 | Sir William Temple - Europe - 1814 - 556 pages
...him, because it should never be said, a Douglas quitted his post without order ; whether it be wise in men to do such actions or no, I am sure it is so in States to honour them ; and, if they can, to turn the vein of wits to raise up the esteem of... | |
 | Eliot Warburton (i.e. Bartholomew Elliott George) - Great Britain - 1849 - 622 pages
...the Royal Oak, commanded by Captain Douglas : when he found that his ship was hopelessly on fire, he sent away his crew and lay down to die upon his quarter-deck,...I am sure it is wise in the State to honour them." with such " land forces " as could be collected. He had addressed himself with his usual energy to... | |
 | Eliot Warburton - Great Britain - 1849 - 624 pages
...the Royal Oak, commanded by Captain Douglas : when he found that his ship was hopelessly on fire, he sent away his crew and lay down to die upon his quarter-deck,...recording this event, " for men to do such actions or uo, 1 am sure it is wise in the State to honour them." with such " land forces " as could be collected.... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1878 - 802 pages
...candid. That is the only system, the only critical method, worth a rush. AA CIe " Whether it be wise in men to do such actions or no, I am sure it is so in States to honour them." — Sir William Tempi'.'. THERE is one story of the wars of Rome which... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1872 - 564 pages
...vessel, and he remained alone on board, and perished. SIB WILLIAM TEMPLE wrote : ' Whether it be wise in men to do such actions or no, I am sure it is BO in States to honour them.' I cannot find that any ' honour' was done to his memory beyond Marvell's... | |
 | Kent (England) - 1874 - 598 pages
...was never known to quit his post without orders. " Whether it be wise," says Sir William Temple, " for men to do such actions or no, I am sure it is so in states to honour them ;" and the English traveller, as he gazes on Upnor Castle, will not fail... | |
 | William Baptiste Scoones - English letters - 1880 - 608 pages
...him, because it should never be said, a Douglas quitted his post without order ; whether it be wise in men to do such actions or no, I am sure it is so in States to honour them ; and, if they can, to turn the vein of wits to raise up the esteem of... | |
 | William Baptiste Scoones - English letters - 1880 - 606 pages
...him, because it should never be said, a Douglas quitted his post without order ; whether it be wise in men to do such actions or no, I am sure it is so in States to honour them ; and, if they can, to turn the vein of wits to raise up the esteem of... | |
 | Kent (England) - 1883 - 628 pages
...was never known to quit his post without orders. " Whether it be wise," says Sir William Temple, " for men to do such actions or no, I am sure it is so in states to honour them ;" and the English traveller, as he gazes on Upnor Castle, will not fail... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - England - 1885 - 264 pages
...man who on that day upheld the renown of England. ' Whether it be wise,' says Sir Richard Temple, ' for men to do such actions or no, I am sure it is so in States to honour them.' So fine an example of heroic self-sacrifice is a priceless possession... | |
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Whether it be wise in men to do such actions or no, I am sure it is so in States to honour them." — SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE. '"THERE is one story of the wars of Rome which I have always very much envied for England. Germanicus was going down at the head... 
