 Thanks to your exertions," said he, writing to Sir William and Lady Hamilton,6 " we have victualled and watered : and surely, watering at the fountain of Arethusa, we must have victory. We shall sail with the first breeze; and be assured I will return...  The life of Nelson. Ed. by W.E. Mullins - Pagina 111door Robert Southey - 1878 - 230 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Robert Southey - 1902 - 388 pagina’s
...still full of hope. " Thanks to your exertions," said he, writing to Sir William and Lady Hamilton, " we have victualled and watered ; and surely watering...breeze ; and be assured I will return either crowned witn laurel or covered with cypress." Earl St. Vincent he assured, that if the French were above water... | |
 | Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen - 1905 - 696 pagina’s
...the Hamiltons, Nelson says : — "July 22nd, 1798. " MY DEAR FRIENDS, — Thanks to your exertions, we have victualled and watered, and surely, watering...either crowned with laurel or covered with cypress." And on the following day he writes to Sir William Hamilton from the Vanguard: — " MY DEAR SIR, —... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare, Welbore St. Clair Baddeley - 1905 - 244 pagina’s
...so that Nelson, before the Battle of the Nile, must have written metaphorically to Lady Hamilton—' We have victualled and watered, and surely watering...at the Fountain of Arethusa, we must have victory.' Papyrus has been planted in the transparent water. The Passeggio Arethusa is a pleasant walk on the... | |
 | Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen - 1907 - 672 pagina’s
...the Hamiltons, Nelson says : — "July 22nd, 1798. " MY DEAR FRIENDS, — Thanks to your exertions, we have victualled and watered, and surely, watering...either crowned with laurel or covered with cypress." And on the following day he writes to Sir William Hamilton from the Vanguard : — " MY DF.AR SIR,... | |
 | Esther Meynell - 1907 - 526 pagina’s
...wrote gratefully to Sir William and Lady Hamilton — " MY DEAR FRIENDS, — Thanks to your exertions, we have victualled and watered : and surely watering...we must have victory. We shall sail with the first 148 NELSON'S LADY HAMILTON breeze, and be assured I will return either crowned with laurel, or covered... | |
 | Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen - 1908 - 656 pagina’s
...the Hamiltons, Nelson says : — " July 22nd, 1798. " MY DEAR FRIENDS, — Thanks to your exertions, we have victualled and watered, and surely, watering...either crowned with laurel or covered with cypress." And on the following day he writes to Sir William Hamilton from the Vanguard : — " MY DEAR SIR, —... | |
 | Esther Meynell - 1912 - 198 pagina’s
...oft-quoted letter to Sir William and Lady Hamilton:— "MY DEAR FRIENDS, — Thanks to your exertions, we have victualled and watered: and surely watering...either crowned with laurel, or covered with cypress." It was the laurel, not the cypress. Victory sailed in his flagship, and when Nelson returned again... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1916 - 376 pagina’s
...was full of hope. ' ' Thanks to your exertions," said he, writing to Sir William and Lady Hamilton, "we have victualled and watered; and surely, watering at the fountain of Arethusa,2 we must have victory. We shall sail with the first breeze ; and 1. Expedition. Speed. 2.... | |
 | Lily Adams Beck - 1924 - 440 pagina’s
...neither the Queen nor Emma must appear ; but yet exultant. "My dear friends, thanks to your exertions we have victualled and watered, and surely, watering...either crowned with laurel or covered with cypress." And now begins the great epic of the Nile. Casting his mind over all the sea, Nelson was inclined to... | |
 | Owen Aubrey Sherrard - 1927 - 390 pagina’s
...this time jointly to the two. It ran as follows : — " My dear friends, Thanks to your exertions, we have victualled and watered ; and surely watering...breeze, and be assured I will return either crowned with laurels or covered with cypress." On the next day, 23rd July, he wrote to Sir William, " The fleet... | |
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