 | 1848 - 692 pagina’s
...CREASY. THE BATTLE OF ARBELA, AD 331. " The victory of Charles Martel [at Tours] has immortalised hie name, and may justly be reckoned among those few battles...varied the drama of the world in all its subsequent «cenes; Marathon, ABUELA, the Metaurus, Chalons, and Leipsic." — II MI VM " Alexander deserves the... | |
 | 1848 - 692 pagina’s
...Louis Blanc, and that class of economists. THE DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD. BY PROFESSOR CREASY. Those few battles of which a contrary event would...have essentially varied the drama of the world in all it» subsequent scenes. — HALLAM. THE BATTLE OF VALMY. Purpure! metuunt tyranni Injurioso ne pede... | |
 | Henry White - 1844 - 594 pagina’s
...Arabs fled, leaving 300,000 of their number dead on the field. " The victory of Charles," says Hallam, "has immortalized his name, and may justly be reckoned...Marathon, Arbela, the Metaurus, Chalons, and Leipsic." The victor endeavoured to complete his triumph by driving the Saracens beyond the Pyrenees, and was... | |
 | 1848 - 614 pagina’s
...of heaven." From Bentley'i Miiollanj. THE SIX DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD. BY PROFESSOR CREASY. " Those few battles of which a contrary event would...drama of the world in all its subsequent scenes." — HALLAM. No. II.— DEFEAT OP THE ATHENIANS AT SYRACUSE. " The Romans knew not, and could not know,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1848 - 684 pagina’s
...with the probable consequences of an imagined change of antecedent occurrences. Hallam's words aref " The victory of Charles Martel has immortalized his...Marathon, Arbela, the Metaurus, Chalons, and Leipsic." Those who have honoured with perusal the preceding numbers of this series of papers, will observe that... | |
 | Henry White - 1848 - 704 pagina’s
...fled, leaving 300,000 of their number dead on the field. " The victory of Charles," says Hallam, " has immortalized his name, and may justly be reckoned...Marathon, Arbela, the Metaurus, Chalons, and Leipsic." The victor endeavoured to complete his triumph by driving the Saracens beyond the Pyrenees, and was... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 602 pagina’s
...GOLDSMITH. From Dentlejr'i M i 1C с 1 1 • n ;. THE SIX DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD BY PROFESSOR CREASY. Those few battles of which a contrary event would...the drama of the world in all its subsequent scenes. — HALLAM. .No. V.— THE BATTLE OF TOURS. THE broad tract of champaign country which intervenes between... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1848 - 692 pagina’s
...waa found. Without stays, and cap awry! THE SIX DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD. BY PROFESSOR CREASY. " Those few battles of which a contrary event would...drama of the world in all its subsequent scenes." — II л i- 1..\ м . No. II.— DEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS AT SYRACUSE. " The Romans knew not, and could... | |
 | 1848 - 602 pagina’s
...Martel (at Tours) has immortalized his name, and may justly be reckoned among those few battles qf which a contrary event would have essentially varied the drama of the world in all its subsequent scepes ; Marathon, ARBELA, the Metaurus, Chalons, and Leipsic." — HALLAM. " Alexander deserves the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 610 pagina’s
...DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD. BY PROFESSOR CREASY. " Those few battles of which a contrary event woulJ have essentially varied the drama of the world in all its subsequent scenes."— HALLAM. No. П.— DEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS AT SYRACUSE. " The Romans knew not, and could not know,... | |
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Creasy to select for military description those few battles of which, in the words of Hnllam, ' a contrary event would have essentially varied the drama of the world in all its subsequent scenes. 
