 | Benjamin Homer Hall - 1858 - 832 sivua
...the behavior of the Protector's troops when disbanded, Macaulay has passed the highest encomium. " Fifty thousand men, accustomed to the profession of arms, were at once thrown on the world : arid experience seemed to warrant the belief that this change would produce much misery and crime,... | |
 | John Edwards (Teacher.) - 1860 - 304 sivua
...gone for ever. The splendid army that for fourteen years had been the real governor of England was disbanded. " Fifty thousand men, accustomed to the...veterans would be seen begging in every street, or would be driven by hunger to pillage. But no such result followed. In a few months there remained not... | |
 | James Gilfillan - 1861 - 604 sivua
...connected with the disbandment of the army whose virtue and bravery in the campaign he had eulogized. " Fifty thousand men, accustomed to the profession of...veterans would be seen begging in every street, or would be driven by hunger to pillage. But no such result followed. In a few months, there remained... | |
 | Henry Lee - 1864 - 150 sivua
...political zeal, mingled with the desire of distinction and promotion." How did they behave when disbanded? "The troops were now to be disbanded. Fifty thousand...that this change would produce much misery and crime. But no such result followed. In a few months there remained not a trace indicating that the most formidable... | |
 | William Kingsford - 1865 - 208 sivua
...population which to-day may be reckoned at ten nvllions, and which in forty years may be four fold. * '' The troops were now to be disbanded. Fifty thousand...be seen begging in every street, or that they would " bo driven by hunger to pillage. Bat no such result followed. In a few months " there remained not... | |
 | William Kingsford - 1865 - 206 sivua
...population which to-day may be reckoned at ten nvlMons, and which in forty years may be four fold. * " The troops were now to be disbanded. Fifty thousand...seemed to " warrant the belief that this change would prodnoe much misery and crime, that '.' the discharged veterans would be seen begging in every street,... | |
 | William Kingsford - 1865 - 214 sivua
...population which to-day may be reckoned at ten millions, and which in forty years may be four fold. * " The troops were now to be disbanded. Fifty thousand men, accustomed to the ' profession of arras, were at once thrown on the world ; and experience seemed to ' warrant the belief that this change... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 510 sivua
...which are still, at a coronation, rendered to the person of the sovereign by some lords of manors. The troops were now to be disbanded. Fifty thousand men, accustomed to the profession of' Disbllnding arms, were at once thrown on the world : and of the armyexperience seemed to warrant the... | |
 | Stephen Bromley McCracken - 1876 - 714 sivua
...when fifty thousand troops were to be discharged after the restoration of monarchy, it was believed that "this change would produce much misery and crime;...veterans would be seen begging in every street, or would be driven by hunger to pillage." And it seemed strange at that time that no such result followed,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1877 - 894 sivua
...us that, when 50,000 troops were to be discharged after the restoration of monarchy, it was believed that : " This change would produce much misery and...veterans would be seen begging in every street, or would be driven by hunger to pillage." And it seemed strange at that time that no such result followed,... | |
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The troops were now to be disbanded. Fifty thousand men, accustomed to the profession of arms, were at once thrown on the world ; and experience seemed to warrant the belief that this change would produce much misery and crime — that the discharged... 
