 ... that the principal strength of an army consisteth in the infantry or foot. And to make good infantry, it requireth men bred, not in a servile or indigent fashion, but in some free and plentiful manner.  The Economic History of England - Page 153by Ephraim Lipson - 1915Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 616 pages
...strength of an army consisteth in the infantry or foot. And to make good infantry, it requireth men bred, not in a servile or indigent fashion, but in some free and plentiful manner. Therefore if a state run most to noblemen and gentlemen, and that the husbandmen and ploughmen be but... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 616 pages
...strength of an army consisteth in the infantry or foot. And to make good infantry, it requireth men bred, not in a servile or indigent fashion, but in some free and plentiful manner. Therefore if a state run most to noblemen and gentlemen, and that the husbandmen and ploughmen be but... | |
 | 1822 - 690 pages
...strength of an army consisteth in the infantry or foot; and to make good infantry, it requireth men bred not in a servile or 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 - 1824 - 624 pages
...strength of an army consisteth in the infantry or foot. And to make good infantry, it requireth men bred, not in a servile or indigent fashion, but in some free and plentiful manner. Therefore if a state run most to noblemen and gentlemen, and that the husbandmen and ploughmen be but... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 546 pages
...strength of an army consisteth in the infantry or foot. And to make good infantry, it requireth men bred, not in a servile or indigent fashion, but in some free and plentiful manner. Therefore if a state run most to noblemen and gentlemen, and that the husbandmen and ploughmen be but... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 540 pages
...strength of an army consisteth in the infantry or foot. And to make good infantry, it requireth men bred, not in a servile or indigent fashion, but in some free and plentiful manner. Therefore if a state run most to noblemen and gentlemen, and that the husbandmen and ploughmen be but... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...feet, always only flying on their wings of horse. Wherefore to make good infantry, it requireth men bred, not in a servile or indigent fashion, but in some free and plentiful manner. Wisely, therefore, did that knowing Prince, King Henry the Seventh, provide laws for the increase of... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - 1831 - 348 pages
...feet, always only flying on their wings of horse. Wherefore, to make good infantry, it requireth men bred, not in a servile or indigent fashion, but in some free and plentiful manner. Wisely, therefore, did that knowing prince, King Henry the Seventh, provide laws for the increase of... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - 1840 - 420 pages
...feet, always only flying on their wings of horse. Wherefore, to make good infantry, it requireth men bred, not in a servile or indigent fashion, but in some free and plentiful manner. Wisely, therefore, did that knowing prince, King Henry the Seventh, provide laws for the increase of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 812 pages
...strength of an army consisteth in the infantry or foot. And to make good infantry, it requireth men bred not in a servile or indigent fashion, but in some free and plentiful manner. Therefore if a state run most to noblemen and gentlemen, and that the husbandmen and ploughmen be but... | |
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