carry on war
Example Sentences
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You do not understand what it is to serve under one flag and carry on war in company.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
The first thing he ought to learn is the old and trite military maxim that the only was to carry on war economically is to make it "short, sharp, and decisive."
From Forty-Six Years in the Army by Schofield, John M.
The want of parsimony during peace, imposes on states the necessity of contracting debts to carry on war, 386, 391.
From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain
However much he might feel himself the master, this was an innovation too much against the general feeling; the people bore their taxes and burdens expressly that he might carry on war for them.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav
“Act in this way,” said Beroes,—“let him carry on war who wishes, but not in those regions where he can meet Assyria.”
From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Glovatski, Alexander
