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" It was new - it was singular - it was simple!'; and, from Admirals downwards, it was repeated - 'It must succeed, if ever they will allow us to get at them! You are, my Lord, surrounded by friends whom you inspire with confidence. "
The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain - Page 693
by Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1899 - 764 pages
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures ..., Volume 20

1805 - 456 pages
...the fleet, but also to every individual in it; and when I came to explain to them my plan of attack, it was like an electric shock— some shed tears,...it was simple ; and from admirals downwards it was repeated—it must succeed, if ever they will allow us to get at them." Ou the tith October he wrote...
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The life of ... Horatio lord viscount Nelson, Volume 2

James Harrison (biographer of Nelson.) - 1806 - 522 pages
...of the " fleet, but also to every individual in it; and, when " I came to explain to them the Nelson touch, it " was like an electric shock. Some shed...will " allow us to get at them ! You are, my lord, sur" rounded by friends whorayou inspire with confi" dence." — " Some," adds his lordship, " may...
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The Battle of Trafalgar: A Heroic Poem

William Hamilton Drummond - Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805 - 1806 - 142 pages
...the fleet, but also to every individual in it; and when I came to explain to them my plan of attack, it was like an electric shock — some shed tears,...succeed, if ever they will allow us to get at them." For illustration of the lines, which immediately follow those which introduced this note, it may not...
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The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton: With a Supplement of ..., Volume 1

Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Lady Emma Hamilton - Admirals - 1814 - 582 pages
...commander of the fleet, but also to every individual in it: and, when I came to explain to them the Nelson touch, it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved — " It was new, it was sin" gular, it was simple !" and, from AdVOL. u. H mirals mirals downwards, it was repeated — " It...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 23

1814 - 606 pages
...<,f the fleet, but also to every individu.il in it : and, when I came to explain to them the ffehon touch, it was like an electric shock. Some- shed tears, all approved — " It wağ " new, it was singular, it was simple! " and, from Admirals downwards, it was repeated — " It...
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The life of Nelson revised and illustrated, by the Old Sailor

Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Matthew Henry Barker - 1836 - 500 pages
...individual in it : and when I came to explain to them the Nelson touch, it was like an electric shock. ' It was new, it was singular, it was simple,' and from...succeed, if ever they will allow us to get at them." " In another letter he described his reception as causing the sweetest sensation of his life. " The...
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The dispatches and letters of vice admiral ... Nelson, with notes ..., Volume 7

Horatio Nelson (1st visct.) - 1846 - 864 pages
...singular — it was simple !'; and, froi Admirais downwards, it was repeated — ' It must succeed, ever they will allow us to get at them ! You are, my Lore surrounded by friends whom you inspire with confidence Some may be Judas's ; but the majority...
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An Auto-biographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart., Late of the Admiralty ...

Sir John Barrow - Admirals - 1847 - 544 pages
...commander of the fleet, but also to every individual in it : and when I came to explain to them the Nelson touch, it was like an electric shock : some shed tears...surrounded by friends whom you inspire with confidence." He writes strongly to the Admiralty, to send him frigates and sloops, which he calls the eyes of the...
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Eminent Sailors: A Series of Biographies of Great Naval Commanders ...

William Henry Davenport Adams - Great Britain - 1882 - 408 pages
...that of an enemy." " When," says Nelson, " I came to explain to the commanders of the fleet the Nelson touch, it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears...surrounded by friends whom you inspire with confidence.' " On the i9th Nelson learned that his hope had been fulfilled, and that the combined fleet had put...
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United States Naval Institute Proceedings, Volume 13

United States Naval Institute - Marine engineering - 1887 - 824 pages
...I came to explain to them my ck," he wrote to an intimate friend, "it was like an electric shock : tears ; all approved. It was new, it was singular, it was simple, dmirals downwards it was repeated, 'It must succeed, if ever they us to get at them.'" rood said the...
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