 anxious to know many things, which I was a good deal surprised to find had not been communicated to him by others in the fleet; and it would appear that he was so well satisfied with my opinion of what is likely to happen, and the means of prevention...  The Life of Nelson - Page 160by Robert Southey - 1813 - 280 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Southey - 1878 - 238 pages
...been communicated to him by others in the fleet ; and it would appear that he was so well satisfied with my opinion of what is likely to happen, and the...of what is likely to be done." The manner in which N elson was received is said to have excited some envy. One captain observed to him, " You did just... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1881 - 348 pages
...been communicated to him by others in the fleet ; and it would appear that he was so well satisfied with my opinion of what is likely to happen, and the...just as you pleased in Lord Hood's time, the same in Admiral Hotham's, and now again with Sir John Jervis ; it makes no difference to you who is commander-in-chief.'... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1883 - 316 pages
...been communicated to him by others in the fleet ; and it would appear that he was so well satisfied with my opinion of what is likely to happen, and the...just as you pleased in Lord Hood's time, the same in Admiral Hotham's, and now again with Sir John Jervis : it makes no difference to you who is Commander-in-Chief."... | |
 | Robert Southey - Great Britain - 1890 - 424 pages
...been communicated to him by others in the fleet ; and it would appear that he was so well satisfied with my opinion of what is likely to happen, and the...which Nelson was received is said to have excited 10 some envy. One captain observed to him : " You did just as you pleased in Lord Hood's time, the... | |
 | George Lathom Browne - Admirals - 1891 - 576 pages
...means of prevention ' Clarke and McArthur, vol. ip 3i4-5. 1796.] SIR J. JERVISS OPINION OF NELSON. 119 to be taken, that he had no reserve with me respecting...information and ideas of what is likely to be done. He concluded by asking me if I should have any objection to serve under him, with my flag. My answer... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1896 - 354 pages
...not been communicated to him by others m the fleet; and it would appear that he was so well satisfied with my opinion of what is likely to happen, and the...information and ideas of what is likely to be done." 4 The manner in which Nelson was received is said to have excited some envy. One captain observed to... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1896 - 376 pages
...been communicated to him by others in the fleet; and it would appear that he was so well satisfied with my opinion of what is likely to. happen, and...information and ideas of what is likely to be done. " 4 The manner in which Nelson was received is said to have excited some envy. One captain observed... | |
 | John Knox Laughton - Admirals - 1896 - 442 pages
...been communicated to him from others in the fleet ; and it would appear that he was so well satisfied with my opinion of what is likely to happen, and the...information and ideas of what is likely to be done." Nelson was forthwith sent off into the Gulf of Genoa. "The fleet," he wrote to his wife, "was not a... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1896 - 378 pages
...been communicated to him by others in the fleet ; and it would appear that he was so well satisfied with my opinion of what is likely to happen, and the...just as you pleased in Lord Hood's time, the same in Admiral Hotham's, and now again with Sir John Jervis : it makes no difference to you who is commander-in-chief.'... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY - 1897 - 566 pages
...Jervis to his views and suggestions relative to the approaching operations. " He was so well satisfied with my opinion of what is likely to happen, and the...information and ideas of what is likely to be done;" or, as he wrote a month later, " he seems at present to con sider me more as an associate than a subordinate... | |
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