 | 1899 - 460 페이지
...been engaged with the Glorieux, took part in the captures. 3 Hood to Jackson, April 16, 1782 : 'Had I had the honour of commanding his Majesty's noble fleet...imputation of much vanity, say the flag of England should have graced the sterns of upwards of twenty sail of the enemy's ships of the line.' — Letters of... | |
 | John Leyland - 1899 - 458 페이지
...been engaged with the Glorieux, took part in the captures. * Hood to Jackson, April 16, 1782 : 'Had I had the honour of commanding his Majesty's noble fleet...imputation of much vanity, say the flag of England should have graced the sterns of upwards of twenty sail of the enemy's ships of the line.' — Letters of... | |
 | 1907 - 504 페이지
...fleet yesterday, I may, without the imputation of vanity, say, the flag of England should at this hour have graced the sterns of upwards of twenty sail of...the enemy's ships of the line. I herewith send you a short correspondence between Sir George and me ; and had he been my father, brother or the dearest... | |
 | Esther Meynell - 1910 - 382 페이지
...fleet yesterday, I may, without the imputation of vanity, say, the flag of England should at this hour have graced the sterns of upwards of twenty sail of...the enemy's ships of the line. I herewith send you a short correspondence between Sir George and me ; and had he been my father, brother or the dearest... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1913 - 382 페이지
...clearly and most undoubtedly have enabled him to have taken almost every ship the next day. . . . Had I had the honour of commanding his Majesty's noble fleet on the 12th, I may, without much imputation of vanity, say the flag of England should now have graced the sterns of upwards of... | |
 | Peter Le Fevre, Richard Harding - 2000 - 542 페이지
...Hood could write that had he 'had the honour of commanding His Majesty's noble fleet on the 1 2th, I may, without the imputation of much vanity, say the flag of England should now have graced the stems of upwards of twenty sail of the enemy's line.'12 It is not surprising that the view of a perfect... | |
 | John Sugden - 2004 - 984 페이지
...would allow. Had I ... had the honour of commanding His Majesty's noble fleet on the nth, I may . . . say the flag of England should now have graced the sterns of upwards of twenty sail of the enemy's sail-ofthe-line.'50 Here, Hood certainly showed himself a true predecessor of Nelson, but there was... | |
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In the next, that he did not pursue under that easy sail, so as never to have lost sight of the enemy in the night, which would clearly and most undoubtedly have enabled him to have taken almost every ship the next day. 