Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" I hope all is right," said he, writing to our Ambassador at Berlin; "but seamen are but bad negotiators; for we put to issue in five minutes what diplomatic forms would be five months doing. "
The dispatches and letters of vice admiral ... Nelson, with notes by sir N.H ... - Page 373
by Horatio Nelson (1st visct.) - 1845
Full view - About this book

The life of ... Horatio lord viscount Nelson, Volume 2

James Harrison (biographer of Nelson.) - 1806 - 522 pages
...I think handsome, I left Revel on Sunday the " 17th, and here I am. From all the Russian officers " at Revel, I received the most attentive behaviour;...answer as I was. Sir Hyde Parker's letter on " the release of the British merchant ships has not " been answered. I hope, all is right: but seamen are...
Full view - About this book

The Life of Nelson, Volume 2

Robert Southey - 1813 - 306 pages
...right," said he, writing to our ambassador at Berlin ; " but seamen are but bad " negotiators, for we put to issue in five " minutes what diplomatic forms would be « five months doing." On his way down the Baltic, however, he met the Russian admiral Tchitchagof, whom the emperor, in reply...
Full view - About this book

The Life of Nelson

Robert Southey - Admirals - 1830 - 354 pages
...right," said he, writing to our ambassador at Berlin ; but seamen are but bad negotiators ; for we put to issue in five minutes what diplomatic forms would be five months doing." On his way down the Baltic, however, he met the Russian admiral Tchitchagof, whom the emperor, in reply...
Full view - About this book

The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 6

Child rearing - 1843 - 320 pages
...right," said he, 'writing to our ambassador at Berlin ; but seamen are but bad negotiators ; "for we put to issue in five minutes what diplomatic forms would be five months doing." On his way down the Baltic, however, he met the Russian admiral Tchitchagof, whom the emperor, in reply...
Full view - About this book

The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson ..., Volume 4

Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Admirals - 1845 - 604 pages
...way I think handsome, I left Revel on Sunday the 17th, and here I am. From all the Russian Officers at Revel, I received the most attentive behaviour,...issue in five minutes what Diplomatic forms would he five months doing — I shall have a frequent communication with Rostock, if our stay in the Baltic...
Full view - About this book

The life of Horatio, lord Nelson

1847 - 202 pages
...right," Nelson had written to our ambassador at Berlin ; " but seamen are bad negotiators ; for we put to issue in five minutes what diplomatic forms would be five months in doing." In a very few days, indeed, all was on the point of being settled. On the 26th of May Nelson's...
Full view - About this book

England's battles by sea and land, from the commencement of the French ...

William Freke Williams - 1854 - 818 pages
...this transaction, " I hope all is right," he said, "but seamen are but bad negotiators; for we put to issue in five minutes what diplomatic forms would be five months doing." While at anchor off Rostock, he received a despatch from the Russian court, containing the intelligence...
Full view - About this book

Vol.1,2, by lt. col. Williams History of the wars caused by the ..., Volumes 1-2

William Freke Williams - 1864 - 786 pages
...this transaction, " I hope all is right," he said, "but seamen are but bad negotiators; for we put to issue in five minutes what diplomatic forms would be five months doing." While at anchor off Rostock, he received a despatch from the Russian court, containing the intelligence...
Full view - About this book

S. Andrew's Church, Headington, Parish Magazine, Volume 13

St. Andrew's Church (Headington, Oxford, England) - Headington (Oxford, England) - 1882 - 428 pages
...The tedious formalities of hair-splitting diplomatists were hateful to a mind like Nelson's. ' We put to issue in five minutes what diplomatic forms would be five months in doing.' . •'. . . . :lj ' There were a contempt for mere riches and a passion for fame in him....
Full view - About this book

S. Andrew's Church, Headington, Parish Magazine, Volume 13

St. Andrew's Church (Headington, Oxford, England) - Headington (Oxford, England) - 1882 - 428 pages
...The tedious formalities of hair-splitting diplomatists were hateful to a mind like Nelson's. ' We put to issue in five minutes what diplomatic forms would be five months in doing.' . •'. . . . :lj ' There were a contempt for mere riches and a passion for fame in him....
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF