 The reception I met with on joining the fleet caused the sweetest sensation of my life. The Officers who came on board to welcome my return, forgot my rank as Commander-in-Chief in the enthusiasm with which they greeted me. As soon as these emotions were...  The Battle of Trafalgar: A Heroic Poem - Seite 97von William Hamilton Drummond - 1806 - 124 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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..." The officers who came on board to welcome my return," he says, " forgot my rank as commander-in- chief, in the enthusiasm with which they greeted me. As soon as those emotions were past, I laid before them the Flan I had previously arranged for attacking the enemy,... | |
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...my life. The officers who came on board to welcome my return, forgot my rank as commander-in-chief in the enthusiasm with which they greeted me. As soon...generally approved, but clearly perceived and understood. " To Lady Hamilton he gave an account of this scene which differs little from the above, except in... | |
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...my life. The officers who came on board to welcome my return, forgot my rank as commander-in-chief in the enthusiasm with which they greeted me. As soon...generally approved, but clearly perceived and understood." To Lady Hamilton he gave an account of this scene which differs little from the above, except in its... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1918 - 418 Seiten
...my life. The officers who came on board to welcome my return, forgot my rank as commander-in-chief in the enthusiasm with which they greeted me. As soon...generally approved, but clearly perceived and understood." To Lady Hamilton he gave an account of this scene which differs little from the above, except in its... | |
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...of my life. The officers who came on board to welcome my return forgot my rank as Commander-In-Chief in the enthusiasm with which they greeted me. As soon...generally approved, but clearly perceived and understood." And to Lady Hamilton he described it more jubilantly: "When I came to explain to them the Nelson Touch... | |
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...my life. The Officers who came on board to welcome my return, forgot my rank as Commander-in-Chief in the enthusiasm with which they greeted me. As soon...find it generally approved, but clearly perceived and understood.'10 He had lost no time in taking his captains by storm. What was so enthralling for them... | |
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