 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - 1812 - 748 páginas
...My disposition cannot bear tame and slow measures. Sure 1 am, had I commanded our fleet on the 14tb, that either the whole French fleet would have graced my triumph, or I should have been hi a •onfounded scrape. Had we taken ten sail, and had allowed the eleventh to escape, I could never... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 766 páginas
...measures. Sure I am, had I commanded our fleet on the 14th, that either the whole French fleet would hive graced my triumph, or I should have been in a confounded scrape. Had we taken ten sail, and had allowed the eleventh to escape, I could never have called it well done."... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1813 - 274 páginas
...ruined: my disposition " cannot bear tame and slow measures. " Sure I am, had I commanded on the " 14th, that either the whole French fleet " would have graced...obstinacy in this action, from a persuasion that, if they struck, no quarter would be given ; because they had fired red hot shot, and had also a preparation... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1813 - 278 páginas
...: my dispositioo "' cannot bear tame and slow measures. " Sure I am, had I commanded on the " 14th, that either the whole French fleet " would have graced...consciousness of power : and we also know it now, for Abonkir and Trafalgar have told it us. The Ca Ira and Censeur probably defended themselves with more... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1813 - 276 páginas
...: my disposition " cannot bear tame and slow measures. " Sure I am, had I commanded on the " 14th, that either the whole French fleet *' would have graced...confounded scrape." What the event would have been, lie knew from his prophetic feelings, and his own consciousness of power : and we also know it now,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1813 - 276 páginas
...: my disposition " cannot bear tame and slow measures. " Sure I am, had I commanded on the " 14th, that either the whole French fleet " would have graced my triumph, or I '' shoidd have been in a confounded scrape." "What the event would have been, he knew from his prophetic... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1814 - 292 páginas
...ruined: my disposition " cannot bear tame and slow measures. " Sure I am, had I commanded on the " 14th, that either the whole French fleet " would have graced...his own consciousness of power : and we also know K it now, for Aboukir and Trafalgar have told it us. The Ca Ira and Censeur probably defended themselves... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1830 - 354 páginas
...ruined : my disposition cannot bear tame and slow measures. Sure I am, had I commanded on the 14th, that either the whole French fleet would have graced...obstinacy in this action, from a persuasion, that, if they struck, no quarter would be given ; because they had fired red-hot shot, and had also a preparation... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Matthew Henry Barker - 1836 - 500 páginas
...My disposition cannot bear tame or slow measures. Sure I am, had I commanded our fleet on the 14th, that either the whole French, fleet would have graced...triumph, or I should have been in a confounded scrape. I went on board Admiral Hotham as soon as our firing grew slack in the van, and the C,a-Ira and Censeur... | |
 | Frederick Chamier - 1840 - 446 páginas
...should never have called it well done. Ay," said he, "if I had commanded on the I4th, either the whole fleet would have graced my triumph, or I should have been in a confounded scrape." They made him a colonel of marines about this time; I suppose, because he had commanded so like a soldier... | |
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to be an admiral, and in the command of the English fleet; I should very soon either do much, or be ruined : my disposition cannot bear tame and slow measures. Sure I am, had I commanded on the 1 4th, that either the whole French fleet would have graced... 
