 Feeling, as I do, that I am entirely responsible to my King and country for the whole of my conduct, I find no difficulty at this moment, when I am so unhappy at not finding the French fleet, nor having obtained the...  The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present - Page 87by Sir William Laird Clowes, Sir Clements Robert Markham, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Herbert Wrigley Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, Leonard George Carr Laughton - 1900Full view - About this book
 | William James - 1837 - 412 pages
...this moment, when I am so unhappy at not finding the French fleet, nor having obtained the smallest information where they are, to lay before you the...conduct I have done. I have consulted no man, therefore thewhole blame of ignorance in forming my judgment must rest with me. I would allow no man to take... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1853 - 288 pages
...circumstances he was right in having formed it. " I have consulted no man," said he to the Admiralty ; "therefore, the whole blame of ignorance in forming my judgment must rest with me. I would allow IN SEARCH OF YlLLENEUVE's FLEET. 229 no man to take from me an atom of my glory had I fallen in with... | |
 | William Freke Williams - 1854 - 818 pages
...this moment, when I am so unhappy at not finding the French fleet, nor having obtained the smallest information where they are, to lay before you the...which induced me to pursue the line of conduct I have. I have consulted no man ; therefore the whole blame of ignorance in forming my judgment must rest with... | |
 | William Freke Williams - 1864 - 786 pages
...this moment, when 1 am so unhappy at not finding the French fleet, nor having obtained the smallest information where they are, to lay before you the...which induced me to pursue the line of conduct I have. I have consulted no man ; therefore the whole blame of ignorance in forming my judgment must rest with... | |
 | Robert Southey - Great Britain - 1902 - 388 pages
...circumstances, he was right in having formed it. " I have consulted no man," said he, to the admiralty ; " therefore, the whole blame of ignorance in forming my judgment must rest with me. I would allo\v no man to take from me an atom of my glory had I fallen in with the French fleet ; nor do I... | |
 | Brian Lavery - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 160 pages
...difficulty at the moment, when I am so unhappy at not finding the French, nor having obtained the smallest information where they are, to lay before you the...induced me to pursue the line of conduct I have done.' The French continued to use Nelson's absences from the station to attempt escape. On April 4, when... | |
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