Daniel Defoe: Ambition & InnovationUniversity Press of Kentucky, 1986 - 299 pages |
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Page 102
... battle , memories of past battles color the perception of an impending engagement , and the survey of the field after the battle is always more poignant than triumphant . To fight on the day of a previous victory seems a good omen to ...
... battle , memories of past battles color the perception of an impending engagement , and the survey of the field after the battle is always more poignant than triumphant . To fight on the day of a previous victory seems a good omen to ...
Page 124
... battle to battle , and most of the narrative alternates between the relatively leisurely account of troop movement , army strategy , and layout of battle- fields and , in contrast , the intense , concise descriptions of battles . The ...
... battle to battle , and most of the narrative alternates between the relatively leisurely account of troop movement , army strategy , and layout of battle- fields and , in contrast , the intense , concise descriptions of battles . The ...
Page 126
... battle between Charles and Tilly begins like a patterned dance with the " glorious and terrible " armies massed on opposite sides of a plain , becomes a contest of maneuvers , courage , and ferocity , and concludes with the vision of a ...
... battle between Charles and Tilly begins like a patterned dance with the " glorious and terrible " armies massed on opposite sides of a plain , becomes a contest of maneuvers , courage , and ferocity , and concludes with the vision of a ...
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