| Robert Southey - 1813 - 278 pages
...must be contented : we have done « very well." « Now," said Nelson, " had we taken ten sail, and allowed the " eleventh to escape, when it had been...should have " had such a day as, I believe, the annals " of England never produced." In this letter, the character of Nelson fully manifests itself. " I wish,"... | |
| Robert Southey - 1813 - 274 pages
...must be contented: we have done "very well." — " Now," said Nelson, " had we taken ten sail, and allowed the " eleventh to escape, when it had been...would not do. We should have " had such a day as, I believej the annals " of England never produced." In this letter, the character of Nelson fully manifests... | |
| Robert Southey - 1813 - 276 pages
...Nelson, " had we taken ten sail, and allowed thq " eleventh to escape, when it had been " possible tp. have. got at her, I could never *' have called it...should have " had such a day as, I believe, the annals " of England never produced." In this letter, the character of Nelson fully manifests itself. " I wish,"... | |
| Robert Southey - 1814 - 292 pages
...Nelson, " had we taken ten Rail, and allowed thu " eleventh to escape, when it lind been " possible (o have got at her, I could never " have called it well...done. Goodall " backed me : I got him to write to the nd" miral ; but it would not do. We should " have had ituch a day as, I believe, th« an" nals of England... | |
| 1848 - 788 pages
...species of contentment is — " Had we taken ten sail, and suffered the eleventh to escape, when we could have got at her, I could never have called it well done." In another part he says, " I wish to be an admiral, and in command of the British fleet. I should very... | |
| 1826 - 370 pages
...well." " Now," says Nelson, in a letter in which this interview is related, " had we taken ten sail, and allowed the eleventh to escape, when it had been possible...her, I could never have called it — well done." The broad principle on which Nelson acted through the whole course of his professional career, and... | |
| Robert Southey - 1827 - 284 pages
...We must be contented: we have " done very well."—" Now," said Nelson, " had we taken ten sail, and allowed the " eleventh to escape, when it had been...I could never " have called it well done. Goodall " hacked me : I got him to write to the ad" miml; but it would not do. We should " have had such a... | |
| Robert Southey - 1828 - 282 pages
...We must be contented: we have " done very well."—" Now," said Nelson, " had we taken ten sail, and allowed the " eleventh to escape, when it had been...done. Goodall " backed me : I got him to write to the ad" miral; but it would not do. We should " have had such a day as, I believe, the an" nals of England... | |
| Robert Southey - 1830 - 354 pages
...must be contented : we have done very well." — " Now," said Nelson, " had we taken ten sail, and allowed the eleventh to escape, when it had been possible...should have had such a day as, I believe, the annals of England never produced." In this letter, the character of Nelson fully manifests itself. " I •wish,"... | |
| Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Matthew Henry Barker - 1836 - 500 pages
...contented ; we have done very Nelson's Remarks on the Action. well.' Now, had we taken ten sail and had allowed the eleventh to escape, when it had been possible...should have had such a day as, I believe, the annals of England never produced. I verily think, if the admiral can get hold of them once more, and he does... | |
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