 | William Bligh - 1838 - 86 pages
...able stout seaman : he, however, fell short of what his appearance promised. Stewart was a young man of creditable parents, in the Orkneys ; at which place,...Seas, in 1780, we received so many civilities, that, on that account only, I should gladly have taken him with me_: but, independent of this recommendation,... | |
 | Francis Alexander Durivage - 1841 - 794 pages
...parents in the Orkneys, at which place, nn the return of the Resolution from the South Seas iu 17Si), we received so many civilities, that in consideration...these alone I should gladly have taken him with me. But he had always borne a good character. When 1 had lime to reflect, an inward satisfaction prevented... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 648 pages
...would have become a credit to their country. Young was well recommended, and Stewart of ereditable parents in the Orkneys, at which place, on the return of the Resolution from the South Seas in l780, we received so many civilities, that, in consideration of iliese ulone, I should gladly have... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1845 - 310 pages
...has lost several of his fore teeth, and those that remain are all rotten.] " Stewart was a young man of creditable parents in the Orkneys ; at which place,...Seas, in 1780, we received so many civilities that, on that account only, I should gladly have taken him with me ; but, independent of this recommendation,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...professional men, they would have become a credit to their country. Young was well recommended; and Stewart eorge Gordon Byron 1 780, we received so many civilities, that in consideration these alone I should gladly have taken... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...professional men, they would have become a credit to their country. Young was well recommended, and Stewart of creditable parents in the Orkneys, at which place,...these alone I should gladly have taken him with me. But he had always borne a good character. When I had time to reflect, an inward satisfaction prevented... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...professional men, they would have become a credit to their country. Young was well recommended, and Stewart e «o many civilities, that in consideration of these »lone I should gladly have taken him with me.... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1855 - 410 pages
...roars the Pentland with its whirling seas ; 3 [George Stewart. " He was," says Bligh, "a young man of creditable parents in the Orkneys ; at which place,...Seas, in 1780, we received so many civilities, that, on that account only, I should gladly have taken him with me : but, independent of this recommendation,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 833 pages
...professional men, they would have become a credit to their country. Young was well recommended; and Stewart of creditable parents in the Orkneys, at which place,...received so many civilities, that in consideration ol these alone I should gladly have taken him with me. But he had always borne a good character. When... | |
 | Lady Diana Jolliffe Belcher - 1870 - 460 pages
...twentyone. In his narrative, Lieutenant Bligh speaks of Stewart as follows : — " Stewart was a young man of creditable parents in the Orkneys, at which place,...Seas in 1780, we received so many civilities, that on that account only I would gladly have taken him with me, but independent of this recommendation,... | |
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Stewart was a young man of creditable parents in the Orkneys, at which place on the return of the Resolution from the South Seas in 1780 we received so many civilities that on that account only I should gladly have taken him with me but, independent of... 
