 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1829 - 590 Seiten
...which,' said he, ' I have served in each quarter of the globe. I know its merits, I know its foibles ; 1 know it well, and am as fully convinced as I am that...write, that this army as far surpasses all others '- . iq in bravery, as British seamen surpass all others in skill.' At this time he found leisure to... | |
 | 1829 - 590 Seiten
...which,' said he, ' I have served in each quarter of the globe. I know its merits, I know its foibles ; 1 know it well, and am as fully convinced as I am that...bravery, as British seamen surpass all others in skill.' At'this time he found leisure to arrange and publish his African Memoranda, a book* which, though little... | |
 | 1829 - 586 Seiten
...which,' said he, * I have served in each quarter of the globe. I know its merits, I know its foibles ; L know it well, and am as fully convinced as I am that...write, that this army as far surpasses all others •MM OMnie, from the view which the writer, as a fab » ec*d expressly to orry on all the detail dutie's,... | |
 | 1847 - 650 Seiten
...fears of even the most timid : in that letter he spoke of the British army, " with which," said he, " I have served in each quarter of the globe. I know...bravery, as British seamen surpass all others in skill." At this time he found leisure to arrange and publish his African Memoranda, a book* which, though little... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1848 - 530 Seiten
...the globe. I know its merits ; I Know its foibles ; I know it well ; and am as fully convinced as 1 am that I now write, that this army as far surpasses...British seamen surpass all others in skill : to it I willingly consign, without the least fear of the consequence, all who may land." Party-politics was... | |
 | New general biographical dictionary - 1848 - 530 Seiten
...the globe. I know its merits ; I know its foibles ; I know it well ; and am as fully convinced as 1 am that I now write, that this army as far surpasses...British seamen surpass all others in skill : to it I willingly consign, without the least fear of the consequence, all who may land." Party-politics was... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1853 - 528 Seiten
...I know its foibles ; I know it well ; and am as fully convinced as 1 am that I now write, that ibis army as far surpasses all others in bravery, as British seamen surpass all others in skill : to it I willingly consign, without the least fear of the consequence, all who may land." Party-politics was... | |
 | New general biographical dictionary - 1857 - 524 Seiten
...British ships, " which know no winter," we " devour them like shrimps." And in the event of their ever overcoming both those obstacles, and " vomiting their...British seamen surpass all others in skill : to it I willingly consign, without the least fear of the consequence, all who may land." Party-polities was... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1857 - 532 Seiten
...the globe. I know its merits ; I know its foibles ; I know it well ; and am as fully convinced as 1 am that I now write, that this army as far surpasses all others in bravery, as British seamen suqmss all others in skill : to it I willingly consign, without the least fear of the consequence,... | |
 | 1896 - 1092 Seiten
...their unhallowed crews on our blessed shores, they will be received there by the British army,' which ' surpasses all others in bravery, as British seamen...most willingly consign, without the least fear of the consequences, all who may land.' When it is considered that we, at the present time, have half a million... | |
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which know no winter,' we ' devour them like shrimps ;' and in the event of their even overcoming both those obstacles, and ' vomiting their unhallowed crews upon our blessed shores, they will be received there by the British army — an army with which... 