 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 848 страници
...and unprofitable. Some years afterwards, when speaking upon this subject, he said, " I felt impressed with a feeling that I should never rise in my profession....mind was staggered with a view of the difficulties that opposed my prog-ress, and the little interest I possessed to advance me in the service. There... | |
 | Anonymous - 1810 - 560 страници
...sickness, and spirits that had sunk with his strength. Xong afterwards, when the fame of 'Nelson was known as widely as that of England itself, he spoke of the feelings which ht; at that time endured. ' I felt impressed/ said he, ' with an idea dial I sbould never rise in my... | |
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with a feeling that I should never rise in my profession. My mind was staggered with a view of the difficulties I had to surmount, and the little interest I possessed. I could discover no means of reaching the object of my ambition. After a long and gloomy... 
