 | George Young - 1817 - 512 sider
...I shall not command her: my fate drives me from one extreme to another: a few months ago, the whole southern hemisphere was hardly big enough for me,...limits of Greenwich Hospital, which are far too small tor mi-active mind like mine. I must however confess, it is a fine retreat and a pretty income; but... | |
 | Edward Hawke Locker - 1831 - 436 sider
...I shall not command her : my fate drives me from one extream to another. A few months ago the whole Southern hemisphere was hardly big enough for me,...bring myself to like ease and retirement, time will shew. Mrs. Cook joins with me in best respects to you and all your family, and believe me to be, dear... | |
 | Historical account - 1836 - 510 sider
...shall not command her : my fate drives me from one extream to another. A few months ago, the whole Southern Hemisphere was hardly big enough for me,...small for an active mind like mine. I must, however, conthe secret wishes of his noble entertainer, and was most willingly and joyfully accepted. On the... | |
 | ACCOUNT. - 1837 - 392 sider
...shall not command her : my fate drives me from one extreme to another. A few months ago, the whole southern hemisphere was hardly big enough for me,...a fine retreat, and a pretty income : but whether 1 can bring myself to like ease and retirement time will show. Mrs. Cook Joins with me In best respects... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 872 sider
...My fate,' he wrote to a friend, ' drives me from one extreme to another. A few months ago the whole Southern Hemisphere was hardly big enough for me,...confined within the limits of Greenwich Hospital.' A seaman so famous, however, was not likely to be left long in Greenwich Hospital. The Resolution dropped... | |
 | Frank Murcot Bladen - 1893 - 612 sider
...after his appointment to Greenwich Hospital, is given by Locker in his Memoirs of Naval Commanders. As the original is not now in existence, the letter...retirement time will show. Mrs. Cook joins with me in beat respects to you and all your family ; and believe me to be, dear sir, your most affectionate friend... | |
 | William Henry Fitchett - 1913 - 430 sider
...My fate," he wrote to a friend, " drives me from one extreme to another. A few months ago the whole Southern Hemisphere was hardly big enough for me,...confined within the limits of Greenwich Hospital." A seaman so famous, however, was not likely to be left long in Greenwich Hospital. The Resolution dropped... | |
 | Maggs Bros - 1915 - 942 sider
...I shall not command her. My fate drives tnefrom one extreme to another ; A FEW MONTHS AGO THE WHOLE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WAS HARDLY BIG ENOUGH FOR ME,...within the limits of Greenwich Hospital, which are far loo small for an active mind like mine. I must, however, confess it is a fine retreat and a pretty... | |
 | Peabody Museum of Salem - 1920 - 104 sider
...I shall not command her, my fate drives me from one extream to another, a few months ago the whole Southern hemisphere was hardly big enough for me and...which are far too small for an active mind like mine. ( must however confess it is a fine retreat and a pretty income, but whether I can bring myself to... | |
 | Lynne Withey - 1989 - 528 sider
...might be recalled to active service. Cook was quite candid about his misgivings: "Months ago the whole Southern hemisphere was hardly big enough for me and...which are far too small for an active mind like mine." It is not clear why Cook asked for the Greenwich Hospital position; he admitted to Walker that the... | |
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A few months ago the whole Southern hemisphere was hardly big enough for me, and now I am going to be confined within the limits of Greenwich Hospital, which are far too small for an active mind like mine. 
