...whenever we are out of the reach of the cannon of the fleet. The extreme heat of the weather in August, and a good deal of fatigue, threw me into a fever...service to the state ; or without any prospect of it. I have the honour to be, with great respect, my Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient and most humble...

...that General Wolfe wrote to his patron — were penned only four days before his glorious death : ' I am so far recovered as to do business ; ' but my...having done any considerable service to the state ; or with' out any prospect of it.' The King of Prussia's opinion of Mr Pitt is given in some very remarkable...

...last that General Wolfe wrote to his patron — were penned only four days before his glorious death: 'I am so far recovered as to do business; but my constitution...entirely ruined, without the consolation of having dene any considerable service to the state; or without any prospect of it.' The King of Prussia's opinion...

...last that General Wolfe wrote to his patron—were penned only four days before his glorious death: " I am so far recovered as to do business; but my constitution...service to the state; or without any prospect of it." The King of Prussia's opinion of Mr. Pitt is given in some very remarkable expressions, in an extract...

...bragadochios. All precedents are on your side: Persians, Greeks, Romans, always insulted their neighbours and wherever they can best be got at. The weather...service to the state, or without any prospect of it" VValpole, however, in his animated description of the capture of Quebec, in his Memoires, docs ample...

...and divert it from other quarters.* Here are his own concluding words : — " I am so far reco" vered as to do business, but my constitution is " entirely...service to the state, or " without any prospect of it." — Let him who reads these words, and their event, learn from them never to lose hope of success in...

...and divert it from other quarters.* Here are his own concluding words : — " I am so far reco" vered as to do business, but my constitution is " entirely...service to the state, or " without any prospect of it." — Let him who reads these words, and their event, learn from them never to lose hope of success in...

...the attention of the enemy from other points ; it concludes in the following desponding words : — " I am so far recovered as to do business, but my constitution...service to the state, or without any prospect of it." But while he wrote almost in despair, he acted as if he had never doubted of success. On the llth of...

...divert the attention of the enemy from other points: it concludes in the following desponding words : " I am so far recovered as to do business, but my constitution...service to the state, or without any prospect of it." But while he wrote almost in despair, he acted as if he had never doubted of success. On the llth of...

...evincing at once his deep despondency and his ruling passion. ' I am so far recovered,' he says, ' as to do business ; but my constitution is entirely...service to the state, or without any prospect of it.' Dr. Robinson, afterward an eminent professor in the University of Edinburgh, also mentions a touching...