Recollections of a Chaperon, Volum 2Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. (successor to Henry Colburn.), 1833 |
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Pàgina 172
... court - martial for a breach of military discipline ; and I con- fess that I have not that confidence in General Mapleton which encourages me to hope that he will overlook an oppor- tunity of establishing his authority over an officer ...
... court - martial for a breach of military discipline ; and I con- fess that I have not that confidence in General Mapleton which encourages me to hope that he will overlook an oppor- tunity of establishing his authority over an officer ...
Pàgina 181
... court martial ; and requesting , in case of refusal , that he might be allowed to retire from his appointment . " Colonel Warenne's conduct , he observed , was the most inexcusable and wanton act of disobedience he had ever witnessed in ...
... court martial ; and requesting , in case of refusal , that he might be allowed to retire from his appointment . " Colonel Warenne's conduct , he observed , was the most inexcusable and wanton act of disobedience he had ever witnessed in ...
Pàgina 182
... court ; that he would see Warenne on his return and endeavour to speak comfort to him , though he must confess ... martial was not long . The commander - in- chief , from a recollection of Warenne's services and character , had ...
... court ; that he would see Warenne on his return and endeavour to speak comfort to him , though he must confess ... martial was not long . The commander - in- chief , from a recollection of Warenne's services and character , had ...
Pàgina 183
... court , and desired General Maple- ton to deliver in his charges . It is unnecessary to record the forms , & c . of ... martial is forced to suf- fer , the infliction of it is a needless piece of cruelty . Why should not the ...
... court , and desired General Maple- ton to deliver in his charges . It is unnecessary to record the forms , & c . of ... martial is forced to suf- fer , the infliction of it is a needless piece of cruelty . Why should not the ...
Pàgina 185
... court - martial . This proof of the affection of his soldiers was to Warenne a real comfort and support . CHAPTER XIV . There's a thanklessness In our fallen nature that too lightly holds The good too lightly won . Fortune's minion ...
... court - martial . This proof of the affection of his soldiers was to Warenne a real comfort and support . CHAPTER XIV . There's a thanklessness In our fallen nature that too lightly holds The good too lightly won . Fortune's minion ...
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Recollections of a Chaperon, Vol. 2 of 3 (Classic Reprint) Arabella Jane Sullivan Previsualització no disponible - 2015 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 101 - So as there is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer ; for there is no such flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend.
Pàgina 106 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Pàgina 119 - When honour is a support to virtuous principles, and runs parallel with the laws of God and our country, it cannot be too much cherished and encouraged : but when the dictates of honour are contrary to those of religion and equity, they are the greatest depravations of human nature, by giving wrong...
Pàgina 149 - Concerning the Materials of seditions. It is a thing well to be considered; for the surest way to prevent seditions (if the times do bear it) is to take away the matter of them. For, if there be fuel prepared, it is hard to tell whence the spark shall come that shall set it on fire.
Pàgina 120 - God and our country, it cannot be too much cherished and encouraged: but when the dictates of honour are contrary to those of religion and equity, they are the greatest depravations of human nature, by giving wrong ambitions and false ideas of what is good and laudable ; and should therefore be exploded by all governments, and driven out as the bane and plague of human society.
Pàgina 109 - When all is done and said, in the end thus shall you find, He most of all doth bathe in bliss that hath a quiet mind; And, clear from worldly cares, to deem can be content The sweetest time in all his life in thinking to be spent. The body subject is to fickle fortune's power, And to a million of mishaps is casual every hour. And death in time doth change it to a clod of clay...