 | Arthur Donald Innes - 1915 - 672 sider
...the 16th. The blundering was recorded in a popular rhyme. i Lord Chatham with his sword drawn, Was waiting for Sir Richard Strachan. Sir Richard longing to be at 'em, Was waiting for the Earl of Chatham." The result was that the defences of Antwerp were put in complete... | |
 | Godfrey Locker Lampson - 1918 - 628 sider
...following well-known epigram was composed in consequence : — ' Great Chatham, with his sabre drawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard,...to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham ! ' On the 26th of March, 1810, Lord Porchester moved a series of resolutions censuring the Government... | |
 | John Arbuthnot Fisher Baron Fisher - 1919 - 330 sider
...co-operation must not be the cooperation of the Walcheren Expedition ! " Lord Chatham with his sword drawn Was waiting for Sir Richard Strachan, Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em ! Was waiting for the Earl of Chatham ! " It has got to be chiefly a Naval Job ! And the Army will... | |
 | Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff - 1920 - 300 sider
...duel between Canning and Castlereagh, also that famous epigram : Lord Chatham with his sword drawn Was waiting for Sir Richard Strachan. Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Was waiting for the Earl of Chatham. Napoleon took advantage of such a false alarm to levy a new tax... | |
 | George Robert Stirling Taylor - 1921 - 320 sider
...that he made it one of the laughing-stocks of English history. Great Chatham, with his sabre drawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan; Sir Richard,...be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham. It was the last great deed the Pitts performed for England. It is not an exaggeration — as the hastily... | |
 | Dora Neill Raymond - 1921 - 456 sider
...English commanders, who showed a similar valorous hesitation. " Lord Chatham, with his sword undrawn Was waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; .Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Was waiting for the Earl of Chatham." 2 Sir Charles Dilke, who had returned to France immediately after... | |
 | Josephus Nelson Larned - 1923 - 992 sider
...body's mouth, all over England: ENGLAND, 1809 Walcheren Expedition Liverpool Ministry ENGLAND, 1812-1813 'Lord Chatham, with his sword undrawn, Stood waiting...Strachan; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood watting for the Earl of Chatham.' The fleet set sail on the 28th of July, and was on the coast of Holland... | |
 | John St. Loe Strachey - 1923 - 264 sider
...is not a material or a physical one. Commercially speaking:— Lord Chatham, with his sword drawn Is waiting for Sir Richard Strachan. Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Is waiting for the Earl of Chatham. Sellers are longing to sell and buyers to buy, but alas! they cannot... | |
 | 1923 - 576 sider
...epigram appeared in the Morning ChronIcle in 1809: — " Ijord Chatham with his sword undrawn " Is waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; " Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, " Is waiting for the Earl of Chatham." 2 Hon. W. Waldegrave, CB, 4th son of 4th Earl Waldegrave. He... | |
 | Frederick Edwin Smith Earl of Birkenhead - 1924 - 426 sider
...deployed, and search was made for the leader in shining armour : The Earl of Chatham, with his sword drawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan. Sir Richard,...be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham. And thereafter Lord Curzon, who had quite evidently been acting in the interim upon the Lyttelton formula,... | |
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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. 
