 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1844 - 628 pagine
...Smith's Wealth of Nations, lxx>k v. ch. 3. It was also at this period that Pitt commenced CHAP. XXXITI his bold, yet, as it proved, most safe and wise , policy, of raising Highland regiments from the 1757. lately disaffected clans. I have already alluded to this measure by anticipation * ; let me now... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1846 - 708 pagine
...stick, over their shoulders ; for the Highlanders wearing a short petticoat like the Romans, • " I remember how I employed the very rebels in the service and defence of their country. They were reclaimed by this means : they fought our battles ; they cheerfully bled in defence of those liberties... | |
 | George Warburton - 1849 - 528 pagine
...broken. The troops that strove with this noble constancy were 2 It was at this period that Pitt commenced his bold, yet, as it proved, most safe and wise policy,...the service and defence of their country. They were reclaimed by this means ; they fought our battles ; they cheerfully bled in defence of those liberties... | |
 | George Warburton - 1850 - 376 pagine
...Sketches of the Highlanders, vol. ii.,_p. 61. t It was at this period that Pitt commenced his bold, yetj as it proved, most safe and wise policy of raising...how I employed the very rebels in the service and defense of their country. They were reclaimed by this means j they fought our battles ; they cheerfully... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - 1850 - 532 pagine
...looked back with honest pride to this measure, on which none but a man of genius would have ventured. " My lords, we should not want men in a good cause....the service and defence of their country. They were reclaimed by this means ; they fought our battles ; they cheerfully bled in defence of those liberties... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 528 pagine
...any legal necessity of having coats ; for they say that the law against plaids was * 37 to 32. f " I remember how I employed the very rebels in the service and defence of their country. They were reclaimed by this means ; they fought our battles ; they cheerfully bled in defence of those liberties... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 446 pagine
...Aix-laChapelle-f * Lord (Word's Memoirs, vol. ii. p. 116. It was also at this period that Pitt commenced his bold, yet, as it proved, most safe and wise policy,...Chatham himself applied to it in retrospect. " My Lords, wo ' should not want men in a good cause. I remember ' bow I employed the very rebels in the service... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1858 - 468 pagine
...of Nations, bouk v. ch. ;i. 1757. MILITIA BILLS. 89 It was also at this period that Pitt commenced his bold, yet, as it proved, most safe and wise policy,...have already alluded to this measure by anticipation * ; ,et me now add only the glowing words which Chatham himself applied to it in retrospect. " My Lords,... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1858 - 434 pagine
...Aix-laChapelle.f * Lord Orford's Memoirs, vol. ii. p. 116. It was also at this period that Pitt commenced his bold, yet, as it proved, most safe and wise policy,...Highland regiments from the lately disaffected clans. I Lave already alluded to this measure by anticipation * ; let me now add only the glowing words which... | |
 | sir Henry Montague Hozier - 1876 - 414 pagine
...recalled the memory of the House of Lords to the boldness of his step in the following words : — " My lords, we should not want men in a good cause ;...the service and defence of their country ; they were reclaimed by that means ; they fought our battles ; they cheerfully bled in defence of those liberties... | |
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not want men in a good cause. I remember " how I employed the very rebels in the service " and defence of their country. They were re" claimed by this means ; they fought our battles ; " they cheerfully bled in defence of those liberties " which they... 
