 | Edward Pelham Brenton - 1837 - 778 pagina’s
...this time which I cannot resist giving: — " The Earl of Chatham, with his sabre drawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham." Sir Richard was a near neighbour of mine when I was writing the history. lie constantly rode a fine... | |
 | 1837 - 612 pagina’s
...failed so miserably. " Chatham's earl, with his sword drawn Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachau, Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em. Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham." TIte Popular Encyclopedia; being a General Dictionary of Arts, Science, Literature, Biography, History,... | |
 | 1854 - 682 pagina’s
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 | Robert Bell - 1846 - 376 pagina’s
...either, condemned both in the well-known epigram : 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. In December the troops returned home — or all that was left alive of them, escaping an inglorious... | |
 | 1854 - 754 pagina’s
...well-illustrated in the popular epigram made at the time. Great Chatham, with hU sabre drawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan, Sir Richard, longing 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... | |
 | sir John Stepney Cowell- Stepney (1st bart.) - 1854 - 314 pagina’s
...of Chatham, with his sword drawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard Strachan, ' longing to be at 'em,' Stood waiting — for the Earl of Chatham," — leave no further description of this melancholy history necessary. From Aldea Velha we moved on... | |
 | Michael Rafter - 1855 - 362 pagina’s
...to claim even the merit of poetical invention. " Lord Chatham, with his sabre drawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to...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... | |
 | 1855 - 622 pagina’s
...ill-selected. Delay after delay occurred : — "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." They laid siege to Flushing instead of assaulting Antwerp, and by the time they were ready to attack... | |
 | George Dodd - 1856 - 634 pagina’s
...Walcheren In 180» : The Earl of Chatham, with hie sword drawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Straohan ¡ Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham. arrangements made on the part of the respective governments. As to the naval operations, so little... | |
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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. 
