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" If Admiral Napier be not distinguished by the common-place facilities of authorship, he possesses the higher qualities of truth, discretion, and clear-sightedness, in no slight degree. "
Memoirs of Sir Benjamin Rudyerd, Knt: Containing His Speeches and Poems; to ... - Sida 4
efter Sir Benjamin Rudyerd - 1841 - 345 sidor
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History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France ..., Volym 5

Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1836 - 754 sidor
...events, which, before reading, we thought impossible."— ffaeal and Military Gatette. " It is Caesar's Commentaries in the first person." — Spectator....in no slight degree." — Atlas. " In speaking of hirnself and his deeds, he has hit the just and difficult medium — shewing his real feelings, yet...
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History of the War in the Peninsula, and in the South of France ..., Volym 5

William Francis Patrick Napier - 1836 - 794 sidor
...events, which, before reading, we thought impossible."— Naval and Military Gaaette. " It is Caesar's Commentaries in the first person." — Spectator....degree, and sincere as a sailor's will. This is the very Mull' of which history should be composed." — Bell's Messenger. " If Admiral Napier be not distinguished...
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Sketches and Legends Amid the Mountains of North Wales: In Verse

Janet W. Wilkinson - 1840 - 168 sidor
...and sincere as a sailor's will. This is the very stuff of which history should be composed."—Bell's Messenger. " If Admiral Napier be not distinguished...truth, discretion, and clear-sightedness, in no slight degree."—A tins. " In speaking of himself and his deeds, he has hit the just and difficult medium—shewing...
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History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France ..., Volym 6

William Francis Patrick Napier - 1840 - 884 sidor
...of manner and language that is quite admirable and delightful." — Monthly Review. " It is Caesar's Commentaries in the first person." — Spectator....degree, and sincere as a sailor's will. This is the very stufl of which history should be composed." — .'.',/''•< Slesienger. " It Admiral Napier be not...
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The War in Syria, Volym 1

Sir Charles Napier - 1842 - 726 sidor
...of manner and language, that is quite admirable and delightful." — Monthly Review. " If Commodore Napier be not distinguished by the commonplace facilities...of truth, discretion, and clear-sightedness, in no small degree." — Atlat. " In speaking of himself and his deeds, he has hit the just and difficult...
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Journals of Expeditions of Discovery Into Central Australia, and ..., Volym 2

Edward John Eyre - 1845 - 564 sidor
...War in Portugal,' is the happiest picture we could conceive of the battle off Cape St. Vincent — iU especial excellence consisting in a regardless bluntness...speaking of himself and his deeds, he has hit the just nnd difficult medium — shewing his real feelings, yet steering clear of affected modesty on the one...
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The Conquest of Scinde: With Some Introductory Passages in the Life ..., Sida 2

Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1845 - 382 sidor
...of manner and language that is quite admirable and delightful." — Monthly Review. " It is Caesar's Commentaries in the first person." — Spectator....the very stuff of which history should be composed." — Sell's Messenger. " If Admiral Napier be not distinguished by the common-place facilities of authorship,...
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Australia, from Port Macquarie to Moreton Bay: With Descriptions of the ...

Clement Hodgkinson - 1845 - 298 sidor
...regardless bluntness of manner and language that is quite admirable and delightful."—Monthly Review. " Candid to a degree, and sincere as a sailor's will....This is the very stuff of which history should be composed."—Sell's Messenger. " It is Caesar's Commentaries in the first person."—Spectator. " If...
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Discoveries in Australia, Volym 2

John Lort Stokes - 1846 - 610 sidor
...of manner and language that is quite admirable and delightful." — Monthly Review. " It is Ctesar's Commentaries In the first person." — Spectator....stuff of which history should be composed." — Bell's Meuenger. " If Admiral Napier be not distinguished by the common-place facilities of authorship, he...
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The Hudson's Bay Territories and Vancouver's Island: With an Exposition of ...

Robert Montgomery Martin - 1849 - 222 sidor
...of manner and language that is quite admirable and delightful." — Monthly Review. " It is Ceesar's Commentaries in the first person." — Spectator....authorship, he possesses the higher qualities of truth, iiscretion, and clear-sightedness, in no slight degree."— Atlas. " In speaking of himself and his...
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