...youthful fancies, a thoufand occafions of acquiring honour and diftinction which never occur. Thefe romantic hopes make the whole price of their blood. Their pay is lefs than that of common labourers, and in actual fervice their fatigues are much greater. THE lottery...

...young volunteers never inlist so readily as at the begininng of a new war ; and though they have scarce any chance of preferment, they figure to themselves,...fatigues are much greater. The lottery of the sea is not altogether so disadvantageous as that of the army. The son of a creditable labourer or artificer...

...youthful fancies, a thoufand occafions of acquiring honour and diftinction which never occur. Thefe romantic hopes make the whole price of their blood. Their pay is lefs than that of common labourers, and in actual fervice their fatigues are much greater. The lottery...

...youthful fancies, a thoufand occafions of acquiring honour and diftinction which never occur. Thefe romantic hopes make the whole price of their blood. Their pay is lefs than that of common labourers, and in actual fervice their fatigues are much greater. The lottery...

...soldiers are never obtained so easily as at the beginning of a new war ; and though they have scarce any chance of preferment, they figure to themselves,...in actual service their fatigues are much greater." * It is observed by Dr Smith, that the chances of succeeding in the sea service are greater than in...

...young volunteers never enlist so readily as at the beginning of a new war; and though they have scarce any chance of preferment, they figure to themselves,...blood. Their pay is less than that of common labourers, anil, in actual service, their talued, ajid scarce ever valued more than it is ' fatigues are much...

...excited to take "the shilling," the smybol of enlistment, by the finesse of a recruiting serjeant. "They figure to themselves, in their youthful fancies,...Their pay is less than that of common labourers ; and, on actual service, their fatigues are much greater. A young man may go to sea with his father's consent;...

...seventy years ago, when Dr. Adam Smith published his work on the Wealth of Nations. " Recruits," says he, "figure to themselves, in their youthful fancies,...actual service their fatigues are much greater. The son of a creditable labourer or artificer may go to sea with his father's consent ; but if he enlists,...

....£2,634 4,385 3,959 2,874 2,168 £10,364 10,779 10,189 10,213 11,975 82,013 80,970 84,140 88,737 88,261 their youthful fancies a thousand occasions of acquiring honour and distinction which never occurred : those romantic hopes made the whole price of their hlood; their pay less than common labourers,...

...soldiers are never obtained so easily as at the beginning of a new war ; and though they have scarce any chance of preferment, they figure to themselves,...labourers, and in actual service their fatigues are much greater."1 It is observed by Smith, that the chances of succeeding in the sea service are greater than...