 | Goldwin Smith - American essays - 1881 - 356 pages
...joy, — an effeminate race of coxcombs, the future leaders of our armies, defenders and protectors of our great and free nation ! " You bid me avoid...giving way insensibly to the temptations of power, till 1 become proud, insolent and intolerable ; — these considerations will make me wish to leave the... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1884 - 538 pages
...barrenness of his surroundings. He felt his position to be in no way salutary, and wrote to his mother: " The fear of becoming a mere ruffian and of imbibing...way insensibly to the temptations of power till I became proud, insolent, and intolerable, — these considerations will make me wish to leave the regiment... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1884 - 554 pages
...barrenness of his surroundings. He felt his position to be in no way salutary, and wrote to his mother: " The fear of becoming a mere ruffian and of imbibing...way insensibly to the temptations of power till I became proud, insolent, and intolerable, — these considerations will make me wish to leave the regiment... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1884 - 540 pages
...barrenness of his surroundings. He felt his position to be in no way salutary, and wrote to his mother: " The fear of becoming a mere ruffian and of imbibing...way insensibly to the temptations of power till I became proud, insolent, and intolerable, — these considerations will make me wish to leave the regiment... | |
 | Arthur Granville Bradley - Generals - 1895 - 240 pages
...to some misconception of his reasons for wishing to come south he breaks out in less gentle mood : " The change of conversation, the fear of becoming a...way insensibly to the temptations of power till I became proud, insolent, and intolerable. These considerations will make me wish to leave the regiment... | |
 | Francis Parkman - America - 1898 - 478 pages
...barrenness of his surroundings. He felt his position to be in no way salutary, and wrote to his mother: " The fear of becoming a mere ruffian and of imbibing...way insensibly to the temptations of power till I became proud, insolent, and intolerable, — these considerations will make me wish to leave the regiment... | |
 | Sir Arthur George Doughty, George William Parmelee - Qub̌ec Campaign, Qub̌ec, 1759 - 1901 - 398 pages
...joy, — an effeminate race of coxcombs the future leaders of our armies, defenders and protectors of our great and free nation. You bid me avoid Fort...insensibly to the temptations of power, till I become pnnid, insolent, and intolerable ; — these considerations will make me wish to leave the regiment... | |
 | Sir Arthur George Doughty, George William Parmelee - Canada - 1901 - 370 pages
...effeminate race of coxcombs the future I'r&.'i'rrs of our armies, defenders and protectors of our great z.rA free nation. You bid me avoid Fort William, because...temptations of power, till I become proud, insolent, and intolerable;— these considerations will make me wish to leave the regiment before the next winter,... | |
 | Francis Parkman - History - 1902 - 598 pages
...barrenness of his surroundings. He felt his position to be in no way salutary, and wrote to his mother : " The fear of becoming a mere ruffian and of imbibing...way insensibly to the temptations of power till I became proud, insolent, and intolerable, — these considerations will make me wish to leave the regiment... | |
 | William Wood - History - 1904 - 408 pages
...an effeminate race of coxcombs ; the future leaders of our Armies, the defenders and protectors of a Great and Free Nation ! You bid me avoid Fort William...temptations of power, till I become proud, insolent and intolerable, these considerations will make me wish to leave the regiment before the next winter, and... | |
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... of conversation, the fear of becoming a mere ruffian, and of imbibing the tyrannical principles of an absolute commander or giving way insensibly to the temptations of power, till I become proud, insolent and intolerable, these considerations will... 
