Frank Thomas Bullen:
The apostles of the Southeast - Livres de poche
ISBN: 9781150954559
RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 92 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purc… Plus…
RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 92 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 Excerpt: . . . then away on the left, which was threatened by a strong force of the enemy. The charge was entirely ordered by Colonel Fatrickson of the 43rd. I was close to him when he gave the order, and also when he led the men to the charge, and it was during that advance that 1 found it requisite to move my company to the right, on the appearance of the French troops threatening that flank. It was well known that the L)uke of Wellington was the most truthful of men, totally incapable of exaggeration; and it has ever been admitted that he never bestowed praise but where justly due. His report of Sabugal, therefore, that this was one of the most glorious actions that British troops were ever engaged in, ought to be cheri. shed and registered in history, as a lasting tribute to the honour of the British soldier. Sir W. Napier, in a letter to Colonel Gurwood, wrote: --Sir Sidney Beekwith often spoke to me about Hopkins, describing him as one of the finest soldiers he ever beheld; and that so far as a man commanding one company could decide a battle, Hopkins decided the battle of Sabugal; not once, but many times he said this to me. The loss of the Allies in this fierce conflict amounted to nearly 200 killed and wounded. That of the enemy was enormous. The 43rd had 1 lieutenant, 2 sergeants, 11 rank and file, killed;--2 captains, 2 lieutenants, 1 ensign, and 40 rank and file, wounded. The officers were Lieutenant McDiarmid, killed; Captains Dalzell and 0Flaherty; Lieutenants T. Rylance and Creighton (who died subsequently), and Ensign Carrol, wounded. Lord Wellingtons despatch contained the following paragraphs: --Colonel Beckwiths brigade of the Light Division was the first that crossed the Coa, with two squadrons of cavalry upon their rig. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 84 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: . . . The universal conviction of the people of England was the other way! Chief Justice. Really you ought not to say that. We have nothing to do with the belief of people out of doors. Dr. Kenealy. I hope we have. Chief Justice. Certainly not for the purpose of influencing the judges or jury. Dr. Kenealy. Not for that object certainly. But I hope I may be allowed to express my own belief as to the all but universal conviction of the people of England. The prosecution had staked their case upon this man being Arthur Orton. He had proved that he was not; and if not Orton, who could he be but Tichborne. A few miserable hangers-on of the government might still call him Orton, but no one else did so. All the witnesses, some fifty or sixty in number, who had sworn for the government, as to the defendants identity with Orton and to the fact that there was no bark-rigged Osprey at Hobsons Bay or at Melbourne in 1854, had been shown to be testifying falsely or to be in error. Beyond this a conclave of relations and a few Carabineers had sworn that his client was not Tichborne. But the defendant had held his own among gentlemen and men of honor, as their peer and comrade, for seven long years, -7-a longer period than any lie could live! Two or three hundred people had sworn in his behalf on the question of identity. They could not all be perjured; no impostor could gather such a host. But was it possible that two or three hundred persons could all be mistaken as to the identity of this one man Such numbers must force belief. They could not all have been deluded or deceived by the defendant. He was not clever enough to achieve such a feat. As for that solitary scandalous witness, the discarded corner-stone, the incarcerated Luie, he had deceived . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 70 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 Excerpt: . . . a couch o affliction an pain, Her soothin attentions my heart would sustain;--But Im lanely noo--O! Fm lanely noo. The day brings nae joy, Im sae dowie an eerie; The night winna pass, Im sae lanesome an drearie; I lang to lie doun in the grave by my dearie;--For Im lanely noo--O1 Im lanely noo. This pathetic picture of the desolate condition of an old man, whose family have all left the roof tree, and whose aged partner has been severed from him by death, is by Mr Stevenson, teacher, parish of Beith. I am a Stalls dTarmms jUan. Whats bags o gowd to rag about, Or rigs o Ian to brag about; Without a wife to comfort life, And keep us hail, and wag about. I am a jolly farming man, Wi carts and ploughs and routh o nout, A mailin cheap o hearty Ian, But something still I want I doubt. I hae a lairdship i the town, And siller i the bank to bout, Wi barrels fou o nappy brown, But wimrs the ane to hant about. I hae a byre fou o kye, And plenty baith within and out; But O! sae lanelys I maun lie, And gaunt and grane and toss about. My stables are wi naigies rife--Baith lans and furrows fat and stout; But still I want a dainty wife, To daut and lay my arm about. Im no that auld, Im no that frail, Sae ere anither year is out, Ill hae a lassie to mysel To keep me beil, and wag about. Mb Lennox, Superintendent of the Poor in Ayr, is the author of these canty lines. Should we meet encouragement to go on with a Second Series of the Ballads And Songs Of Ayrshire, , we shall have more to present from his pen. AYB: COMPOSED At 1HE AORlCtlLTCBlST OFFICE. REMARKS ON THE FIRST SERIES OF THE BALLADS AND SONGS. (From the Ayrshire Monthly News-Letter. ) The Editor, in the introduction to this the First S. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 96 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: . . . made by Saul always met with a most cordial welcome from him. When the ship reached the steady fine weather region, Saul, having previously obtained the consent of the mate, held a class three nights a week in the second dog-watch, to which he invited all the apprentices and those members of the crew whose seamanship was of poor quality. At these times he taught his pupils, with a thoroughness and assiduity beyond all praise, all the mystery of knots, splices, seizings, and fancy-work, in either hemp or wire rope. And this teaching business caught on so that soon you might see all hands in their watch on deck at night, or below in the dog-watches, busily engaged in demonstrating some knotty point of sailorizing, or arguing some detail of seamanship, such as the sending up or down of mast and yards, the fitting of rigging, etc. Side by side with this educational process--which, it may be remarked in passing, was not merely of the highest value to the crew practically, but kept their minds off the endless filthy gabble that is so characteristic of ships forecastles--another form of instruction was steadily going forward. None the less real because it was unobtrusive, it was not confined to one period of the day; its beneficent influence was felt all day long. In Sauls presence at first none of his men dared to use bad language because of their fear of the consequences; but as they grew to know him better they felt that it would be a much greater offence to swear before him than it would be elsewhere. As an instance of what I mean, the little Scotchman of whom I spoke before was doing a job one day under the bosuns eye when the marline-spike he was using slipped, and the point pierced his hand. As ninety out of a hundred sailors would have done, he uttere. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<
