providence is always on the side of the big battalions
- providence is always on the side of the big battalions
Cf. 1673 MME DE SEVIGNE Letter 22 Dec. la fortune est toujours, comme disait le pauvre M. de Turenne, pour les gros bataillons, fortune is always, as poor Mr. de Turenne used to say, for the big battalions.
1822 A. GRAYDON Memoirs v. Heaven was ever found favourable to strong battalions.
1842 A. ALLISON Hist. Europe X. lxxviii. Providence was always on the side of dense battalions.
1904 ‘SAKI’ Reginald 63 Someone has observed that Providence is always on the side of the big dividends.
1943 R. A. J. WALLING Corpse by any Other Name iii. Our statesmen..ought to have learned years ago that Providence is always on the side of the big battalions.
1979 Guardian 9 July 9 Many thousands more voices now are raised in the name of sanity. But I dare say God is still on the side of the big battalions.
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