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" It was quite a joyous riot. I fancied myself to be a recruiting sea-officer. I fancied all my chorus of Corsicans aboard the British fleet. "
The Journal of a Tour to Corsica: & Memoirs of Pascal Paoli - Page 53
by James Boswell - 1923 - 110 pages
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The Anti-Gallican, Or, Standard of British Loyalty, Religion, and ..., Volume 1

1803 - 390 pages
...Neither fear nor despise your vain-glorious foe, But be ready to ward, or to strike the first blow, Hearts of Oak are our ships, Hearts of Oak are our men. United and hearty, Have at Bonaparte, JfVvebcat him before and will beat him again. Yes, rend the brief...
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The Anti-Gallican ; Or Standard of British Loyalty, Religion and Liberty ...

1904 - 518 pages
...And may EUROPE, no longer with jealousy blind, See the cause of GREAT BRITAIK, the cause of Mankind. Hearts of Oak are our ships, Hearts of Oak are our men. United and hearty, Have at Bonaparte, We've beat him before, and will leat him again. THE USURPER....
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The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection ..., Volume 13

Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1810 - 424 pages
...he pray'd for Heaven's blessing to hallow the tree, As a sceptre for England, the queen of the sea. Hearts of oak are our ships, hearts of oak are our men \ We always are ready, steady hoys, steady, To charge and to conquer again and again. The sapliug shot...
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The Works: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings by Robert Anderson, Volume 7

John Moore - 1820 - 600 pages
...before I returned. As I i..f ". >/*- -' ? • passed the stable I heard Ben singing — /y tu. ;,.,/ ^ ' Hearts of oak are our ships, • Hearts of oak are our men,' &c. I went to bed thinking of Old England, and passed the />--,i/ /, -<! night so agreeably with certain...
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The Life of a Boy, Volume 1

Miss Stockdale (Mary R.), Mary R. Stockdale - 1821 - 454 pages
...estimation in which it was held. Our sailors, the guardians of England, are called " Hearts of Oak — Hearts of oak are our ships, Hearts of oak are our men : • and to the widely spreading branches of the oak we owe the restoration of monarchy in the preservation...
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Winter Evenings: Or Lucubrations on Life and Letters, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1823 - 276 pages
...others might beenumerated. J^ord Wharton boasted that he rhymed the King out of the kingdom by it. Hearts of Oak are our Ships, Hearts of Oak are our Men, is as good a composition as that of the old Grecian with the hard name, and I dare say has contributed...
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The Works of Vicesimus Knox, D.D.: With a Biographical Preface, Volume 2

Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 612 pages
...others might be enumerated. Lord Wharton boasted that he rhymed the king out of the kingdom by it. " Hearts of oak are our ships, hearts of oak are our men," is as good a composition as that of the old Grecian with the hard name, and I dare say has contributed...
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Scenes of British Wealth: In Produce, Manufactures, and Commerce, for the ...

Isaac Taylor - 1825 - 364 pages
...built ?" " You are right, Henry. There is no wood so strong and fit for ship-building as the oak. " Hearts of oak are our ships, hearts of oak are our men." " Well, I wonder," said George, " how they can build a ship; or where they could find timber enough...
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Health without physic: or, cordials for youth, manhood and old age ... By an ...

Health - 1830 - 336 pages
...others might be enumerated. Lord Wharton boasted that he rhymed the king out of the kingdom by it. " Hearts of oak are our ships, hearts of oak are our men,'' is as good a composition as that of the old Grecian with the hard name; and it is not improbable may...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His ..., Volume 10

James Boswell - 1835 - 460 pages
...Messieurs Foulis at Glasgow. are bonny." The pathetic simplicity and pastoral gaiety of the Scots music will always please those who have the genuine feelings...so delighted with a song as the Corsicans were with Hearts of Oak. " Cuore di querco," cried they, " bravo Inglese." It was quite a joyous riot. I fancied...
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