it
It
was to this effect:
in
In
the case of a
war-
ship
short of hands and whose speedy sailing
was imperative, the deficient quota in lack of any other way of
making it good, would
be eked out by draughts culled direct from
the jails.
For reasons previously suggested it would not
perhaps be easy at the present day directly
to prove or disprove the allegation. But
allowed as a verity, how significant would
it be of England's straits at the time
confronted by those momentous terrible horrible wars
which like a flight of harpies rose shrieking from the
din and dust of the fallen Bastile.
short of hands and whose speedy sailing
was imperative, the deficient quota in lack of any other way of
making it good, would
be eked out by draughts culled direct from
the jails.
For reasons previously suggested it would not
perhaps be easy at the present day directly
to prove or disprove the allegation. But
allowed as a verity, how significant would
it be of England's straits at the time
confronted by those momentous terrible horrible wars
which like a flight of harpies rose shrieking from the
din and dust of the fallen Bastile.
it
It
was to this effect:
in
In
the case of a
war-
ship
short of hands and whose speedy sailing
was imperative, the deficient quota in lack of any other way of
making it good, would
be eked out by draughts culled direct from
the jails.
For reasons previously suggested it would not
perhaps be easy at the present day directly
to prove or disprove the allegation. But
allowed as a verity, how significant would
it be of England's straits at the time
confronted by those momentous terrible horrible wars
which like a flight of harpies rose shrieking from the
din and dust of the fallen Bastile.
short of hands and whose speedy sailing
was imperative, the deficient quota in lack of any other way of
making it good, would
be eked out by draughts culled direct from
the jails.
For reasons previously suggested it would not
perhaps be easy at the present day directly
to prove or disprove the allegation. But
allowed as a verity, how significant would
it be of England's straits at the time
confronted by those momentous terrible horrible wars
which like a flight of harpies rose shrieking from the
din and dust of the fallen Bastile.
Transcribed by: John Bryant