 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...  Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte - Strona 315autor: Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1890Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1869 - Liczba stron: 438
...action; and I have observed1 it is always those quarters of an hour1 that decide the fate of a battle." Before he fought a battle, Bonaparte thought little...what he should do in case of success, but a great deal1 about what he should do1 in case of a reverse of fortune. The same prudence and good sense1 marked... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - Liczba stron: 500
...and I have observed, that it is always these 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 mark all his behavior. His instructions to his secretary at the Tuileries... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - Liczba stron: 504
...and I have observed, that it is always these 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 mark all his behavior. His instructions to his secretary at the Tuileries... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - Liczba stron: 658
...and I have observed that it is always these 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 mark all his behavior. His instructions to his secretary at the Tuileries... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - Liczba stron: 382
...I have observed that it is always these quarters of an hour that decide the fate of the battle." " Before he fought a battle, Bonaparte thought little...what he should do in case of a reverse of fortune." Read his account, too, of the way in which battles are gained : '' In all battles a moment occurs when... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - Liczba stron: 454
...action ; and I have observed it is always these 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 behavior. His instructions to his secretary at the... | |
 | Monday Club (Boston). - 1882 - Liczba stron: 454
...provides against the future, and the wise man does the same. The great master of strategy said he " thought little about what he should do in case of...what he should do in case of a reverse of fortune." Have you sifted out the real from the visionary and found the abiding truths which will not fail you... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - Liczba stron: 454
...action ; and I have observed it is always these quarters of an hour that decide the fiite 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 behavior. His instructions to his secretary at the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - Liczba stron: 512
...and I have observed, that it is always these quarters of an hour that decide the fate of a battle." " Before he fought a battle, Bonaparte thought little about what he should do in case of success, but i^- a great deal about what he should do in case of a reverse of fortune." The same prudence and good... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1882 - Liczba stron: 504
...'in informed that historians say of Napoleon that, before beginning a battle, he thought little of what he should do in case of success, but a great deal about what he would do if surprised or defeated. And the mere fact that he won so many victories is no proof, in... | |
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