Peaceable Army

Famous quotes containing the words peaceable and/or army:

    “What I loved in the man was his health, his unity with himself; all people and all things seemed to find their quite peaceable adjustment with him, not a proud domineering one, as after doubtful contest, but a spontaneous-looking peaceable, even humble one.”
    —Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

    “Like an army defeated
    The snow hath retreated,”
    —William Wordsworth (1770–1850)