 What! shall the rascals dare to mutiny, and that too when the German Legion is so near at hand! Lash them, lash them, lash them! They deserve it. O yes; they merit a doubletailed cat. Base dogs ! What, mutiny for the sake of the price of a knapsack !...  Annual Register - Page 318edited by - 1812Full view - About this book
 | Robert Waters - 1888 - 334 pages
...too when the German Legion is so near at hand! Lash them, lash them, lash them! They deserve it. O yes; they merit a doubletailed cat. Base dogs ! What,...flog them ! Base rascals! mutiny for the price of a goat-skin, and then, upon the appearance of the German soldiers, they take a flogging as quietly as... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1885 - 470 pages
...near at hand! Base dogs I What I mutiny for the price of a knapsack ? Mutiny for the price of a goat skin ? and then, upon the appearance of the German...take a flogging as quietly as so many trunks of trees ; our VOL. I. Q of this one single family in the parish of Durley, I have done more good than Bailey... | |
 | William Stebbing - 1887 - 432 pages
...them ! lash them ! lash them ! They deserve it. Oh yes ! they merit a doubled-tailed cat ! Base dogs ! Mutiny for the price of a goat's skin ; and then upon...a flogging as quietly as so many trunks of trees. This occurrence at home will, one would hope, teach the loyal a little caution in speaking of the means... | |
 | George Sigerson - 1890 - 248 pages
...for the price of a knapsack ! Lash them ! nog them! base rascals. Mutiny for the price of a goatskin; then upon the appearance of the German soldiers they...a flogging as quietly as so many trunks of trees." His savage sarcasm was plainly calculated not only to foster and foment mutiny, but also to stimulate... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1908 - 468 pages
...near at hand I Base dogs ! What ! mutiny for the price of a knapsack ? Mutiny for the price of a goat skin ? and then, upon the appearance of the German...a flogging as quietly as so many trunks of trees; our VOL. I. Q of this one single family in the parish of Durley, I have done more good than Bailey... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1908 - 484 pages
...near at hand! Base dogs ! What ! mutiny for the price of a knapsack ? Mutiny fur the price of a goat skin ? and then, upon the appearance of the German...a flogging as quietly as so many trunks of trees; our VOL. I. Q of this one single family in the parish of Durley, I have done more good than Bailey... | |
 | Charles Ryle Fay - 1920 - 344 pages
...stoppage of pay for knap-sacks, and Cobbett in his Register scoffed at the Government's severity. "O, yes; they merit a double-tailed cat. Base dogs! What,...price of a knap-sack ! Lash them ! Flog them! Base rascals!"3 But Cobbett incautiously concluded the article with remarks about loyalty and French methods... | |
 | George Douglas Howard Cole - 1925 - 504 pages
...when the German Legion is so near at hand ? Lash them ! lash them I lash them ! They deserve it. Oh, yes ! they merit a double-tailed cat ! Base dogs ! What ! mutiny for the price of a knapsack ? Lash them ! flog them ! Base rascals ! Mutiny for the price of a goat's skin... | |
 | Charles Ryle Fay - 1947 - 328 pages
...stoppage of pay for knap-sacks, and Cobbett in his Register scoffed at the Government's severity. "O, yes; they merit a double-tailed cat. Base dogs! What,...price of a knap-sack ! Lash them ! Flog them! Base rascals!"3 But Cobbett incautiously concluded the article with remarks about loyalty and French methods... | |
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