 Something must be left to chance; nothing is sure in a Sea Fight beyond all others. Shot will carry away the masts and yards of friends as well as foes; but I look with confidence to a Victory before the Van of the Enemy could succour their Rear...  The Naval Chronicle - עמוד 506נערך על ידי - 1805תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Archibald Duncan - 1806 - 380 דפים
...cut of. Something must be left to chance ; nothing is sure ui a sea-fight beyond all others ! Shots will carry away masts and yards of friends as well...'that the British fleet would be ready to receive the twenty sail t,f the line, or to pursue them, should they endeavor to make off. If the van of the... | |
 | James Harrison (biographer of Nelson.) - 1806 - 522 דפים
...cut off. Something must be left to chance. Nothing is sure in a sea-fight, beyond all others; shots will carry away masts and yards of friends as well...victory, before the van of the enemy could succour the rear: and, then, that the British fleet would be ready to receive the twenty sail of the line ;... | |
 | sir William Beatty - 1807 - 114 דפים
...one-fourth superior to the Enemy cut off. SOMETHING must be left to chance : nothing is sure in a sea-fight, beyond all others ; shot will carry away masts and...their rear; and then that the British Fleet would most of them be ready to receive their twenty sail of the line, or to pursue them should they endeavour... | |
 | Edward Pelham Brenton - 1824 - 588 דפים
...cut off; something must be loft to chance ; nothing is sure in a sea-fight beyond all others. Shots will carry away masts and yards of friends as well...then that the British fleet would be ready to receive the twenty sail of the line, or pursue them, should they endeavour to make off. If the van of the enemy... | |
 | William Nugent Glascock - 1826 - 320 דפים
...must be left to chance; nothing is sure in a seafight, above all others : shot will carry away the masts and yards of friends as well as foes ; but I look with confidence to a victory before their van co aid succour the rear. The Second in command will, in all possible things, direct the movements... | |
 | William Nugent Glascock - 1836 - 730 דפים
...must be left to chance ; nothing is sure in a sea-fight, above all others : shot will carry away the masts and yards of friends as well as foes ; but I look with confidence to a victory before their van could succour the rear. The second in command will, in all possible things, direct the movement... | |
 | Edward Pelham Brenton - 1837 - 778 דפים
...cut off'; something must be left to chance ; nothing is sure in a sea-fight beyond all others. Shots will carry away masts and yards of friends as well...then that the British fleet would be ready to receive the 20 sail of the line, or pursue them, should they endeavour to make off. If the van of the enemy... | |
 | William James - 1837 - 408 דפים
...a sea fight, beyond all others : shot will carry away the masts and yards of friends as well as of foes ; but I look with confidence to a victory before...their rear ; and then that the British fleet would, most of them, be ready to receive their 20 sail of the line, or to pursue them should they endeavour... | |
 | George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane - 1844 - 928 דפים
...chance. Nothing is sure in a sea-fight: shot will carry away the masts and yards of friends as well as of foes ; but I look with confidence to a victory before...their rear ; and then that the British .fleet would, most of them, be • This letter, with many other autograph letters of Nelson, was shown to us some... | |
 | Horatio Nelson (1st visct.) - 1846 - 864 דפים
...must be left to chance ; nothing is sure in Sea Fight beyond all others. Shot will carry away the mas and yards of friends as well as foes ; but I look with coi fidence to a Victory before the Van of the Enemy could su< cour their Rear3, and then that the... | |
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