hide Matching Documents

The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.

Document Max. Freq Min. Freq
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 36 0 Browse Search
Margaret Fuller, Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli (ed. W. H. Channing) 12 0 Browse Search
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874. 4 0 Browse Search
Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.) 4 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 11, 1865., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
John Bell Hood., Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies 2 0 Browse Search
H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia. 2 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
Henry Morton Stanley, Dorothy Stanley, The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley 2 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Margaret Fuller Ossoli 2 0 Browse Search
View all matching documents...

Your search returned 129 results in 52 document sections:

1 2 3 4 5 6
Thomas C. DeLeon, Four years in Rebel capitals: an inside view of life in the southern confederacy, from birth to death., Chapter 18: society at the Capital. (search)
tibly the sewing was left for other times; and by Christmas there was a more constant — if less formal and generalround of gaiety than had been known for years. This brought the citizens and strangers more together, and naturally the result was a long season of more regular parties and unprecedented gaiety. Many still frowned at this, and, as usual, made unhappy Washington the scapegoat-averring that her pernicious example of heartlessness and frivolity had worked the evil. These rigid Romans staid at home and worked on zealously in their manufacture of warm clothing, deformed socks and impossible gloves for the soldier boys. All honor to them for their constancy, if they thought they were right, and the harmless gaiety wrong; and they fought the good fight, from behind their abatis of knitting needles, only with the innocent weapons of tongue and precept. But human nature and inclination still held their own; and there were many defections from the ranks of the elect, to those
Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.), Sketch of the principal maritime expeditions. (search)
He fought the three Roman generals who commanded in Cappadocia, invaded all Asia Minor, caused eighty thousand Roman subjects to be massacred, and even sent a powerful army to Greece. Sylla descended with a reinforcement of twenty-five thousand Romans, and retook Athens; but Mithradates sent successively two great armies by the Bosphorus or by the Dardanelles; the first, of a hundred thousand men, was destroyed at Chaeronea; the second, of eighty thousand, had the same fate at Oorchomenus. At and no longer holding the sea, conceived the project of turning the Black Sea by the Caucasus, in order to return by Thrace against Rome, a project difficult to conceive on the part of a man who could not defend his States against fifty thousand Romans. Caesar made a descent upon England for the second time, with six hundred vessels, carrying nearly forty thousand men. In the civil wars he transported thirty-five thousand men into Greece. Anthony, departing from Brindes, in order to join hi
H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia., Chapter 6: military Polity—The means of national defence best suited to the character and condition of a country, with a brief account of those adopted by the several European powers. (search)
unmolested in the midst of powerful monarchies; but revolutionary France brought upon herself the armies of all Europe. Climate has also some influence upon military character, but this influence is far less than that of education and discipline. Northern nations are said to be naturally more phlegmatic and sluggish than those of warmer climates; and yet the armies of Gustavus Adolphus, Charles XII., and Suwarrow, have shown themselves sufficiently active and impetuous, while the Greeks, Romans, and Spaniards, in the times of their glory, were patient, disciplined, and indefatigable, notwithstanding the reputed fickleness of ardent temperaments. For any nation to postpone the making of military preparations till such time as they are actually required in defence, is to waste the public money, and endanger the public safety. The closing of an avenue of approach, the security of a single road or river, or even the strategic movement of a small body of troops, often effects, in th
Charles Congdon, Tribune Essays: Leading Articles Contributing to the New York Tribune from 1857 to 1863. (ed. Horace Greeley), A Cumberland Presbyterian newspaper. (search)
unwillingness of sundry reprobate human beings to join the Cumberland Presbyterian Church! And the Rev. Milton Bird thinks that in this view of the duty of a church, he is sustained by the Apostle Paul! We know that it is a vain wish, but would. that we could see the Great Missionary to the Gentiles and the Reverend Milton Bird face to face for a few moments! We can fancy the Saint of St. Louis opening his pocket-testament and airing a little text from Ephesians, another small scrap from Romans, another small scrap from Colossians, a fourth bit from Timothy and a morsel from Peter: but no mortal mind can conceive the terror of the rebuke which. would cause the Reverend Milton Bird to howl with repentant anguish, and to re quest the favor of a small mountain to cover him. The audacity of such men as he is, must be an apology for the introduction of such an illustration. Poor praters, they know not of what — coarse, unen-lightened gabblers of sublime teachings, very dear to the
John Bell Hood., Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies, Chapter 18: (search)
