 | William Wallace - 1831 - 312 頁
...expressed at the time, in the following jeu d'esprit ; — " The Earl of Chatham, with his sword drawn, Was waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, eager to be at 'em, Was waiting for the Earl of Chatham." precious opportunity to blazon forth the disastrous incapacity... | |
 | Rowland Mainwaring - 1838 - 528 頁
...humourously satirized in the public prints with these lines:— " Lord Chatham, with his sword undrawn, Kept waiting for Sir Richard Strachan; Sir Richard, eager to be at 'em, Kept waiting too—for whom ? Lord Chatham." • Vide Appendix, No. 7> for his appropriate epitaph.... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1842 - 152 頁
...ordered more than thirty carts of coal to be placed on the highest peak of Arthur's Seat. CHAPTER V. Lord Chatham with his sword undrawn, Is waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Is waiting for the Earl of Chatham. Next day to Da Capo the first all were keen,... | |
 | John Wilson, James Hogg, John Gibson Lockhart - 1866 - 508 頁
...attributed the delay to his colleague. Hence the rhymes — The Earl of Chatham, with his sword drp.wn Was waiting for Sir Richard Strachan. Sir Richard, eager to be at 'em. Was waiting for the Earl of Chatham." Pitt would have been only seventy-four had he lived to this time... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 654 頁
...according to a satiric rhyme of the time — " The earl of Chatham, with his aword drawn, . , Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, eager to be at 'em, Stood waiting for tho carl of Chatham." Meantime Cambaceres and Fouche' had dispatched couriers to... | |
 | Henry Dunning Macleod - 1875 - 556 頁
...Economic position just like that of the two heroes— " The Earl of Chatham, with his Babre drawn, Was waiting for Sir Richard Strachan; Sir Richard, eager to be at 'em, Was waiting for the Earl of Chatham." No doubt there is the difficulty, as Mill says: but we have already... | |
 | Frank Harrison Hill - 1887 - 256 頁
...and evidence concerning the expedition to the Scheldt:'— Lord Chatham, with his sword undrawn, Kept waiting for Sir Richard Strachan, Sir Richard, eager to be at 'em, Kept waiting too,—for whom 1 Lord Chatham. Canning showed during his first tenure of high office... | |
 | David Hannay - 1896 - 254 頁
...fine uniform, a bright sword, and a long-tailed prancer. " Lord Chatham, with his sword undrawn, Kept waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, eager to be at 'em, Kept waiting too — for whom ? Lord Chatham." At the critical moment General Acosta announced that... | |
 | Sir John George Findlay - 1912 - 188 頁
...the initiative, while the Home Government thinks otherwise, we are really left to assume that— " Lord Chatham with his sword undrawn, Is waiting for Sir Richard Strachan; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Is waiting for the Earl of Chatham." Mr. Asquith says that if the proposals amount... | |
 | Charles Gideon Murray - 1912 - 138 頁
...Colonies towards each other on common affairs, and which is so well expressed in the old rhyme : — "Lord Chatham with his sword undrawn, Is waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard longing to be at 'em Is waiting for the Earl of Chatham." What easier then than that delegates from... | |
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Kept waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, eager to be at 'em, Kept waiting too — for whom ? Lord Chatham. 
