 | Herbert Compton - 1903 - 440 pagina’s
...that had escaped the eyes of his cruiser-kites. And my Lord writing : ' My good fortune seems to have flown away. I cannot get a fair wind, or even a side wind. Dead foul—dead foul /' At last his genius extricated him from his difficulties and perplexities, and with... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1906 - 288 pagina’s
...been obtained, he describes his state of mind thus forcibly, in writing to the Governor of Malta : " My good fortune, my dear Ball, seems flown away. I...I leave the Straits, supposing there is no certain account of the enemy's destination. I believe this ill-luck will go near to kill me ; but, as these... | |
 | Dudley Pope - 1999 - 384 pagina’s
...hardly any progress against strong westerly winds. "My good fortune seems flown away," he wrote to Ball. "I cannot get a fair wind, or even a side wind. Dead foul! — dead foul!" He wrote to Marsden that he was satisfied that the French Fleet were not heading for the West Indies... | |
 | Edgar Vincent - 2003 - 654 pagina’s
...could against the possibility that he was being decoyed away. But he cursed his luck: 'My good fortune seems flown away. I cannot get a fair wind, or even...supposing there is no certain information of the enemy's destination.'24 By the i9th he realized that the French (as per Napoleon's plan) had joined up with... | |
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My good fortune, my dear Ball, seems flown away. I cannot get a fair wind, or even a side wind. Dead foul ! Dead foul ! But my mind is fully made up what to do when I leave the Straits, supposing there is no certain account of the enemy's destination.... 
