 | William Coxe - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 486
...directed their shafts on all occasions. Earl Poulett replied, " No one can doubt the duke of Ormond s bravery ; but he does not resemble a certain general,...with renewed warmth. The whigs strenuously exerted them-' selves to remove the impression occasioned by the speech of Argyle, and assailed the ministers... | |
 | 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 - عدد الصفحات: 628
...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...battle, or 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... | |
 | 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 - عدد الصفحات: 616
...general, who led his troops to the slaughter to cause a great number of officers to be knocked on •jhe head in a battle, or 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... | |
 | 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 384
...resemble a certain general, who led his troops to the slaughter, to cause a great number of officer s to be knocked on the head, in a battle, or against stone walls, in order to fill his pockets, by disposing of their commissions." Marlborough heard this atrocious calumny in silence ;... | |
 | 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 600
...alluded to the fallen Marlborough : — " He (Ormond) does not resemble a certain general, who led his troops to the slaughter, to cause a great number of...battle, or against stone walls, in order to fill his pockets by disposing of their commissions I" The duke immediately afterwards sent a message to the... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 406
...character, as an instrument of so disgraceful a proceeding. " No one," answered the Earl of Poulet, " can doubt the Duke of Ormond's bravery ; but he does...battle, or against stone walls, in order to fill his pockets, by disposing of their commissions." The debate went on ; Marlborough looking on in silent... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 410
...character, as an instrument of so disgraceful a proceeding. " No one," answered the Earl of Poulet, " can doubt the Duke of Ormond's bravery ; but he does...battle, or against stone walls, in order to fill his pockets, by disposing of their commiRsions." The debate went on ; Marlborough looking on in silent... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 594
...debate in the House of Lords, referred to him, under the description of a " certain general, who led his troops to the slaughter to cause a great number of...head, in a battle, or against stone walls, in order that he might dispose of their commissions," the patience of the Duke could endure no longer. He challenged... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 426
...Ormond. " He was not like a certain general, who led troops to the slaughter, to cause great numbers of officers to be knocked on the head in a battle, or against stone walls, in order to fill his pockets by disposing of their commissions." Every one felt that the remark was aimed at the Duke of... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - عدد الصفحات: 532
...House of Lords. " A certain general, he said, had led his troops t > be slaughtered, and had caused a great number of officers to be knocked on the head, in a battle or against stone walls, in order that he might dispose of their commissions." Marlborough challenged the foolish braggart, and a duel... | |
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Ormond's bravery, but he does not resemble a certain General who led troops to the slaughter to cause a great number of officers to be knocked on the head in a battle or against stone walls, in order to fill his pockets by disposing of their commissions. 
