...all the standards of Western Europe, the two feeblest in body were the hunchbacked dwarf who urged on the fiery onset of France, and the asthmatic skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England." If education can produce such effects as these, if learning can increase the vigor of the body, and...

...thousand men engaged at Landen, " perhaps the two feeblest in body were the humpbacked dwarf who urged on the fiery onset of France, and the asthmatic skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England." The strongest argument in favor of Richard's personal appearance is that drawn from Dr. Shaw's address...

...this occasion that Corporal Trim was left wounded on the field, and was nursed by thcj Begulue. CHAP, that the strength of the muscles is far inferior in...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England. The French were victorious: but they had bought their victory dear. More than ten thousand of the best...

...the standards of Western Europe, the two feeblest in body were the hunch-backed dwarf who urged on the fiery onset of France ; and the asthmatic skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England." — Vol. iv. p. 409. The argumentative passage relates to the law which required two witnesses in cases...

...dark age. In such an age bodily vigour is the most indispensable qualification of a warrior. At Landcn two poor sickly beings, who, in a rude state of society,...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England. The French were victorious : but they had bought their victory dear. More than ten thousand of the best...

...of the mind. It is probable that, among the hundred and twenty thousand soldiers who were marshaled round Neerwinden under all the standards of Western...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England. The French were victorious : but they had bought their victory dear. More than ten thousand of the best...

...is probable that, among the hundred and twenty thousand soldiers who were marshaled round Ncerwinden under all the standards of Western Europe, the two...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England. . The French were victorious : but they had bought their victory dear. More than ten thousand of the best...

...probable that among the hundred and twenty thousand soldiers who were marshalled round Neerwinden under the standards of Western Europe, the two feeblest...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England." This is all very well ; only be it borne in mind that these two sickly beings had constitutionally...

...field, and was nursed by and August 1693. See also the the Beguiuc. History of the Last Campaign in six hundred years earlier, have been sent to some...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England. The French were victorious : but they had bought their victory dear. More than ten thousand of the best...

...would have been exposed while infants. In Christendom they would, six hundred years earlier, harve been sent to some quiet cloister. But their lot had...skeleton who covered the slow retreat of England. The French were victorious : but they had bought their victory dear. More than ten thousand of the best...