| Samuel Hood Hood (Viscount), Navy Records Society (Great Britain) - 1895 - 234 페이지
...the honour of commanding his Majesty's noble fleet on the 12th, I may, without the imputation of much vanity, say the flag of England should now have graced...upwards of twenty sail of the enemy's ships of the line. I herewith send you copies of a few letters between Sir George Rodney and me, and had he been my father,... | |
| 1895 - 232 페이지
...the honour of commanding his Majesty's noble fleet on the I2th, I may, without the imputation of much vanity, say the flag of England should now have graced...upwards of twenty sail of the enemy's ships of the line. I herewith send you copies of a few letters between Sir George Rodney and me, and had he been my father,... | |
| John Leyland - 1899 - 458 페이지
...noble fleet on the 12th, I may, without the 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 Sir Samuel Hood (Navy Records Society), p. 104. Tipu, when the French were reported... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| William Oliver Stevens, Allan Ferguson Westcott - 1920 - 854 페이지
...ship the next day. . . . Mad I had the honor of commanding his Majesty's noble fleet on the 1 2th, I may, without much imputation of vanity, say the...of twenty sail of the enemy's ships of the line." 1 Sir Charles Douglas, who had been responsible for Rodney's breaking the line, warmly agreed with... | |
| 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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