 I am extremely obliged by your offer of your country house (as for all other kindness) in case that my health should require my removal; but I cannot quit Greece while there is a chance of my being of any (even supposed) utility: — there is a stake...  Narrative of a Second Visit to Greece - Page 140by Edward Blaquière - 1825 - 342 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1903 - 1074 pages
...to take. He wrote to a friend : " I cannot quit Greece while there is a chance of my bein^ even of supposed utility. There is a stake worth millions such as I am, and while I can stand at all 1 must stand bv the cause. While I say this, 1 am aware of the difficulties, dissensions and defects... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1904 - 644 pages
...he got no farther than Corfu." house (as for all other kindness) in case my health should require my removal; but I cannot quit Greece while there is a chance of my being of any (even supposed) utility; there is a stake worth millions such as I am, and while I can stand at... | |
 | 1907 - 668 pages
...gave way. " I cannot quit Greece," he wrote to a friend, " while there is a chance of my being even of supposed utility. There is a stake worth millions...while I can stand at all I must stand by the cause." It was not granted him to fall in battle, as he wished; he died of fever in the beleaguered town which... | |
 | Dora Neill Raymond - Poets, English - 1924 - 394 pages
...Suliotes, did he give any intimation that he thought of leaving. " I cannot quit Greece," he wrote. " There is a stake worth millions such as I am, and...while I can stand at all, I must stand by the cause." "If Greece should fall," he told Count Gamba, " I would bury myself in the ruins." He had never, even... | |
 | Harold Nicolson - British - 1924 - 314 pages
...by your offer of your country house (as for all other kindness) in case my health should require my removal ; but I cannot quit Greece while there is a chance of my being of any (even supposed) utility. There is a stake worth millions such as I am, and while I can stand at... | |
 | Albert Brecknock - Poets, English - 1926 - 344 pages
...whilst there is a chance of me being of (even supposed) utility. There is a stake worth millions to such as I am, and, while I can stand at all, I must stand by the cause. My future intentions as to Greece may be explained in a few words. I will remain here until she is... | |
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