| Charles H.Sylevester - 1909 - 594 pagina’s
...called on him at five in the morning. Nelson, who was already dressed, exclaimed, the moment he saw him: "I am sure you bring me news of the French and Spanish fleets! I think I shall yet have to beat them!" They had refitted at Vigo, after the indecisive action with... | |
| Alfred Marshall Hitchcock - 1909 - 420 pagina’s
...profligacy, and virtue by fanaticism. 5. Nelson, who was already dressed, exclaimed, the moment he saw him, " I am sure you bring me news of the French and Spanish fleet! I think I shall yet have to beat them!" 6. When Sir Walter Scott lay dying, he called for his... | |
| Esther Meynell - 1913 - 362 pagina’s
...when in good health, already up and dressed, with some prescience, as it might seem, of the tidings. " I am sure you bring me news of the French and Spanish Fleets," he said to Blackwood, " and I think I shall yet have to beat them." He followed Captain Blackwood to... | |
| John Knox Laughton - 1919 - 260 pagina’s
...Blackwood called at Merton, where he found Nelson already up and dressed. Immediately on seeing him Nelson exclaimed, " I am sure you bring me news of the French...fleets, and I think I shall yet have to beat them." A few hours later Nelson followed him to London, and in talking over the operations that were intended... | |
| Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - 530 pagina’s
...the enjoyment which he had anticipated. 286 was already dressed, exclaimed, the moment he saw him: "I am sure you bring me news of the French and Spanish fleets ! I think I shall yet have to beat them!" They had refitted at Vigo, after the indecisive action with... | |
| Dudley Pope - 1999 - 384 pagina’s
...knew had been watching the French. As Blackwood gripped Nelson's left hand in greeting, the admiral exclaimed: "I am sure you bring me news of the French...fleets, and I think I shall yet have to beat them!" miles from Cape St. Vincent he met Calder who, as soon as he heard Blackwood's news, sped south to... | |
| Noel Mostert - 2008 - 800 pagina’s
...affection for Nelson by going straight to Merton. Nelson was already up and dressed when Blackwood arrived. 'I am sure you bring me news of the French and Spanish fleets,' Nelson said even before Blackwood delivered his news, adding, 'and I think I shall yet have to beat... | |
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