 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1846 - Liczba stron: 616
...Bonaparte, at Marengo, was haunted by the idea of * What will they say of this in France ?' Before fighting a battle, Bonaparte thought little about what he should do in case of success ; but a good deal about what he should do in case of a reverse. I state this as a fact of which I have often... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - Liczba stron: 204
...of an hour that decide the fate of a battle." " Before he fought a battle, Bonaparte thought Kttle about what he should do in case of success, but a...what he should do in case of a reverse of fortune." The same prudence and good sense mark all his behaviour. His instructions to his secretary at the Tuilleries... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1855 - Liczba stron: 348
...; and I have observed it is always those quarters of an hour that decide the fate of a battle." 10. Before he fought a battle, Bonaparte thought little...what he should do in case of a reverse of fortune. The same prudence and good sense marked all his behavior. His instructions to his secretary at the... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - Liczba stron: 320
...; and I have observed it is always those quarters of an hour that decide the fate of a battle." 10. Before he fought a battle, Bonaparte thought little...what he should do in case of a reverse of fortune. The same prudence and good sense marked all his behavior. His instructions to his secretary at the... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - Liczba stron: 350
...action; and I have observed it is always those quarters of an hour that decide the fate of a battle." 10. Before he fought a battle, Bonaparte thought little...should do in case of success, but a great deal about \;hat he should do in case of a reverse of fortune. The same prudence and good sense marked all his... | |
 | Graduated series - 1861 - Liczba stron: 504
...action ; and I have observed it is always those quarters of an hour that decide the fate of a battle." Before he fought a battle, Bonaparte thought little...what he should do in case of a reverse of fortune. The same prudence and good sense marked all his behaviour. His instructions to his secretary at the... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1862 - Liczba stron: 350
...action; and I have observed it is always those quarters of an hour that decide the fate of a battle." 10. Before he fought a battle, Bonaparte thought little...what he should do in case of a reverse of fortune. The same prudence and good sense marked all his behavior. His instructions to his secretary at the... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - Liczba stron: 438
...action; and I have observed1 it is always those quarters of an hour 1 that decide the fate of a battle." Before he fought a battle, Bonaparte thought little...he should do in case of success, but a great deal 1 about what he should do1 in case of a reverse of fortune. The game prudence and good sense 1 marked... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - Liczba stron: 300
...action ; and I have observed it is always those quarters of an hour that decide the fate of a battle." Before he fought a battle, Bonaparte thought little...what he should do in case of a reverse of fortune. The same prudence and good sense marked all his behaviour. His instructions to his secretary at the... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866 - Liczba stron: 408
...action; and I have observed it is always those quarters of an hour that decide the fate of a battle." Before he fought a battle, Bonaparte thought little...what he should do in case of a reverse of fortune. The same prudence and good sense marked all his behaviour. His instructions to his secretary at the... | |
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Hungarian grenadiers, before the very eyes of the Austrian cavalry. This cavalry was half a league off and required a quarter of an hour to arrive on the field of action, and I have observed that it is always these quarters of an hour that decide the... 
