 ... zeal, mingled with the desire of distinction and promotion. The boast of the soldiers, as we find it recorded in their solemn resolutions was, that they had not been forced into the service, nor had enlisted chiefly for the sake of lucre, that they...  1812, the War and Its Moral: A Canadian Chronicle - Page 185by William Foster Coffin - 1864 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Fashion - 1849 - 468 pages
...had enlisted chiefly for the sake of lucre; that they were no Janisaries, but freeborn Englishmen, who had of their own accord put their lives in jeopardy for the liberties and religion of England."— Ib. p. 121. Under the Plantagenet and Tudor sovereigns, however, the people, unaccustomed to theorize,... | |
 | Theology - 1851 - 620 pages
...soldiers, as we find it recorded in their solemn resolutions, was, that they were freeborn Englishmen, who had, of their own accord, put their lives in jeopardy...over the welfare of the nation which they had saved. " A force thus composed might, without injury to its efficiency, be indulged in some liberties which,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 638 pages
...enlisted chiefly lor j the sake of lucre ; that they were no Janissaries, ! but free-born Englishmen, who had of their own accord put their lives in jeopardy...over the welfare of the nation which they had saved. A force thus composed might, without injury to its efficiency, be indulged in some liberties which... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 480 pages
...had enlisted chiefly for the sake of lucre, that they were no janissaries, but freeborn Englishmen, who had, of their own accord, put their lives in jeopardy...over the welfare of the nation which they had saved. A force thus composed might, without injury to its efficiency, be indulged in some liberties which,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 470 pages
...had enlisted chiefly for the sake of lucre, that they were no janissaries, but freeborn Englishmen, who had, of their own accord, put their lives in jeopardy...over the welfare of the nation which they had saved. A force thus composed might, without injury to its efficiency, be indulged in some liberties which,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1849 - 664 pages
...had enlisted chiefly for the sake of lucre ; that they were no janissaries, but freeborn Englishmen, who had, of their own accord, put their lives in jeopardy...religion of England, and whose right and duty it was to watoh over the welfare of the nation which they had saved. A force thus composed might, without injury... | |
 | 1849 - 858 pages
...had enlisted chiefly for the sake of lucre, that they were no Jannissaries but free born Englishmen, who had of their own accord put their lives in jeopardy for the libci'ïies and religion of England, and whoso right and duty it was to watch over the welfare of the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1850 - 552 pages
...had enlisted chiefly for the sake of lucre, that they were no janissaries, but freeborn Englishmen, who had, of their own accord, put their lives in jeopardy...over the welfare of the nation which they had saved. A force thus composed might, without injury to its efficiency, be indulged in some liberty which, if... | |
 | G. F. Burckhardt - 1853 - 366 pages
...sake of lucre, that they were no janissaries, but freeborn Englishmen, who had, of their own accord6), put their lives in jeopardy for the liberties and...over the welfare of the nation which they had saved. A force thus composed might, without injury to its efficiency, be indulged in1) some liberties, which,... | |
 | Sidney George Fisher - Slavery - 1862 - 414 pages
...had enlisted chiefly for the sake of lucre; that they were no janizaries, but freeborn Englishmen, who had of their own accord, put their lives in jeopardy for the religion and liberty of England, and whose right and duty it was to watch over the welfare of the nation... | |
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