en years, different commanders sallied forth and delivered battle; but Fabius continued to adhere strictly to his plan of warfare, and stubbornly refused to encounter his antagonist in the plains. His colleague, Minucius, an imprudent and even rash General, dashed down from the heights with one-half of the Army, engaged Hannibal, and was only spared utter destruction by the timely aid of Fabius. Varro marched out, fought the Carthagenians near Cannaee, was defeated, and left forty thousand Romans upon the field. Marcellus, a more fortunate General, gained important advantages over the enemy; but, as history tells us, Fabius permitted no allurement of his foe, nor outcry of his countrymen, to induce him to descend from the mountains. His policy was, seemingly, as fixed and unchangeable as the sun in the eternal heavens. Plutarch relates that in order to secure himself against the enemy's horse, he took care to encamp above them on high and mountainous places. When they sat still
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 206 (search)
intent. ”But when Old Abe the war-note sounds, From East and West we come, Armed and unarmed, the young, the old, The Vandal and the Hun. ”Hurrah for our old Stars and Stripes, Afloat, on ship or shore! It never waved o'er coward heads; God guard it evermore!ldquo; And so came back the messenger, As fleet as comes the wind; The very horse half understood The load he left behind. And then they called the fathers out, The fathers of the town,-- Wisdom has always dwelt with them From pagan Romans down;-- And they resolved, “No hostile foot Shall ever cross our soil; That all should arm themselves, and keep Our fields and towns from spoil. “We'll tear our railroads up a space; We'll burn our bridges down; That no invading foe may harm Our old and stately town.” And when defence was all arranged, All warlike plans were laid, The softer counsels of the heart Stole upwards to the head. “We'll send them something up to eat, Or all these famished men Will not have strength enou
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 10 (search)
their clothes, and, as a consequence, they became so covered with vermin that the rebels had to take them out into the yard and set their negroes to scrubbing them off. When the rebels heard that we had prayers in Libby Prison they scouted the idea, and came out in their papers against us, and said that they would just as soon expect that God would hear the cannibals pray as to hear the thieving Yankees; and they wondered at our temerity, and referred me specially to the second chapter of Romans, twenty-first verse, and advised me to read it before I prayed any more. This verse reads, Thou, therefore, which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? They thought to be accused of stealing a negro was a great thing; and when they thought they had a special case they wanted to make a special example of it. They forgot how the rebel leaders perjured themselves with an oath upon them, to supprot the Constitution of United
Henry Morton Stanley, Dorothy Stanley, The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, part 1.4, chapter 1.11 (search)
gay with flags and ladies' dresses. The people shouted, and we, raw and unthinking, responded with cheers. We raised the song, We'll live and die for Dixie, and the emotional girls waved their handkerchiefs and wept. What an imposing column we made! The regiment was in full strength. The facets of light on our shining muskets and bayonets were blinding. Banners of regiments and companies rustled and waved to the breeze. We strode down to the levee with eyes front, after the manner of Romans when reviewed by their tribunes! Once across the river, that August day, we strapped our knapsacks, slung our haversacks and water-canteens, and felt more like veterans. All being ready, our physically-noble Colonel Hawthorn, prancing on his charger, drew his bright sword, and, after he had given us a sufficiently stern glance, rode to the head of the regiment; the brass band struck up a lively tune, and we swung gaily in column of four along the pike, towards the interior. Our officers
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), B. (search)
of the bellows to Anacharsis the Scythian, who was coeval with Solon. The anchor and the potter's wheel are also ascribed to this man by Pliny, Seneca, and other Romans; the declaration, however, is quite inadmissible as to the potter's wheel, and equally untrue as to both the bellows and the anchor. Homer mentions the potter's eing left on the outside. The several openings are sewn up, and the neck, which serves as a spout, is tied. Such bottles were used by the Greeks, Egyptians, and Romans, being mentioned by Homer, Herodotus, and Virgil. They are also used to the present day in Spain and Sicily, and other Mediterranean countries; they are called b at the present day, so far as the infusion of malt is concerned, but no mention is made of the use of hops. These do not appear to have been used by the Greeks, Romans, or early Germans, though the plant grows wild in Europe. It is first mentioned in a letter of Pepin (A. D. 752), who speaks of humulonarioe (hopgardens). It is
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), C. (search)
eautiful alloy was known long before the true theory of its production was understood. Calamine was known to the Greeks, Romans, and Arabians, but does not seem to have been considered as a metallic ore. It was ascertained empirically that fusing co which air was heated by the adjacent fire, and from which the air passed into the room. They were used by the ancient Romans (see hypocaust), and in the Arab palaces of Cordova, in Spain, about A. D. 1000, being imbedded in the walls, and carryinnt Egyptians to Thoth, who is held to be the original Mercury. It was in use among the Egyptians, Chaldeans, Greeks, and Romans. The name is derived from the simple form of a basin with a small hole in the bottom, which, being placed in a vessel The cymbals were used in religious and patriotic observances by the Egyptians, Assyrians, Jews, Etrurians, Greeks, and Romans; by the Greeks in the worship of Cybele, Bacchus, and Juno; indeed, Xenophon says that the cymbal was invented by Cybele,
1 2 3 4 5 6