 | James Harrison (biographer of Nelson.) - 1806 - 430 pages
...St. Vincent. " The correct conduct of every officer and man " in the squadron, on the 14th instant, made it " improper 'to distinguish one more than another,...yet, to " your lordship, it becomes me to state, that Cap" tain Troubridge, in the Culloden, led the squadron " through the enemy in a masterly stile, and... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1809 - 494 pages
...14th instant, made it improper to distinguish one move than another, in my publick letter ; because 1 am confident that, had those who were least in action...your lordship, it becomes me to state, that captain Troubridge, in the Culloden, led the squadron through the enemy in a masterly style, and tacked the... | |
 | 1809 - 914 pages
...instant, made it improper to distinguish one more than another, in my publick letter; because I im confident that, had those who were least in action been in the situation of tiie fortunate few, their behaviour would not huve been less meritorious : yet, to your lordship, it... | |
 | Jedediah Stephens Tucker - Admirals - 1844 - 522 pages
...Feb. 1797. MY LORD, The correct conduct of every Officer and man in the squadron on the 14th instant, made it improper to distinguish one more than another...confident that had those who were least in action _ been in the situation of the fortunate few, their behaviour would not have been less meritorious... | |
 | English literature - 1844 - 580 pages
...his letter : — ' The correct conduct of every officer and man in the squadron on the 14th instant, made it improper to distinguish one more than another...because I am confident that, had those who were least in the action been in the situation of the fortunate few, their behaviour would not have been less meritorious.'... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 600 pages
...his letter : — ' The correct conduct of every officer and man in the squadron on the 14th instant, made it improper to distinguish one more than another...because I am confident that, had those who were least in the action been in the situation of the fortunate few, their behavior would not have been less meritorious.'... | |
 | Joseph ALLEN (of Greenwich Hospital.) - 1853 - 290 pages
...John wrote, — "The correct conduct of every officer and man in the squadron on the 14th instant, made it improper to distinguish one more than another...behaviour would not have been less meritorious."* Upon the whole, however much Nelson might have felt aggrieved, he was not pointedly neglected, and... | |
 | Charles Duke Yonge - 1866 - 552 pages
...officer with any especial praise, because, to cite his own words, " he was confident that had those least in action been in the situation of the fortunate few, their behaviour would not have been loss meritorious ;" but in a private letter which he wrote to the First Lord, he warmly acknowledged... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - Biography & Autobiography - 1897 - 564 pages
...gives as the reason for reticence in his public letter that all had behaved well, and that he was " confident that had those who were least in action been in the situation of the fortunate few, their conduct would not have been less meritorious." He then mentions by name Troubridge, — who led the... | |
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The correct conduct of every officer and man " in the squadron, on the 14th instant, made it " improper 'to distinguish one more than another, " in my public letter; because I am confident that, " had those who were least in action been in the " situation... 