 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1815 - 576 sider
...the reign of James the First, commemorated in the " Guardian ;" and the celebrated Song, beginning, " To all you Ladies now on Land, " We Men at Sea indite," which was composed by Charles, Earl of Dorset, Lord George's Grandfather, as we are assured, on the Night... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1836 - 628 sider
...the Reign of James the First, commemorated in the " Guardian;" and the celebrated Song, beginning. " To all you Ladies now on Land, " We Men at Sea indite," which was composed by Charles, Earl of Dorset, Lord George's Grandfather, as we are assured, on the Night... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1837 - 516 sider
...the reign of James the First, commemorated in the " Guardian ;" and the celebrated song, beginning, " To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite," which was composed by Charles, earl of Dorset, lord George's grandfather, as we are assured, on the night... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 478 sider
...the great sea-fight in 1665, in which Opdam, the Dutch Admiral, was blown up, with all his crew : — To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite ; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write : The Muses now, and Neptune too, We... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 sider
...The music by Dr. Calcott. TO ALL YOU LADIES NOW ON LAND. The EARL OF DORSET, born 1037, died 1706. To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite; But first would have you understand, How hard it is to write : The muses now, and Neptune, too, We... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 sider
...blow, When the stormy, &c. TO ALL YOU LADIES NOW ON LAND. The Ei»L OF DOESET, born 1637, died 1706.* To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite ; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write : The Muses now, and Neptune too, We... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1860 - 376 sider
...written on the eve of the naval engagement between the Duke of York and Admiral Opdam, which begins — ' To all you ladies now on land We men at sea indite.' With a fine classical taste and a courageous spirit, he had in early days been guilty of as much iniquity... | |
 | Henry Mayhew - 1861 - 574 sider
...Earl of Dorset's "in«r, written on the night before a naval engagement with the Dutch, in 1C65 : " To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite." I give the titles of the others, not chronologically, hut as they occurred to my informant's ^collection... | |
 | E. A. R. - 1862 - 376 sider
...said Miss Lane. " Do you," said Mr. Eobarts, interrupting them, " know an old song beginning — • To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite ; But first I'll have you understand, How hard it is to write.' Here is the portrait of the man who... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 356 sider
...sailor, under the Duke of York ; and the night before an engagement wrote the song beginning — ' To all you ladies now on land We men at sea indite,' &c. s This was considered one of the happiest efforts of his maae. He was a minor poet only ; he is... | |
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To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite ; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write : The muses now, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you. 
