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An Austrian army awfully arrayed.
An Austrian army awfully arrayed.
The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his.
The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his.
See! There is Jackson standing like a stone wall.
See! There is Jackson standing like a stone wall.
The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer.
The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer.
The king of France with twenty thousand men
Went up the hill, and then came down again:
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The king of France with twenty thousand men
Went up the hill, and then came down again:
The king of Spain with twenty thousand more
Climbed the same hill the French had climbed before.
O Dormer, how can I behold thy fate,
And not the wonders of thy youth relate;
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O Dormer, how can I behold thy fate,
And not the wonders of thy youth relate;
How can I see the gay, the brave, the young,
Fall in the cloud of war, and lie unsung!
In joys of conquest he resigns his breath,
And, filled with England's glory, smiles in death.
As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in read more
As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he as a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that.
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the read more
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.
The English Infantry is the most formidable in Europe, but
fortunately there is not much of it.
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The English Infantry is the most formidable in Europe, but
fortunately there is not much of it.
[Fr., L'infanterie anglaise est la plus redoubtable de l"Europe;
heureusement, il n'y en a pas beaucoup.]
