| 1874 - 596 páginas
...whose fleets are equal to meet the world in arms ; and of all the fleets I ever saw I never beheld one in point of officers and men equal to Sir John Jervis's, who is a commander-in-chief able to lead them to glory.' ' A great point was gained,' wrote Sir W. Hamilton... | |
| Robert Southey - 1813 - 278 páginas
...fleets " are equal to meet the world in arms : and " of all the fleets I ever saw, I never be" held one, in point of officers and men, " equal to Sir John Jervis's, who is a <* commander-in-chief able to lead them to J « glory." Sir Gilbert Elliot believed that the great... | |
| 1844 - 814 páginas
...what this fleet is capable of performing — any thing, and every thing. Of all the fleets I ever saw, I never saw one, in point of officers and men, equal...recognized by the government in a still more permanent mauner ; for, by a despatch from the Admiralty in February 1797, it was aunounced that the king had... | |
| Gilbert Elliot Earl of Minto - 1874 - 440 páginas
....England, whose fleets are equal to meet the world in arms, and of all the fleets I ever saw I never beheld one in point of officers and men equal to Sir John Jervis's, who is a commander-in-chief able to lead them to glory.' The exigencies of the military situation absolutely... | |
| Robert Southey - 1877 - 410 páginas
...whose fleets are equal to meet the world in arms : and of all the fleets I ever saw, I never beheld one, in point of officers and men, equal to Sir John Jervis's, who is a commanderTin-chief able to lead them to glory." Sir Gilbert Elliot believed that the great body of... | |
| Robert Southey - 1878 - 306 páginas
...whose fleets are equal to meet the world in arms : and of all the fleets I ever saw, I never beheld one, in point of officers and men, equal to Sir John Jervis's, who is a Commander-in-Chief able to lead them to glory." Sir Gilbert Elliott believed that the great body of... | |
| Robert Southey - 1883 - 316 páginas
...whose fleets are equal to meet the world in arms : and of all the fleets I ever saw, I never beheld one, in point of officers and men, equal to Sir John Jervis's, who is a Commander-in-Chief able to lead them to glory." Sir Gilbert Elliott believed that the great body of... | |
| Robert Southey - 1890 - 424 páginas
...whose fleets are equal to meet the world in arms : and of all the fleets I ever saw, I never beheld one, in point of officers and men, equal to Sir John Jervis's, who is a 20 commander-in-chief able to lead them to glory." Sir Gilbert Elliott believed that the great body... | |
| 1893 - 930 páginas
...fleets of England are equal to meet the world in arms ; and of all the fleets I ever saw, I never beheld one, in point of officers and men, equal to Sir John Jervis's, who is a commander in chief able to lead them to glory." To a friend he wrote : " Mann is ordered to come up ; we shall... | |
| Robert Southey - 1895 - 316 páginas
...whose fleets are equal to meet the world in arms; and of all the fleets I ever saw, I never beheld one, in point of officers and men, equal to Sir John Jervis's, who is a commander in chief able to lead them to glory." Sir Gilbert Elliot believed that the great body of the Corsicans... | |
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