 | Thomas Amyot - 1812 - Liczba stron: 216
...that make the difference. " He that the world subdued, had been " But the best wrestler on the green." There is no sense in the answer always made to this,...have done. " Yours, my dear Sir, ** with great truth, '; " W.WlNDHAM." The failure of the Walcheren Expedition was followed by proceedings in the cabinet... | |
 | 1812 - Liczba stron: 422
...of such practices. Will it make no difference in the mass of н people, whether their mmisements arc all of a pacific, pleasurable, and effeminate nature, or whether they are of a sort thnt calls forth a continued admiration of prowess and hardihood?" — So far Mr. \Vyndham. Much has... | |
 | 1818 - Liczba stron: 728
...from the sentiments excited by the contemplation and cultivation of such practices. Will it make DO difference in the mass of a people, whether their...pleasurable, and effeminate nature, or whether they are {if B sort that calls forth a continued admiration of prowess and hardihood :" This, I own, appears... | |
 | Henry Downes Miles - 1906 - Liczba stron: 610
...excited by the contemplation and cultivation of such practices. Will it make no difference in the mass of people, whether their amusements are all of a pacific,...forth a continued admiration of prowess and hardihood ?" A slight anecdote, apropos of the prevalence of the taste for the use of the " muffles," as boxing-gloves... | |
 | William Windham - 1913 - Liczba stron: 468
...1 The battle of Talavera, at which Wellington and Cuesta defeated the French under Marshal Victor. all habits, classes, circumstances, and conditions....to stop ; so I will send my best respects to Mrs. Hudson and have done.1 WILLIAM WINDHAM to GENERAL SIR DAVID DUNDAS September 6, 1809 I know very well... | |
 | William Windham - 1913 - Liczba stron: 496
...The battle of Talavera, at which Wellington and Cuesta defeated the French under Marshal Victor. aU habits, classes, circumstances, and conditions. But...to stop ; so I will send my best respects to Mrs. Hudson and have done.1 WILLIAM WINDHAM to GBNBRAL SIR DAVID DUNDAS September 6, 1809 I know very well... | |
 | 1880 - Liczba stron: 472
...such practices. Will it * make no difference in the mass of the people whether their amuse* mcnts are of a pacific, pleasurable, and effeminate nature,...sort that calls forth a continued admiration * of courage and hardihood ? But when I get on these topics I ' never know when to stop.' It will be gathered... | |
 | Don Herzog - 2000 - Liczba stron: 580
...that spirit and courage wasn't kept covert. For William Windham, boxing secured English masculinity. "Will it make no difference in the mass of a people,...a continued admiration of prowess and hardihood?" he demanded.41 Windham liked to attend the matches.42 In fact, he was an amateur boxer.43 Egging Windham... | |
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Longevity is found in persons of habits the most opposite ; but are not certain habits more favourable to it than others ? The courage does not arise from mere boxing, from the mere beating or being beat ; — but from the sentiments excited by the contemplation... 