The United Service Journal, 1. részH. Colburn, 1837 |
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generous instances of devotion of purse and person in their country's cause to be met with in the annals of any nation . When the constitu- tion of these men , broken down by the premature old age and growing infirmities consequent on ...
generous instances of devotion of purse and person in their country's cause to be met with in the annals of any nation . When the constitu- tion of these men , broken down by the premature old age and growing infirmities consequent on ...
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... cause , being framed from documents published by authority , their correctness is the less questionable * . Estimated Cost to the Public of 106 Ensigns on the Half - Pay List , 50 of whom never served a single day , and the rest not ...
... cause , being framed from documents published by authority , their correctness is the less questionable * . Estimated Cost to the Public of 106 Ensigns on the Half - Pay List , 50 of whom never served a single day , and the rest not ...
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... cause , been obliged either to sacrifice the slender remains of their private income in the purchase of that rank they should have attained for nothing , or to have one many years their junior promoted over them , to the certain ...
... cause , been obliged either to sacrifice the slender remains of their private income in the purchase of that rank they should have attained for nothing , or to have one many years their junior promoted over them , to the certain ...
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... cause , on the same list for the attainment of brevet promotion with those who never quitted their native shores , and are exempt from all the risks of the Service , must appear , to every one in the least degree acquainted with the ...
... cause , on the same list for the attainment of brevet promotion with those who never quitted their native shores , and are exempt from all the risks of the Service , must appear , to every one in the least degree acquainted with the ...
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... causes that still render ineffective all the attempts and sacrifices made by Great Britain for the ultimately final ... cause alleged against them in their public capacity in this department of their considerations . Having thus ...
... causes that still render ineffective all the attempts and sacrifices made by Great Britain for the ultimately final ... cause alleged against them in their public capacity in this department of their considerations . Having thus ...
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466. oldal - Could all our care elude the gloomy grave, Which claims no less the fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom, The life, which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give...
145. oldal - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approaches Tam maun ride; That hour, o...
214. oldal - Breathes there a man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself has said, This is my own, my native land!
467. oldal - Why, soldiers, why Should we be melancholy, boys, Why, soldiers, why ? Whose business 'tis to die...
264. oldal - ... in the darkness how well the field was won ; he was alone, the flush of victory was on his brow, and his eyes were eager and watchful, but his voice was calm, and even gentle. More than the rival of Marlborough, since he had defeated greater warriors than Marlborough ever encountered, with a prescient pride he seemed only to accept this glory, as an earnest of greater things.
413. oldal - I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, that they have...
433. oldal - The dullest genius cannot fail To find the moral of my tale : That the distinguish'd part of men, With compass, pencil, sword, or pen, Should in life's visit leave their name, In characters, which may proclaim, That they with ardour strove to raise At once their arts, and country's praise; And in their working took great care, That all was full, and round, and fair.
30. oldal - ... in these cases alone, the commander of the said ship of war may detain them, and having detained them, he is to bring them, as soon as possible, for judgment before that of the two mixed Commissions appointed by the...
64. oldal - Burgos on the one hand, and from Madrid on the other, the Officers lost all command over their men. Irregularities and outrages of all descriptions were committed with impunity ; and losses have been sustained which ought never to have occurred. Yet the necessity for retreat existing, none was ever made...
31. oldal - ... slaves on board, may detain and bring away such vessels, in order that they may be brought to trial before the tribunals established for this purpose, as shall hereinafter be specified.