 | 1843 - 320 trang
...remainder of their lives. " I ought not," said the admiral, writing to his wife,-—" I ought not to call what has happened to the Vanguard by the cold name...believe firmly it was the Almighty's goodness, to cheek my consummate vanity. I hope it has made me a better Officer, as I feel confident it has made... | |
 | Horatio Nelson (1st visct.) - 1845 - 594 trang
...Toulon."] Vanguard, Island of St. Peter's, in Sardinia, May 24, 1798. My dearest Fanny, I ought not to call what has happened to the Vanguard by the cold name of accident : I believe firmly, that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity. I • Thomas Lloyd, Esq., vide... | |
 | Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - 1849 - 572 trang
...a storm, and its awful effects upon his ship in the Gulf of Lyons. " I ought not (says he) to call what has happened to the Vanguard by the cold name of accident: I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity. I hope it has made me a better... | |
 | Frederick Chamier - 1850 - 438 trang
...wife. " Vanguard, off St. Peter's Island, May 24., 1798. " My DEAREST FANNY, '•' I ought not to call what has happened to the Vanguard by the cold name of accident: I believe firmly it was the Almighty goodness, to check my consummate vanity. I hope it has made me a better officer, as I feel... | |
 | William Freke Williams - 1854 - 818 trang
...a letter to Lady Nelson, the hero of the Nile thus writes : — " I ought not," he says, " to call what has happened to the Vanguard by the cold name...officer, as I feel confident it has made me a better man. I kiss with all humility the tion Nelson was unable to learn. On the morning of the 21st, the little... | |
 | Frederick Chamier - 1856 - 412 trang
...wife. " Vanguard, off St. Peter's Island, May 24., I798. " MY DEAREST FANNY, '' I ought not to call what has happened to the Vanguard by the cold name of accident : I believe firmly it was the Almighty goodness, to check my consummate vanity. I hope it has made me a better officer, as I feel... | |
 | William Freke Williams - 1864 - 786 trang
...in a letter to Lady Nelson, the hero of the Nile thus writes: — "I ought not," he says, "to call what has happened to the Vanguard by the cold name...made me a better officer, as I feel confident it has oiade me a better man. I kiss with all humility the 111 tion Nelson was unable to learn. On the morning... | |
 | St. Andrew's Church (Headington, Oxford, England) - 1882 - 428 trang
...of Lyons, in which the English fleet suffered greatly, the Admiral said, ' I ought not to call it an accident. I believe firmly it was the Almighty's goodness to check my consummate vanity.' One day the clergyman at St. George's, Hanover Square, gave out, * An officer desires to return thanks... | |
 | St. Andrew's Church (Headington, Oxford, England) - 1882 - 428 trang
...of Lyons, in which the English fleet suffered greatly, the Admiral said, ' I ought not to call it an accident. I believe firmly it was the Almighty's goodness to check my consummate vanity.' One day the clergyman at St. George's, Hanover Square, gave out, * An officer desires to return thanks... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1883 - 242 trang
...remainder of their lives. " I ought not," said the admiral, writing to his wife, — " I ought not to call what has happened to the Vanguard by the cold name of accident : 1 believe firmly it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity. 1 hope it has made... | |
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