 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1836 - 754 דפים
...sincere as a sailor's will. This is the very stuff of which history should be composed." — Bell's Messenger. " If Admiral Napier be not distinguished...in no slight degree." — Atlas. " In speaking of hirnself and his deeds, he has hit the just and difficult medium — shewing his real feelings, yet... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1840 - 884 דפים
...will. This is the very stufl of which history should be composed." — .'.',/''•< Slesienger. " It Admiral Napier be not distinguished by the common-place...— shewing his real feelings, yet steering clear of aflected modt'sty on tin; one hand, and of overweening modesty on the other." — Titit't Magazine.... | |
 | Janet W. Wilkinson - 1840 - 168 דפים
...and sincere as a sailor's will. This is the very stuff of which history should be composed."—Bell's Messenger. " If Admiral Napier be not distinguished...truth, discretion, and clear-sightedness, in no slight degree."—A tins. " In speaking of himself and his deeds, he has hit the just and difficult medium—shewing... | |
 | Sir Charles Napier - 1842 - 726 דפים
...of manner and language, that is quite admirable and delightful." — Monthly Review. " If Commodore Napier be not distinguished by the commonplace facilities...of truth, discretion, and clear-sightedness, in no small degree." — Atlat. " In speaking of himself and his deeds, he has hit the just and difficult... | |
 | Charles Napier - 1842 - 416 דפים
...authorship, he possesses the higher qualities of truth, discretion, and clear-sightedness, in no small degree." — Atlas. " In speaking of himself and his...deeds, he has hit the just and difficult medium— showing his real feelings, yet steering clear of affected modesty on the one hand, and over-weening... | |
 | Edward John Eyre - 1845 - 564 דפים
...sincere as a sailor's will. This is the very stuff of which history should be composed." — Bell's Messenger. " If Admiral Napier be not distinguished...speaking of himself and his deeds, he has hit the just nnd difficult medium — shewing his real feelings, yet steering clear of affected modesty on the one... | |
 | Clement Hodgkinson - 1845 - 298 דפים
...be composed."—Sell's Messenger. " It is Caesar's Commentaries in the first person."—Spectator. " If Admiral Napier be not distinguished by the common-place...truth, discretion, and clear-sightedness, in no slight degree."—Atlas. " In speaking of himself and his deeds, he has hit the just and difficult medium—... | |
 | John Lort Stokes - 1846 - 610 דפים
...sailor's will. This is the very stuff of which history should be composed." — Bell's Meuenger. " If Admiral Napier be not distinguished by the common-place...has hit the just and difficult medium — shewing bis real feelings, yet steering clear of affected modesty on the one hand, and of over-weening modesty... | |
 | Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - 1849 - 572 דפים
...and delightful."—Monthly Review. " It it Ciesar's Commentaries in the first person."—Spectator. " If Admiral Napier be not distinguished by the common-place...truth, discretion, and clear-sightedness, in no slight degree."—Alloi. " Candid to a degree, and sincere as a sailor's will. This is the very stuff of which,... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1849 - 230 דפים
...of affected modesty on the one hand, and of over-weening modesty on the other."—Tait's Magazine. " If Admiral Napier be not distinguished by the common-place...truth, discretion, and clear-sightedness, in no slight degree."—Atlas. " This is a very graphic account of the affairs in which the gallant author figured... | |
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If Admiral Napier be not distinguished by the common-place facilities of authorship, he possesses the higher qualities of truth, discretion, and clear-sightedness, in no slight degree."— Atlas. 
