The United Service Journal, 1. részH. Colburn, 1837 |
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... Recruiting of the West India Regiments 361 • The Battle of Busaco and the Third Division • 366 The Treaties on the Slave Trade and the Mixed Commission Court at Sierra Leone · 380 On Naval History . Rhymes on a Gazette The Malay.
... Recruiting of the West India Regiments 361 • The Battle of Busaco and the Third Division • 366 The Treaties on the Slave Trade and the Mixed Commission Court at Sierra Leone · 380 On Naval History . Rhymes on a Gazette The Malay.
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... Commission Promotions and Appointments Births , Marriages , and Deaths Meteorological Register 121 , 269 , 413 , 557 135 , 425 , 569 138 , 426 , 570 141 , 276 , 427 , 571 · 143 , 285 , 430 , 574 · 144 , 288 , 432 , 576 THE UNITED ...
... Commission Promotions and Appointments Births , Marriages , and Deaths Meteorological Register 121 , 269 , 413 , 557 135 , 425 , 569 138 , 426 , 570 141 , 276 , 427 , 571 · 143 , 285 , 430 , 574 · 144 , 288 , 432 , 576 THE UNITED ...
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... tial , elimes , on a rate of pay inferior to the interest of the purchase- money of their commissions , affording perhaps the most noble , the most generous instances of devotion of purse and person in their 4 [ JAN . THE ARMY TO THE.
... tial , elimes , on a rate of pay inferior to the interest of the purchase- money of their commissions , affording perhaps the most noble , the most generous instances of devotion of purse and person in their 4 [ JAN . THE ARMY TO THE.
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... commissions — an alternative not often adopted , for the following good and substantial reason : - Let us suppose the officer to have purchased all his steps for the regulation price , and attained the rank of Lieut . - Colonel after ...
... commissions — an alternative not often adopted , for the following good and substantial reason : - Let us suppose the officer to have purchased all his steps for the regulation price , and attained the rank of Lieut . - Colonel after ...
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... commission of his Majesty , cannot , even after twenty - two years ' service in that country , retire on more than his miserable pittance of half - pay - a sum in all probability inadequate to cover the medical bills he annually incurs ...
... commission of his Majesty , cannot , even after twenty - two years ' service in that country , retire on more than his miserable pittance of half - pay - a sum in all probability inadequate to cover the medical bills he annually incurs ...
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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.