 | Thomas Carlyle - 1865 - 666 pages
...' and reduced Contades al' together to water, as it ' were. Contades said bitterly : " I have seen what I never thought " to be possible, — a single...ranked in order of battle, and tumble them to ruin I"3 ' This was the feat, this hour's work in the centre, the essential ' soul of the Fight: — and... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1897 - 876 pages
...which compresses into its wrathful syllables the whole story of Minden. ' I have seen,' he wrote, ' what I never thought to be possible — a single line...cavalry ranked in order of battle, and tumble them into ruin ! ' Still moving onward, the British line found itself met by a column of Swiss infantry,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1865 - 374 pages
...water, as it were. Contades " said bitterly: 'I have seen what I never thought to be pos"' sible, '— a single line of infantry break through three lines...in order of battle, 'and tumble them to "'ruin!'* "This was the feat, this hour's work in the centre, the "essential soul of the Fight: — and had Lord... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1873 - 308 pages
...Battle. ff: French Cavalry. //. English Infantry. /'. English and Hanoverian Cavalry, under Sackville. ' to be possible, — a single line of infantry break...cavalry ranked in order of battle, and tumble them to ruiul"' ' This was the feat, this hour's work in the centre, the essential soul ' of the Fight : —... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1874 - 1076 pages
...flank, and rolling back charge after charge with volleys of musketry. In an hour the French centre was utterly broken. " I have seen," said Contades,...tumble them to ruin ! " Nothing but the refusal of Lord George Sackville to complete the victory by a charge of Ferdinand's horse saved the French from utter... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1865 - 628 pages
...k. Knglish Infantry. i. English and Hanoverian Cavalry, under Sackville. , *"VL^1Y' ' »"***-"VL' ' what I never thought ' to be possible, — a single...ranked in order of battle, and tumble them to ruin !"3 ' This was the feat, this hour's work in the centre, the essential soul ' of the Fight : — and... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1875 - 912 pages
...flank, and rolling back charge after charge with volleys of musketry. In an hour the French centre was utterly broken. " I have seen," said Contades,...tumble them to ruin !" Nothing but the refusal of Lord George Sackville to complete the victory by a charge of Ferdinand's horse saved the French from utter... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1878 - 878 pages
...flank, and rolling back charge after charge with volleys of musketry. In an hour the French centre was utterly broken. " I have seen," said Contades,...through three lines of cavalry, ranked in order of batik-, and tumble them to ruin !" Nothing but the refusal of Lord u-ljackville to complete the victory... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1880 - 562 pages
...In an hour CHAP. IV. the French centre was utterly hroken. " I have seen," said Contades, " what J never thought to be possible — a single line of...ranked in order of battle, and tumble them to ru,in ! " 17f°Nothing but the refusal of Lord John Sackville to complete the victory by a charge of the... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1880 - 596 pages
...and rolling back charge after charge with volleys of musketry. In an hour CHAV. IV. the French centre was utterly broken. " I have seen," ^^ said Contades, "what I never thought to be possible — a jjanove0/. single line of infantry break through three lines of cavalry, 17li. ranked in order of battle,... | |
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I have seen what I never thought to be possible, — a single line of infantry break through three lines of cavalry, ranked in order of battle, and tumble them to ruin... 
