 | 1894 - 802 strani
...writer very justly remarks. " I sought for merit wherever it was to be found," said the great Pitt. " It is my boast that I was the first Minister who looked for it and found it among the mountains of the north. I called it forth, and drew into your service a hardy and intrepid... | |
 | J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish - 1896 - 620 strani
...delivered in 1766, thus expressed himself: " I sought for merit wherever it was to be found ; it is ray boast that I was the first minister who looked for...into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men, who, when left by your jealousy, became a prey to the artifice of your enemies, and had gone nigh to... | |
 | 1897 - 348 strani
...Alluding to the formation of the Highland regiments, Lord Chatham said:— " I sought for merit wherever it was to be found. It is my boast that I was the...into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men, who, when left by your jealousy, became a prey to the artifice of your enemies, and had gone nigh to... | |
 | James Cameron Lees - 1897 - 954 strani
...for merit wherever it was to be found. It was my boast that I was the first Minister who looked for and found it in the mountains of the North. I called...into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men, who had gone nigh to have overturned the State in the war before last. These men in the last war were... | |
 | Ontario. Department of Education - 1899 - 416 strani
...whether a man was rocked in his cradle on this "or on that side of the Tweed. I sought for merit wherever it was to be found. It is my boast " that I was the first Minister who looked for it, and I found it in the Mountains of the North. I "called it forth, and drew it into your service, — a... | |
 | Charles Greenhill Gardyne - 1901 - 646 strani
...in his celebrated speech in Parliament nine years later, he says — " I sought for merit wherever it was to be found ; it is my boast that I was the...into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men, who, when lefl by your jealousy, became a prey to the artifice of your enemies, and had gone nigh to... | |
 | Frederic Harrison - 1905 - 262 strani
...his cradle on this or that side of the Tweed. I sought for merit wherever it was to be found. It it my boast, that I was the first minister who looked...service a hardy and intrepid race of men ; men who, when by your jealousy they became a prey to the artifices of your enemies, had gone nigh to overturn the... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 488 strani
...a man was rocked in his cradle on this side or that side of the Tweed. I sought for merit wherever it was to be found. It is my boast, that I was the...drew into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men—men, who, when left by your jealousy, became a prey to the artifices of your enemies, and had... | |
 | Arthur Grenfell Wauchope - 1908 - 290 strani
...Begiment, when serving in the Peninsular War. THE FIRST HIGHLAND REGIMENTS. " I sought for merit wherever it was to be found: it is my boast that I was the...into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men, who, when left by your jealousy, became a prey to the artifice of your enemies, and had gone nigh to... | |
 | Arthur Grenfell Wauchope - 1908 - 298 strani
...Regiment, when serving in the Peninsular War. THE FIRST HIGHLAND REGIMENTS. " I sought for merit wherever it was to be found : it is my boast that I was the...into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men, who, when left by your jealousy, became a prey to the artifice of your enemies, and had gone nigh to... | |
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I sought for merit wherever it was to be found. It is my boast, that I was the first minister who looked for it, and found it, in the mountains of the North. 
