 The example of the cohimander in chief in a besieged garrison has a most persuasive efficacy in forming the manners of the soldiery. Like him his brave followers came to regulate their lives by the most strict rules of discipline before there arose a...  Peerage of England. ... - Page 124by Arthur Collins - 1812Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1782 - 542 pages
...exercife, with fliort diet, became habitual to them by their own choice. The military fyllem of difcipline which he introduced, and the preparations which he made for his defence, were contrived with fo much judgment, and executed with fo much ad- . dreis, that he has been able, with a handful of men,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 430 pages
...exercife, with fljort diet, became habitual to them by their own choice. The military fyftem of difciplinc which he introduced, and the preparations which he made for his defence, were contrived with fo much judgment, № 114and executed with fo much aridrefs, that he was able with a handful of men... | |
 | Biography - 1798 - 576 pages
...exercife, with (hört diet, became habitual to them by their own choice. The military fyftem of difcipline which he introduced, and the preparations which he made for his defence, were contrived with fo much judgment, and executed with fo much addrefs, that he was able, with a handful of men, to preferve... | |
 | James Hardie - Biography - 1801 - 526 pages
...surrender, nor possible to surprise him. The example of 'the commander in chief in a besieged garrison, had a most persuasive efficacy in forming the manners...made for his defence, were contrived with so much address, that he was able, with a handful of men, to preserve his post against an attack, the constancy... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - Aristocracy (Social class) - 1812 - 646 pages
...regulate their lives by the most strict rules of discipline before there arose a necessity for so doing j and severe exercise, with short diet, became habitual...defence, were contrived with so much judgment, and executed with so much address, that he was able, with a handful of men, to preserve his post against... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 510 pages
...arose a necessity for so doing ; and severe exercise, with short diet, became habitual to them by (heir own choice. The military system of discipline which...defence, were contrived with so much judgment, and executed with so much address, that he was able, with a handful of men, to preserve his post against... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 502 pages
...easily supplied, and his iVatchfukiess was beyond precedent. The example of the cohimander in chief in a besieged garrison has a most persuasive efficacy...defence, were contrived with so much judgment, and exe» cuted with so much address, that he was able, with a handful of men, to preserve his post against... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 528 pages
...were easily supplied, and his watchfulness was beyond precedent. The example of the commander in chief in a besieged garrison has a most persuasive efficacy...introduced, and the preparations which he made for bis defence, were contrived with so much judgment, and executed with so much address, that he was able,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 766 pages
...fevere exercife, with fhort diet, became habitual to them by choice. The military fyilem of difcipline which he introduced, and the preparations which he made for his defence, were contrived with fo much judgment, and executed with fo much addrc fs, that he was able with a handful of men to preferve... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 858 pages
...besieged garrison has the most persuasive efficacy in forming the manners of a soldiery. Like him bis brave followers came to regulate their lives by the...discipline which he introduced, and the preparations which be made for his defence, were contrived with so much judgment, and executed with so much address, that... | |
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