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" I beg to inform your lordship, that the port of Toulon has never been blockaded by me : quite the reverse. Every opportunity has been offered the enemy to put to sea ; for it is there that we hope to realize the hopes and expectations of our country. "
The Life of Nelson - Page 188
by Robert Southey - 1828
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The Life of Nelson. With Biographical Notice of the Author

Robert Southey - 1881 - 348 pages
...lordship that the port of Toulon has never been blockaded by me; quite the reverse. Every opportunity has been offered the enemy to put to sea, for it is...our country.' Nelson then remarked that the junior flag-officers of his fleet had been omitted in this vote of thanks, and his surprise at the omission...
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Eminent Sailors: A Series of Biographies of Great Naval Commanders ...

William Henry Davenport Adams - Great Britain - 1882 - 408 pages
...notion that he " blockaded " Toulon. In his own words, writing in August, 1804, "Every opportunity has been offered the enemy to put to sea, for it is there that we hope to realise the hopes and expectations of our country." In the January of 1805 war broke out between England...
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The Life of Nelson

Robert Southey - Admirals - 1883 - 316 pages
...lordship, that the port of Toulon has never been blockaded by me : quite the reverse. Every opportunity has been offered the enemy to put to sea ; for it...vote of thanks ; and his surprise at the omission was exp essed with more asperity, perhaps, than an offence, so entirely and manifestly unintentional, deserved...
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Our Great Naval Commanders

Charles Duke Yonge - Admirals - 1884 - 306 pages
...it ; on the contrary, as at the end of 1804 he explained to the Lord Mayor, " Every opportunity had been offered the enemy to put to sea ; for it is there...-realize the hopes and expectations of our country." His object was to entice them out to battle ; when, though their ships were "as fresh as paint could...
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Southey's Life of Nelson

Robert Southey - Great Britain - 1890 - 424 pages
...lordship, that the port of Toulon has never been blockaded by me : quite the reverse. Every opportunity has been offered the enemy to put to sea : for it is there that 30 we hope to realize the hopes and expectations of our country." Nelson then remarked that the junior...
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Nelson; the Public and Private Life of Horatio, Viscount Nelson: As Told by ...

George Lathom Browne - Admirals - 1891 - 576 pages
...that the port of Toulon has never been blockaded by me — quite the reverse — every opportunity has been offered the enemy to put to sea, for it is there that we hope to reali2e the hopes and expectations of our country, and I trust that they will not be disappointed."...
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London and the Kingdom: A History Derived Mainly from the Archives ..., Volume 3

Reginald Robinson Sharpe - Great Britain - 1895 - 592 pages
...lord mayor by letter, written on board the " Victory " the ist August ; — " Every opportunity had " been offered the enemy to put to sea, for it is there...realize the hopes and expectations " of our country, and I trust they will not be dis"appointed." Not only did he ungraciously decline the City's vote of...
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Robert Southey's Life of Nelson

Robert Southey - Admirals - 1896 - 376 pages
...lordship, that the port of Toulon has never been blockaded by me : quite the reverse. Every opportunity has been offered the enemy to put to sea; for it is there that we hope to realise the 1 Lady Nelson died May 4, 1831. hopes and expectations of our country." Nelson then remarked,...
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Robert Southey's Life of Nelson

Robert Southey - Admirals - 1896 - 354 pages
...lordship, that the port of Toulon has never been blockaded by me: quite the reverse. Every opportunity has been offered the enemy to put to sea; for it is there that we hope to realise the 1 Lady Nelson <lied May 4, 18.'!!. hopes and expectations of our country." Nelson then...
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The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson

Robert Southey - Admirals - 1896 - 378 pages
...Lordship that the port of Toulon has never been blockaded by me — quite the reverse. Every opportunity has been offered the enemy to put to sea : for it is there that we hope to realise the hopes and expectations of our country.' Nelson then remarked, that the junior flag-officers...
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