The United Service JournalH. Colburn, 1832 |
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... quarter , has given the affair a " shape and feature . " The question now at issue , is not one of regret on the loss of reward , but of wounded honour in its being unjustly withheld . The official reports of our expeditions are usually ...
... quarter , has given the affair a " shape and feature . " The question now at issue , is not one of regret on the loss of reward , but of wounded honour in its being unjustly withheld . The official reports of our expeditions are usually ...
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... quarter against the south- west , or rainy monsoon , which was just setting in . After having thus placed the army in possession of Rangoon , the Commodore dispatched a flotilla of boats to seek for and destroy fire- rafts ; and also to ...
... quarter against the south- west , or rainy monsoon , which was just setting in . After having thus placed the army in possession of Rangoon , the Commodore dispatched a flotilla of boats to seek for and destroy fire- rafts ; and also to ...
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... quarter . On the 3rd of June , an attack was made on Kemmendine , because the enemy appeared to be collecting there in great force . Although this was a failure , —and a failure owing solely to the flotilla not being under the command ...
... quarter . On the 3rd of June , an attack was made on Kemmendine , because the enemy appeared to be collecting there in great force . Although this was a failure , —and a failure owing solely to the flotilla not being under the command ...
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... quarter , fought under grim and leonine dis- tortions of visage , such cannot be called courage . " Valour , " says Sancho , " is the mean between the two extremes of rashness and cowardice , " a medium unknown to those people , or ...
... quarter , fought under grim and leonine dis- tortions of visage , such cannot be called courage . " Valour , " says Sancho , " is the mean between the two extremes of rashness and cowardice , " a medium unknown to those people , or ...
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... quarters at Prome , which , as well as Donoobew , was amply supplied with pro- visions . Regular stations of gun - boats were established for keeping the river communication clear , and stores were forwarded by every occasion , for the ...
... quarters at Prome , which , as well as Donoobew , was amply supplied with pro- visions . Regular stations of gun - boats were established for keeping the river communication clear , and stores were forwarded by every occasion , for the ...
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Página 318 - ... of the martyr ; the most awful that of the martyred patriot ; the most splendid that of the hero in the hour of victory ; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory. He has left us, not indeed his mantle of inspiration, but a name and an example, which are at this hour inspiring thousands of the youth of England : a name which is our pride, and an example which will continue to be our shield...
Página 8 - Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake.
Página 245 - There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
Página 522 - Upon which charge the Court came to the following decision : — " ' The Court having duly and maturely weighed and considered the whole of the evidence adduced on the prosecution, as well as what has been offered in defence, are of opinion that Lieut.-Col. Johnston is guilty of the act of mutiny as described in the charge, and do therefore sentence him to be cashiered..
Página 50 - And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
Página 256 - ... may interfere for that purpose, when the occasion demands it, without the requisition of the magistrate, so may the other too ; if the one may employ arms for that purpose, when arms are necessary, the soldier may do the same. Undoubtedly, the same exercise of discretion which requires the private subject to act in subordination to and in aid of the magistrate, rather than upon his own authority, before recourse is had to arms, ought to operate in a still stronger degree with a military force.
Página 256 - And whilst I am stating the obligation imposed by the law on every subject of the realm, I wish to observe, that the law acknowledges no distinction in this respect between the soldier and the private individual. The soldier is still a citizen, lying under the same obligation and invested with the same authority to preserve the peace of the King as any other subject.
Página 459 - ... wherein the notes do agree, and wherein they dissent, and upon good debatement, deliberation, and conclusion determined, to put the same into a common leger, to remain of record for the company...
Página 316 - There is no if in the case," replied the admiral : " that we shall succeed is certain : who may live to tell the storyns a very different question.
Página 316 - French, who, with all their skill, and all their courage, and all their advantages of numbers and situation, were upon that element on which, when the hour of trial comes, a Frenchman has no hope. Admiral Brueys was a brave and able man, yet the indelible character of his country broke out in one of his letters, wherein he delivered it as his private opinion that the English had missed him, because, not being superior in force, they did not think it prudent to try their strength with him.