 The only difficulty I had was to get Sir John to shorten sail when it was wanted. He is full of life and energy, with good judgment and a capital memory, — one of the best I know. His conversation is delightful, and most instructive ; and of all men...  Life of Sir John Franklin and the North-west Passage - Page 178by Sir Albert Hastings Markham - 1891 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1845 - 774 pages
...assure you, the only difficulty I had was to make Sir John shorten sail when it was necessary. He is all life and energy, with good judgment and a capital...fitted for the command of an enterprise requiring sound judgment and great perseverance. I have learnt much from him, and consider myself most fortunate in... | |
 | Charles Richard Weld - 1850 - 58 pages
...sail when it was wanted. He is full of life and energy, with good judgment and a capital memory—one of the best I know. His conversation is delightful...and he is full of benevolence and kindness withal." The ships arrived at the Whale Fish Islands on July 4, 1845, from whence Captain Fitzjames writes on... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1853 - 274 pages
...July : — " The only difficulty I had was to get Sir John to shorten sail when it was wanted. He is full of life and energy, with good judgment and a...memory, — one of the best I know. His conversation is delightrul, and most instructive ; and of all men he is the most fitted for the command of an enterprise... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1860 - 346 pages
...July :— "The only difficulty I had was to get Sir John to shorten sail when it was wanted. He is full of life and energy, with good judgment and a...much from him, and consider myself most fortunate in bein:: with such a man ; and he is full of benevolence and kindness withal." holme, of the Erebus,... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1860 - 336 pages
...July : — " The only difficulty I had was to get Sir John to shorten sail when it was wanted. He is full of life and energy, with good judgment and a...enterprise requiring sound sense and great perseverance. I haTe learnt much from him, and consider myself most fortunate in beir -.; with such a man ; and he... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1875 - 466 pages
...July : — "The only difficulty I had was to get Sir John to shorten sail when it was wanted. He is full of life and energy, with good judgment and a...and he is full of benevolence and kindness withal." The following extract of a letter from Lieutenant Faiť holme, of the Erebus, will a'ao serve to show... | |
 | 1892 - 1124 pages
...no ways altered. Again — Sir John is full of life and energy, with good judgment, and of all men the most fitted for the command of an enterprise requiring...consider myself most fortunate in being with such a man. : In 1847, when two years had passed without tidings of the expedition, fears began to be entertained... | |
 | 1895 - 656 pages
...He has good judgment and a capital memory, his conversation being delightful and most instructive. Of all men he is the most fitted for the command of...enterprise, requiring sound sense and great perseverance." The rest of the officers are made known to us by a few masterly and kindly touches from the pen of... | |
 | Henry Duff Traill - 1896 - 496 pages
...affection for him, and believe this is felt by all of us. In a later letter he writes : — Sir John is full of life and energy, with good judgment and a...and he is full of benevolence and kindness withal. Here again is valuable testimony to his powers as well as to his attractions : — We are very happy... | |
 | John Black - 1897 - 184 pages
...writes in the same strain, but we have only room for one other extract, which runs : — " Sir John is full of life and energy, with good judgment and a...and he is full of benevolence and kindness withal." The ships passed through Baffin's Bay, and eventually, when near the entrance to Wellington Channel,... | |
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