 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Great Britain - 1834 - 626 pages
...the power of rewarding them by the only mode in which they can be rewarded, that is, by promotion. ' It is not known to the army and to strangers, and...the day must come when this system must be altered. ' I do not entertain these opinions, and communicate them to you, because there are any officers attached... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Great Britain - 1836 - 622 pages
...the power of rewarding them by the only mode in which they can be rewarded, that is, by promotion. ' It is not known to the army and to strangers, and...the day must come when this system must be altered. ' I do not entertain these opinions, and communicate them to you, because there are any officers attached... | |
 | Scotland - 1838 - 894 pages
...power of rewarding them by the only mode in which they can be rewarded, that is, by promotion. " It is known to the army and to strangers, and I am almost...the day must come when this system must be altered. " I do not entertain these opinions, and communicate them to you, because there arc any officers attached... | |
 | sir James Edward Alexander - 1840 - 534 pages
...the power of rewarding them by the only mode in which they can be rewarded, that is, by promotion. " It is not known to the army and to strangers, and...is really extraordinary that I have got on so well without it ; but the day must come when this system must be altered. " I do not entertain these opinions... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Great Britain - 1842 - 1008 pages
...the power of rewarding them by the only mode in which they can be rewarded, that is, by promotion. It is not known to the army and to strangers, and...the day must come when this system must be altered. ***** The consequence of the change of the system in respect to me would be only to give me the power... | |
 | Thornton MacMahon - English literature - 1846 - 260 pages
...the power of rewarding them by the only mode in which they can be rewarded, that is, by promotion. It is not known to the army and to strangers, and...of power of reward which belongs to my situation. The consequence of the change of system in respect to me, would be only to give me the power of rewarding... | |
 | Richard Cobden - 1849 - 316 pages
...proceeds,— system can last; it will do very well for trifling expeditions and short services. * * * * * * It is not known to the army and to strangers, and...and it is really extraordinary that I have got on hitherto so well without it. But the day must come when this system must be altered. I do not entertain... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 638 pages
...officer, hare not the power of making even a corporal! It is not known to the army and to strangers that I am almost ashamed of acknowledging the small degree...and it is really extraordinary that I have got on hitherto so well without it. But the day must come when this system must be altered." On the 31st of... | |
 | Financial Reform Association (Liverpool, England) - Finance - 1851 - 600 pages
...this system can last: it will do very well for trifling expeditions and short service?, " * * * * » * It is not known to the army and to strangers, and...and it is really extraordinary that I have got on hitherto so well without it. But the day must come when this system must be altered. I do not entertain... | |
 | Thomas Philip De Grey (2nd earl.) - 1853 - 226 pages
...has been employed against the enemy for many years, have not even the power of making a corporal ! " It is not known to the army and to strangers, and I am almost ashamed to acknowledge the small degree (I ought to say nullity) of power of reward which belongs to my situation.... | |
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It is not known to the army and to strangers, and I am almost ashamed of acknowledging, the small degree (I ought to say nullity) of power of reward which belongs to my situation ; and it is really extraordinary that I have got on so well hitherto without... 
