will be for ever vain and impotent — doubly so, indeed, from this mercenary aid on which you rely; for it irritates, to an incurable resentment, the minds of your adversaries, to over-run them with the mercenary sons of...  A poetical grammar of the English language - Page 78by Robert Clarke (schoolmaster.) - 1855Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...situation there ? We do not know the worst : but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much. You may swell every expense, accumulate...them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder, devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty. But, my lords, who is the... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...shambles of a foreign power" — " your efforts," he said, " are for ever vain and impotent, doubly so, from this mercenary aid on which you rely ; for it...irritates to an incurable resentment the minds of your enemies, to over-run them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder, devoting them and their possessions... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...shambles of a foreign power" — " your efforts," he said, " are for ever vain and impotent, doubly so, from this mercenary aid on which you rely ; for it...irritates to an incurable resentment the minds of your enemies, to over-run them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder, devoting them and their possessions... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...subjects to the shambles of a foreign Prince ; your efforts are for ever vain and impotent : doubly so from this mercenary aid on which you rely. For it...irritates, to an incurable resentment, the minds of your enemies — to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ; devoting them and their... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...subjects to the shambles of a foreign despot; your efforts are for ever vain and impotent: doubly so from this mercenary aid on which you rely. For it...irritates, to an incurable resentment, the minds of your enemies — to overturn them with the mercenary sons df rapine and plunder; devoting them and their... | |
 | John Barber - Elocution - 1828 - 310 pages
...every German despot, but your attempts will be forever vain and impotent; doubly so indeed from the mercenary aid on which you rely ; for it irritates to an incurable resentment the minds of your brethren to overrun with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder, devoting them and their possessions... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - American literature - 1830 - 334 pages
...subjects to the shambles of a foreign despot ; your efforts are forever vain and impotent : doubly so from this mercenary aid on which you rely. For it...irritates, to an incurable resentment, the minds of your enemies — to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ; devoting them and their... | |
 | Readers - 1830 - 288 pages
...campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much. You may swell every expense, and strain every effort, accumulate every assistance, and extend your traffic...the shambles of every German despot : your attempts for ever will be vain and impotent ; doubly so indeed6 from this mercenary aid on which you rely; for... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...subjects to the shambles of a foreign despot ; your efforts are forever vain and impotent: doubly so from this mercenary aid on which you rely. For it...irritates, to an incurable resentment, the minds of your enemies — to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ; devoting them and their... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...situation there ? We do not know the worst ; but we know that ia three campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much. You may swell every expense, accumulate...them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder, devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty. If I were an American, as... | |
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