 | Frederick Lewis Maitland - 1826 - 282 Seiten
...complaining of his treatment in being forced to go to St. Helena: among other things, he observed, ' They say I made no conditions : certainly, I made no conditions : how could a private man (un particulier} make conditions with a nation? I wanted nothing from them but hospitality,... | |
 | 1826 - 598 Seiten
...people by the conduct of their government." He then went on (alluding to the government) "They eay I made no conditions. Certainly I made no conditions ; how could an individual enterinto terms with a nation 1 I wanted nothing of them but hospitality, or, as the ancients would... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 548 Seiten
...language was to Captain Maitland, from that which he held in his absence. " They say," he remarked, " that I made no conditions. Certainly I made no conditions....or, as the ancients would express it, air and water, As for you, Captain, I have no cause of complaint ; your conduct lias been that of a man of honour."... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 454 Seiten
...his absence. " They say," he remarked, " that I made no conditions. Certainly I made no condition». How could an individual enter into terms with a nation...or, as the ancients would express it, air and water. As for you, Captain, I have no cause of complaint; your conduct has been that of a man of honour."... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 544 Seiten
...complaining of his treatment in being forced to go to St Helena : among other things he observed, ' They say I made no conditions : certainly I made no conditions : how could a private man (un parliculier) mako conditions with a nation ? I wanted nothing from them but hospitality,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 436 Seiten
...complaining of his treatment in being forced to go to St Helena; among other things he observed, * They say I made no conditions — certainly I made no conditions; how could a private man (un particulier) make conditions with a nation? I wanted nothing from them but hospitality,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1835 - 434 Seiten
...conditions; how could a private man (KM particulier) make conditions with a nation ? I wanted nothing from them but hospitality, or (as the ancients would express it) air and water. I threw myself on the generosity of the English nation : I claimed a place sur leurs foyers, and my... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1843 - 414 Seiten
...his absence. " They say," he remarked, " that I made no conditions. Certainly I made no condit,ons. How could an individual enter into terms with a nation...or, as the ancients would express it, air and water. As for you, captain, I have no cause of complaint ; your conduct has been that of a man of honour."... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1870 - 436 Seiten
...complaining of his treatment in being forced to go to St Helena ; among other things he observed, * They say I made no conditions — certainly I made no conditions; how could a private man (un particufier) make conditions with a nation ? I wanted nothing from them but hospitality,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1875 - 418 Seiten
...complaining of his treatment in being forced to go to St. Helena; among other things he observed, ' They say I made no conditions — certainly I made no conditions ; how could a private man inn particulier| make conditions with a nation ? I wanted nothing from them but hospitality,... | |
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... me, if he required it, to give him a copy of the order. " After having arranged that matter, I was going to withdraw, when he requested me to remain, as he had something more to say. He then began complaining of his treatment in being forced to go... 
