| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1812 - 728 pages
...officers and troops who have performed it. The hottour which this house has conferred upon my honourable friends and myself, is justly considered by the officers...Service, and to obtain it has doubtless been the motive 1 93] [19* ef many of those acts of valour and good conduct which have tended so eminently to thé... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1812 - 714 pages
...officers and troops who have performed it. The honour which this house has conferred upon my honourable friends and myself, is justly considered by the officers...of all who are employed in his majesty's service, an<I to obtain it has doubtless- been the motivq PARL. DEBATES, FEB. 1, 1808— Offices in Reversion... | |
| Maurice Evans (Navy and army agent.) - Great Britain - 1817 - 652 pages
...fortunate that I was employed by his Majesty on a service which the House has considered of so much importance, as to have marked with its approbation...doubtless, been the motive of many of those acts of valour which have tended so eminently to the glory, and have advanced the prosperity and advantage... | |
| Maurice Evans (Navy and army agent.) - Great Britain - 1817 - 652 pages
...fortunate that I was employed by his Majesty on a service which the House has considered of so much importance, as to have marked with its approbation...doubtless, been the motive of many of those acts of valour which have tended so eminently to the glory, and have advanced the prosperity and advantage... | |
| Christopher Kelly - Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 - 1817 - 550 pages
...officers and troops who have performed it. The honour which this House has conferred upon my honourable friends and myself, is justly considered by the officers...employed in his Majesty's service and to obtain it has been the motive of many of those acts of valour and good conduct, which have tended so eminently to... | |
| Francis L. Clarke - 1817 - 630 pages
...officers and troops who have performed it. The Jionour which this House as conferred upon my honourable friends and myself is justly considered by the officers...employed in His Majesty's service ; and to obtain it has been the motive of many of those acts of valour and good conduct, which have, tended so eminently to... | |
| C. H. Gifford - Anglo-French War, 1793-1802 - 1817 - 396 pages
...performed it. The honor which this honae has conferred upon my friends and myself, is jnstly considered hy the officers of the navy and army as the highest which this country can confer ; it is the ohject of the amhition of all v:lnt are employed in his majesty's service, and to ohtain it has heen... | |
| Christopher Kelly - 1818 - 568 pages
...friends and myself, is justly considered hy the officers of the navy and army as the highest wbicta this country can confer; it is the object of the ambition...employed in his Majesty's service and to obtain it has been the motive of many of those acts of valour and good conduct, which have tended so eminently to... | |
| John Philippart - Great Britain - 1820 - 422 pages
...officers and troops who have performed it. The honour whi^h this House has conferred upon my honourable friends, and myself,' is justly considered by the...employed in his Majesty's service ; and to obtain it has been the motive of many of those acts of valour and good conduct, which have tended so eminently to... | |
| Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Great Britain - 1835 - 638 pages
...and arsenal of Copenhagen.' Major General the Honorable Sir Arthur Wellesley replied as follows:— ' Mr. Speaker, I consider myself fortunate that I was...tended so eminently to the glory, and have advanced the prosperity and advantage of this country. I can assure the House that I am most sensible of the great... | |
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