 | 1854 - 772 sider
...which is well-illustrated in the popular epigram made at the time. 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 ! The fact is, that we must traverse Belgium before we can reach the frontiers of fairy land. We approach... | |
 | 1855 - 622 sider
...been singularly ill-selected. Delay after delay occurred : — "The Earl of Chatham, with sword drawn, .Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard,...be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham." They laid siege to Flushing instead of assaulting Antwerp, and by the time they were ready to attack... | |
 | Michael Rafter - 1855 - 362 sider
...state of affairs, to claim even the merit of poetical invention. " Lord Chatham, with his sabre drawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard,...be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham." But though slow, and by no means sure, seemed the maxim of our commanders, nothing could surpass the... | |
 | Michael Rafter - 1858 - 352 sider
...state of affairs, to claim even the merit of poetical invention " I-ord Chatham, with his sabre drawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan , Sir Richard,...be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham." But though slow, and by no means sure, seemed the maxim of our commanders, nothing could surpass the... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1886 - 588 sider
...English public. The English public wants the English dramatist. " Lord Chatham, with his rapier drawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan; Sir Richard,...be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham." But how are we going to get at each other, my Public and I ? Again I say, that I speak of myself as... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1908 - 870 sider
...written on his inglorious command in the Walcheren expedition, Lord Chatham, with his sabre drawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan Sir Richard,...be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham. And now began the really most important part of her life, though not that by which she is best remembered,... | |
 | Sir Edward Cust - 1862 - 332 sider
...following epigram : — 262 IMPROVED PROSPECTS OF SPAIN. [AD " The Earl of Chatham, with his sword drawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em. Stood waiting ior the Earl of Chatham." The Walcheren Expedition and the Coruna Retreat did more to injure the military... | |
 | Stephen Watson Fullom - 1863 - 484 sider
...Lord Chatham. Hence arose the well-known epigram : — " 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." Sir Howard returned to his duties at the Military College, and took no part in the controversy, but... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1865 - 470 sider
...afterwards. In the autumn, an epigram of unknown origin was in everybody's mouth, all over England : — " Lord Chatham, with his sword undrawn, Stood waiting...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... | |
 | 678 sider
...their attitude resembles the celebrated position in which — " 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 Board of Trade has no power to compel these companies to... | |
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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. 
