 For it hath -been held by the general opinion of men of best judgment in the wars. howsoever some few have varied, and that it may receive some distinction of case, that the principal strength of an army consisteth in the infantry or foot. And to make...  Bacon's History of the Reign of King Henry VII - Page 56by Francis Bacon - 1885 - 318 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Constitutional history - 1751 - 470 pages
...that it may receive fome Diftindtion of Cafe) that the principal Strength of an Army coniifteth in the Infantry or Foot. And to make good Infantry, it requireth Men bred, not in a ferv'le or indigent Fafliion, but in fornc free and plentiful Manner. Therefore, if a State run moft... | |
 | Parliamentary - 1762 - 470 pages
...that it may receive lome Diftinclion of Cafe) that the principal Strength of an Army confifteth in the Infantry or Foot. And to make good Infantry, it requireth Men bred, not King HtmyVUi in a fervile or indigent Fafhion, but in fome free and plentiful Manner : Therefore, if... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 616 pages
...that it may receive some distinction of case, that the principal strength of an army consisteth in the infantry or foot. And to make good infantry, it requireth...ploughmen be but as their workfolks and labourers, or else mere cottagers, which are but housed beggars, you may have a good cavalry but never good stable bands... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 pages
...that it may receive some distinction of case, that the principal strength of an army consisteth in the infantry or foot. And to make good infantry, it requireth...ploughmen be but as their workfolks and labourers^ or else mere cottagers, which are but housed beggars, you may have a good cavalry but never good stable bands... | |
 | 1821 - 662 pages
...that it may receive some distinction of case) that the principal strength of an army consisteth in die infantry or foot; and to make good infantry, it requireth...bred not in a servile or indigent fashion, but in same free and plentiful manner \° and afterwards — " Thus did the king secretly sow hydras' teeth,... | |
 | English literature - 1821 - 656 pages
...that it may receive some distinction of case) that the principal strength of an army consisteth in the infantry or foot; and to make good infantry, it requireth...bred not in a servile or indigent fashion, but in same free and plentiful manner ;" and afterwards — " Thus did the king secretly sow hydras' teeth,... | |
 | 1822 - 690 pages
...that it may receive some distinction of case) that the principal strength of an army consisteth in the infantry or foot; and to make good infantry, it requireth...indigent fashion, but in some free and plentiful manner;" and afterwards—"Thus did the king secretly sow hydras' teeth, wherefrom (according to the poet's... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 624 pages
...that it may receive some distinction of case, that the principal strength of an army consisteth in the infantry or foot. And to make good infantry, it requireth...ploughmen be but as their workfolks and labourers, or else mere cottagers, which are but housed beggars, you may have a good cavalry, but never good stable bands... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - Law - 1825 - 540 pages
...that it may receive some distinction of case, that the principal strength of an army consisteth in the infantry or foot. And to make good infantry, it requireth...ploughmen be but as their workfolks and labourers, or else mere cottagers, which are but housed beggars, you may have a good cavalry but never good stable bands... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 546 pages
...that it may receive some distinction of case, that the principal strength of an army consisteth in the infantry or foot. And to make good infantry, it requireth...ploughmen be but as their workfolks and labourers, or else mere cottagers, which are but housed beggars, you may have a good cavalry but never good stable bands... | |
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