 | Sir Albert Hastings Markham - 1891 - 400 էջ
...gentleman's table, and it being his daughter's birthday, hers too." Alluding to Sir John, he writes : — "1 like a man who is in earnest. Sir John Franklin read...manner, evidently proceeding from real conviction." Again : — " Sir John is delightful, active, and energetic, and evidently, even now, persevering.... | |
 | Henry Duff Traill - 1896 - 496 էջ
...testimony to the respect and affection which their commander inspired. Thus Fitzjames writes of him : — I like a man who is in earnest. Sir John Franklin...a day or two before we sailed, when Lady Franklin and his daughter and niece attended. Every one was struck with his extreme earnestness of manner, evidently... | |
 | John Black - 1897 - 184 էջ
...Captain Fitz James of the Erebus to Mr. John Barrow, in which, alluding to Sir John, he writes : — "I like a man who is in earnest. Sir John Franklin...man not to feel the force of what he would convey. .... Every one was struck with his extreme earnestness * Life of Sir John Franklin, and the North-West... | |
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1 like a man who is in earnest. Sir John Franklin read the church service to-day and a sermon so very beautifully, that I defy any man not to feel the force of what he would convey. The first Sunday he read was a day or two before we sailed, when Lady... 