It was an author in his studious retreat, who, casting a prophetic eye on the age we live in, secured the late victories of our naval sovereignty. Inquire at the Admiralty how the fleets of Nelson have been constructed, and they can tell you that it was... The Quarterly Review - Sivu 102muokkaaja - 1921Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| 1818 - 606 sivua
...the late victories of our naval sovereignty. Inquire at the Admiralty how the fleets of Nelson have been constructed, and they can tell you that it was with the oaks which the genius of Evelyn planted.' If Charles II. had instituted, as he once intended, and as he... | |
| 1819 - 630 sivua
...the late victories of our naval sovereignty. Inquire at the Admiralty how the fleets of Nelson have been constructed, and they can tell you that it was with the oaks, which the genius of Evelyn planted.' If Charles II. had instituted, as he once intended, and as he... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1822 - 344 sivua
...the late victories of our naval sovereignty. Inquire at the Admiralty how the fleets of Nelson have been constructed, and they can tell you that it was with the oaks which the genius of EVELYN planted*. The same character existed in France, where DE SERRES in 1599... | |
| Joseph Jean M.C. Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 450 sivua
...the late victories of our naval sovereignty. Inquire at the Admiralty how the fleets of Nelson have been constructed ? and they can tell you that it was with the oaks which the genius of Evelyn planted." To speak only of Evelyn's influence on the English landscape,... | |
| Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 454 sivua
...the late victories of our naval sovereignty. Inquire at the Admiralty how the fleets of Nelson have been constructed ? and they can tell you that it was with the oaks which the genius of Evelyn planted." To speak only of Evelyn's influence on the English landscape,... | |
| Richard Brindley Hone - 1833 - 414 sivua
...the late victories of our naval sovereignty. Inquire at the Admiralty how the fleets of Nelson have been constructed, and they can tell you that it was with the oaks which the genius of Evelyn planted." After he had thus " endeavoured the improvement of timber and... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1835 - 330 sivua
...the late victories of our naval sovereignty. Inquire at the Admiralty how the fleets of Nelson have been constructed? and they can tell you that it was with the oaks which the genius of Evelyn planted. f Th* same character existed in France, where De Serrn in 1599... | |
| Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1839 - 348 sivua
...country, that D'Israeli does not scruple to say, " Inquire at the Admiralty how the fleets of Nelson have been constructed, and they can tell you that it was with the oaks planted by the genius of Evelyn :" though sorely tried by the loss of seven fair children out of eight,... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1839 - 418 sivua
...the late victories of our naval sovereignty. Inquire at the Admiralty how the fleets of Nelson have been constructed, and they can tell you that it was with the oaks which the genius of EVELYN planted*. The same character existed in France, where DE SERRES in Io99... | |
| 1847 - 424 sivua
...the late victorics of our naval sovereignty. Inquire at the Admiralty how the fleets of Nelson have been constructed, and they can tell you that it was with the oaks which the genius of Evelyn planted." " The greater part," to quote the conclusion of Southey's admirable... | |
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