 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1818 - 680 str.
...the British flag being, for this object alone, subjected to search by foreign ships. He thought [252 it a great and striking proof of magnanimity, that...closer and closer as the tempest roared around us, the principal of our hope and safety, as well as of our glory, which had borne us through all perils, and... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1818 - 686 str.
...was practical abolition. It was obvious that the right of search must be reciprocal. For himself, be felt a pride in the British flag being, for this object...closer and closer as the tempest roared around us, the principal of our hope and safety, as well as of our glory, which had borne us through all perils, and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1822 - 772 str.
...were illusory. The right of search was practical abolition. It was obvious, that the right of search must be reciprocal. For himself, he felt a pride in...closer and closer as the tempest roared around us, — theprinciple of our hope and safety, as well as of our glory, — which had borne us through all... | |
 | 1820 - 558 str.
...dissolved this fatal charm ; Lord Nelson was summoned for the last time to unfurl and defend the flag, which for "A thousand years had braved The battle and the breeze." VOL. I. 21 Lady Hamilton still divided with his country the empire of his heart. While ploughing his... | |
 | sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 394 str.
...pride in the British flag being, for this object alone, subjected to search by foreign ships. I think it a great and striking proof of magnanimity, that...British flag itself, — which, ' for a thousand years, has braved the battle and the breeze' — which has never been lowered to an enemy— which- has defied... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 394 str.
...pride in the British Bag being, for this object alone, subjected to search by foreign ships. I think it a great and striking proof of magnanimity, that...British flag itself, — which, ' for a thousand years, has braved the battle and the breeze' — which has never been lowered to an enemy — which has defied... | |
 | James Machintosh - 1884 - 310 str.
...pride in the British flag being, for this object alone, subjected to search by foreign ships. I think it a great and striking proof of magnanimity, that...the British flag itself, — which, ' for a thousand yean, has braved the battle and the breeze' — which has never been lowered to an enemy — which... | |
 | 1849 - 588 str.
...discovery. His experienced eye at once told him that it was not the warlike flag of Great Britain, which for a thousand years had braved the " Battle and the Breeze,' but the innocuous red ensign of the Elia, transferred from the ship to the shore. He was delighted... | |
 | 1865 - 254 str.
...same good feeling as ever, to glorious old England, under whose flag we lived — that ancient flag which, for a thousand years, had braved the battle. and the breeze. (Loud cheers.) Without further comment, he proposed the toast of " The Commercial Prosperity of British... | |
 | Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer - 1868 - 472 str.
...Spain : " I feel pride in the British flag being for this object subjected to foreign ships. I think it a great and striking proof of magnanimity that...the British flag itself, which for a thousand years has braved the battle and the breeze, which has defied confederacies of nations, to which we have clung... | |
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He thought [252 it a great and striking proof of magnanimity, that the darling point of honour of our country, the British flag itself, which " for a thousand years had braved the battle and the breeze... 
