 | Edward Pelham Brenton - Great Britain - 1837 - 778 pages
...appeared about this time which I cannot resist giving: — " The Earl of Chatham, with his sabre drawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan; Sir Richard,...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... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1842 - 152 pages
...be placed on the highest peak of Arthur's Seat. CHAPTER V. Lord 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. Next day to Da Capo the first all were keen, Though truly it prov'da... | |
 | Robert Bell - Politicians - 1846 - 376 pages
...admiral; the public, more just than the partisans of either, condemned both in the well-known epigram : Lord Chatham with his sword undrawn, Stood waiting...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... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1846 - 396 pages
...more just than the partisans of either, condemned both in the well-known epigram, "Lord Chatham, witn his sword undrawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan...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... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1846 - 388 pages
...partisans of either, condemned both in the well-known epigram, " Lord Chatham, witn his sword nndrawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard,...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... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - Admirals - 1847 - 558 pages
...our national character, permitted itself to be amused by a repetition of the following epigram: — " Lord Chatham, with his sword undrawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longiug to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham." x2 SECTION V. The Right Hon. CHARLES... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - Admirals - 1847 - 544 pages
...national character, permitted itself to be amused by a repetition of the following epigram : — " Lord Chatham, with his sword undrawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longiug to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham." SECTION V. The Right Hon. CHARLES YORKE.... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1913 - 686 pages
...which ended most disastrously. The well-known epigram, The Earl of Chatham with his eword drawn Was waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em. Was waiting for the Earl of Chatham, •explains that the failure was due to the want •of co-operation... | |
 | LIEUT SHERARD OSBORN - 1852 - 330 pages
...one another put me much in mind of the old doggrel: — " The Earl of Chatham with sword drawn, Was waiting for Sir Richard Strachan; Sir Richard longing to be at 'em, Was waiting for the Earl of Chatham." The risk of detention in such a region can be understood by all;... | |
 | Sherard Osborn - Arctic regions - 1852 - 228 pages
...one another put me much in mind of the old doggenel : — " The Earl of Chatham with sword drawn, Was waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard longing to be at 'em, Was waiting for the Earl of Chatham." The risk of detention in such a region can be understood by all;... | |
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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. 
