 | Stephen Watson Fullom - 1863 - 484 pages
...epigram : — " The Earl of Chatham, with his sword drawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan : ' Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham." Sir Howard returned to his duties at the Military College, and took no part in the controversy, but... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1864 - 716 pages
...spent millions : — " Lord Chatham, with his sword undrawn, Stood waiting for Sir Kichard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em. Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham." They took Flushing, and occupied the island of Walcheren; and then, instead of rushing upon Antwerp,... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1865 - 470 pages
...over England : — " Lord Chatham, with his sword undrawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham." i Ward's Memoirs, ip 239. 2 Life, iii. pp. 414, 427. The fleet set sail on the 28th of July, and was... | |
 | William Leist Redwin Cates - 1867 - 2414 pages
...famous epigram : — ' Great Chatham, with his sabre drawn, Stood waiting for Sir Kichard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham!' Chatham was, nevertheless, raised, three yearn afterwards, to the full rank of general. On the death... | |
 | Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer - 1868 - 788 pages
...Holland — in which "Lord Chatham, with Ms sword undrawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham ; " an expedition equally disgraceful to ministers and commanders — fell chiefly on his colleague,... | |
 | Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge - 1868 - 368 pages
...caustic epigram : — " Lord Chatham, with sword undrawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at "em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham." After Walcheren, the second battalion of the 43rd remained in England to recruit for the first in the... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1869 - 274 pages
...writer of the penod : ' The Earl of Chatham, with sword drawn. Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham.' the superannuated admirals, captains, and lieutenants put together have but £1012 more than Earl Camden's... | |
 | 1870 - 644 pages
...epigram thus : — " Lord Chathnm, with his sword undrawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham." Thie is exactly as given in " N. & Q." I1' S. xi. 52, with the exception of " stood" for " is" in the... | |
 | John Charles Earle - 1871 - 334 pages
...alike paralysed : — " Lord Chatham with his sahre drawn Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham." But by the end of August the earl was tired of waiting, and returned quietly home. Two hundred men... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872 - 132 pages
...writer of the period : ' The Earl of Chatham, with sword drawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham.' the superannuated admirals, captains, and lieutenants put together have but .£1012 more than Earl... | |
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The Earl of Chatham, with his sword drawn Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham. 
