 | Sir John Barrow - 1831 - Страниц: 400
...greatest tyrants*. It was Bligh's misfortune not to have been educated in the cockpit of a man of war, among young gentlemen, which is to the navy what a...originally written in his journal ! The remarks of young Heywood above recited, were received and transmitted by his sister Nessy * Some few captains were in... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1832 - Страниц: 320
...found guilty it invariably Bligh's misfortune not to have been educated in the cockpit of a man of war, among young gentlemen, which is to the navy what a...originally written in his journal ! The remarks of young Heywood above recited were received and transmitted by his sister Nessy in a letter to the Earl of... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1876 - Страниц: 422
...and a stronger motive : he knew how necessary it was to interpose a sort of barrier between himself and his mutinous gang ; he was too good an adept not...originally written in his journal ! The remarks of young Heywood above recited, * Some few captains were in the habit of turning over a delinquent to be tried... | |
 | sir John Barrow (bart.) - 1883 - Страниц: 432
...and a stronger motive : he knew how necessary it was to interpose a sort of barrier between himself and his mutinous gang ; he was too good an adept not...originally written in his journal ! The remarks of young Heywood above recited, * Some few captains were in the habit of turning over a delinquent to be tried... | |
 | Alfred McFarland - 1884 - Страниц: 276
...misfortune not to have been educated in the gun-room of a manof-war, among young Gentlemen—which is to the Navy what a public school is to those who are to move in Civil society." Y"et his appearance was prepossessing, and his well-known portrait is a good representation of him... | |
 | Ronald Worthy Giblin - 1928 - Страниц: 398
...secure information, made the following statement in his book, Mutiny of the " Bounty", page 267 : " It was Bligh's misfortune not to have been educated...school is to those who are to move in civil society." Fletcher Christian, born in 1763, belonged to a Cumberland family whose forebears had been associated... | |
 | Greg Dening - 1992 - Страниц: 468
...the great tyrants. It was Bligh's misfortune not to have been educated in the gunroom of a man-o-war among young gentlemen, which is to the navy what a public school is to those who move in civil society.' It was only technically true that Bligh rose to command from 'before the mast'.... | |
 | Fergus Fleming - 2001 - Страниц: 542
...To him, an education 'in the cockpit of a man-of-war, among young gentlemen'81 was indispensable. It 'is to the navy what a public school is to those who move in civil society',8' he explained in his biography of Bligh. When Clapperton's journal came out... | |
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It was Bligh's misfortune not to have been educated in the cockpit of a man-of-war, among young gentlemen, which is to the navy what a public school is to those who are to move in civil society. 