The dispatches and letters of vice admiral ... Nelson, with notes by sir N.H. Nicolas, Volumen5

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Página 280 - I have the honour to transmit, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a copy of a letter from Captain Pring, late Commander of his Majesty's brig Linnet.
Página 28 - I doubt not, if his lordship knew — And Mr Dean, one word from you." 'Tis (let me see) three years and more, (October next it will be four,) Since HARLEY bid me first attend, And chose me for an humble friend ; Would take me in his coach to chat, And question me of this and that ; As,
Página 425 - I have to request you will be pleased to lay before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty the...
Página 454 - Eussell to transmit to you, for the information of the 'lords commissioners of the admiralty, a copy of a letter...
Página 200 - You will be pleased to acquaint the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that...
Página 441 - The captains and commanders of His Majesty's ships and vessels under my command are therefore hereby required and directed, in case of meeting with the American frigate Chesapeake...
Página 305 - To his midshipmen he ever showed the most winning kindness, encouraging the diffident, tempering the hasty, counselling and befriending both. ' Recollect,' he used to say, ' that you must be a seaman to be an officer, and also, that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.
Página 73 - Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty You are hereby required and directed to put yourself under my Command and follow...
Página 300 - A natural anxiety of course must attend my station ; but, my dear friend, my eyesight fails me most dreadfully ; I firmly believe that in a very few years I shall be stone blind. It is this only of all my maladies that makes me unhappy ; but God's will be done.
Página 232 - I should be very happy," he replied, "to receive authentic intelligence of the destination of the French squadron, their route, and time of sailing. — Any thing short of this is useless; and I assure your excellency, that I would not, upon any consideration, have a Frenchman in the fleet, except as a prisoner. I put no confidence in them. You think yours good; the queen thinks the same: I believe they are all alike.

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