 France, would have bowed their Flags; and with a very rich Prize lying by him. Figure to yourself this proud, conceited man, when the sun rose on Monday morning, his ship dismasted, his Fleet dispersed, and himself in such distress, that the meanest Frigate...  The Battle of Trafalgar: A Heroic Poem - Seite 124von William Hamilton Drummond - 1806 - 124 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Stanier Clarke, Stephen Jones, John Jones - 1805 - 584 Seiten
...meanest Frigate out of France would have been an unwelcome guest. But it has pleased A!mi«hty Cod to bring us into a safe port, where, although we are...rights of humanity, yet the Vanguard will, in two days, gc-t to sea again as an English man of war. IT will be recollected that, upon receiving the news of... | |
 | James Harrison (biographer of Nelson.) - 1806 - 430 Seiten
...firmest reliance, that the proudest ships, of equal numbers, belonging to France, would have bowed their flags ; and, with a very rich prize lying by...God to bring us into a safe port ; where, although refused the rights of humanity, yet the Vanguard will, in two days, get to sea again as an English... | |
 | Liber - 1809 - 372 Seiten
...the meanest frigate out of France would have been an unwelr come guest. But it has pleased ^Inwghty God to bring us into a safe port, where, although...days, get to sea again as an English man of war." HAIR powder was first introduced by ballad; singers at the fair of St. Germaiije, in the year 164 1... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Matthew Henry Barker - 1836 - 500 Seiten
...closest intimacy and warmest mutual regard prevailed between these officers. Consequences of the Tempest. as I feel it has made me a better man. I kiss with...Vanguard will in two days get to sea again as an English man-of-war." When he wrote this letter, Nelson was not aware how good reason he had to deny " the cold... | |
 | Frederick Chamier - 1840 - 446 Seiten
...reliance, that the proudest ships, if equal numbers, belonging to France, would have lowered their flags. Figure to yourself, on Monday morning when the sun...pleased Almighty God to bring us into a safe port/' &c. Sir Horatio never took any credit to himself, or gave much of it to Captain Ball: he thought it... | |
 | Horatio Nelson (1st visct.) - 1845 - 594 Seiten
...dispersed, and himself in such distress, that the meanest Frigate out of France would have been a very unwelcome guest. But it has pleased Almighty God to bring us into a safe Port, where, although we the Enemy, though close to their ports, we thought ourselves in the height of our glory : what more... | |
 | Horatio Nelson (1st visct.) - 1845 - 602 Seiten
...dispersed, .and himself in such distress, that the meanest Frigate out of France would have been a very unwelcome guest. But it has pleased Almighty God to bring us into a safe Port, where, although we the Enemy, though close to tlieir ports, we thought ourselves in the height of our glory : what more... | |
 | Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - 1849 - 572 Seiten
...dispersed, and himself in such distress, that the meanest frigate out of France would have been a very unwelcome guest. But it has pleased Almighty God to...Vanguard will in two days get to sea again, as an English man-of-war." At the time of this visitation, Captain Berry 2 says, " The British squadron was 1 An... | |
 | John William Warre Tyndale - 1849 - 368 Seiten
...weather in 1798 ; and, in a letter to Lady Nelson, dated May 24th, he thus mentions his reception : — " But it has pleased Almighty God to bring us into a safe port, where, although we were refused the rights of humanity, yet the Vanguard will in two days get to sea again." Clarke and... | |
 | William Freke Williams - 1854 - 818 Seiten
...dispersed, and himself in such distress, that the meanest frigate out of France would have been a very unwelcome guest. But it has pleased Almighty God to...refused the rights of humanity, yet the Vanguard will get to sea again as an English man-of-war." Writing to Earl St. Vincent, about the same event, on the... | |
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