Famous quotes containing the words air, assault and/or brigade:
“My companion and I, having a minutes discussion on some point of ancient history, were amused by the attitude which the Indian, who could not tell what we were talking about, assumed. He constituted himself umpire, and, judging by our air and gesture, he very seriously remarked from time to time, you beat, or he beat.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“What SoftCherubic Creatures
These Gentlewomen are
One would as soon assault a Plush
Or violate a Star”
—Emily Dickinson (18301886)
“[John] Broughs majority is glorious to behold. It is worth a big victory in the field. It is decisive as to the disposition of the people to prosecute the war to the end. My regiment and brigade were both unanimous for Brough [the Union party candidate for governor of Ohio].”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (18221893)