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" I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events, and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this great opportunity of doing my duty. "
Memoirs of the Life of Vice-Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson - Page 521
by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - 1849
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 4

Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 462 pages
...throughout the fleet; an answering acclamation, made sublime by the feeling which it conveyed. " Now," said Nelson, " I can do no more. We must trust to the great...God for this great opportunity of doing my duty." Captain Blackwood being about to return to his ship, took him by the hand, saying, he " hoped soon...
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The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Volume 2

1810 - 492 pages
...truly sublime. ' A'om,' said lord Nelson, '/ can do no more: <aje must trust to the great Disfioser of all events, and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this great ofifiortunity of doing my duty.' "From the number of their huge three deckers, and the sun •. shining...
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Peerage of England. ...

Arthur Collins - 1812 - 766 pages
...shout with which it was received throughout the fleet was truly sublime. " Now (said Lord Nelson), / can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer...God for this great opportunity of doing my duty," " The wind was light from the SW and a long swell was setting into the Bay of Cadiz, so that our ships,...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 23

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 494 pages
...which was received with a shout of applause throughout the whole fleet. " Now," said the admiral, " I can do no more ; we must trust to the great Disposer...and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty." It had been represented to him so strongly, both by captain Blackwood,...
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Contains the earls from the accession of George III

Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - Aristocracy (Social class) - 1812 - 748 pages
...slinni with which it was received throughout the fleet was truly sublime. " Now (said Lord Nelson), / can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer...events, and the justice of our cause. . I thank God fof this great opportunity of doing my duty." " The wind was light from the SW and a long swell was...
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The Life of Nelson, Volume 2

Robert Southey - Admirals - 1813 - 306 pages
...answering acclamation, made sublime by the spirit which it breathed, and the feeling which it expressed. " Now," said Lord Nelson, « I " can do no more. We...God for " this great opportunity of doing my duty/' He wore that day, as usual, his admiral's frock coat, bearing on the left breast four stars, of the...
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The Boston Spectator: Devoted to Politicks and Belles-lettres, Volume 1

United States - 1814 - 258 pages
...by the spirit which it brearhed, and the feeling which it expressed. " Now," s;iid Lord Nelson, 1 " can do no more. We must trust to the great Disposer...God for this great " opportunity of doing my duty." He wore that day, as usual, his admiral's frock coat, bearing on the left breast four stars, of the...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Biography - 1815 - 488 pages
...which was received with a shout of applause throughout the whole fleet. " Now," said the admiral, " I can do no more ; we must trust to the great Disposer...and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty." It had been represented to him so strongly, both by captain Blackwood,...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 6

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...fleet, an answering acclamation made sublime by the feeling which it conveyed. " Now," said Nelson, " J can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer...God for this great opportunity of doing my duty." Captain Blackwood, beihg about to return to bis ship, took him by the hand, saying he ' hoped soon...
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Lives of the British Admirals: Containing Also a New and Accurate ..., Volume 8

John Campbell - Great Britain - 1817 - 562 pages
...answering acclamation, made sublime by the spirit which it breathed, and the feeling which it expressed. ' Now,' said Lord Nelson, ' I can do no more. We must...God for this great opportunity of doing my duty.' " The French admiral from the Bucentaure, beheld the new manner in which his enemy was advancing, Nelson...
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