 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1897 - 536 pages
...new — it was singular — it was simple ! ' and, from admirals downwards, it was repeated — ' It must succeed, if ever they will allow us to get at them! You are, my Lord, surrounded by friends whom you inspire with confidence. ' Some may be Judas 's; but... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1899 - 906 pages
...to every individual in it; and, when I came to explain to them the ' Nelson touch,' it was like au electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved —...was simple!' and, from admirals downwards, it was repeated — ' It must succeed, if ever they will allow us to get at them ! You are, my Lord, surrounded... | |
 | Walter Sichel - 1907 - 618 pages
...was new, it was singular, it was simple.' — ' And from Admirals downwards, it was repeated — it must succeed if ever they will allow us to get at them.' 8 Again he had been stinted in battleships. * Nelson ascended the poop to view both lines of those... | |
 | Henry Lawrence Swinburne, Norman Wilkinson, Charles Napier Robinson - 1907 - 648 pages
...It was the plan he had devised for attacking the combined fleet, and some of them shed tears, while all approved. "It was new, it was singular, it was simple," and, they said, " it must succeed, if ever they will allow us to get at them ! You are, my lord, surrounded... | |
 | James Richard Thursfield - 1909 - 446 pages
...the fleet, but also to every individual in it ; when I came to explain to them the " Nelson touch " it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all...was simple ! " and from Admirals downwards it was repeated, " It must succeed, if ever they will allow us to get at them ! " A few days later, on October... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount) - 1917 - 68 pages
...the Fleet, but also to every individual in it ; and when I came to explain to them the Nelson touch, it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all...was simple ! ! and, from Admirals downwards it was repeated — It must succeed, if ever they will allow us to get at them " etc. Captain AT Mahan in... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount) - 1917 - 60 pages
...the Fleet, but also to every individual in it; and when I came to explain to them the Nelson touch, it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved —It was new—it was singular—it was simple !! and, from Admirals downwards it was repeated—It must succeed,... | |
 | Horace West Household - 1917 - 210 pages
...like an electric shock," he said. " All approved . . . From admirals downwards, it was repeated ' It must succeed, if ever they will allow us to get at them.' " That Villeneuve must come out all knew. Cadiz could not possibly feed his great fleet and its 30,000... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1918 - 416 pages
...fleet, but also to every individual in it; and, when I came to explain to them the ' Nelson touch? it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all...was simple ! ' and, from admirals downwards, it was repeated — ' It must succeed, if ever they will allow us to get at them! You are, my Lord, surrounded... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1918 - 418 pages
...fleet, but also to every individual in it; and, when I came to explain to them the ' Nelson touch? it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all...was simple ! ' and, from admirals downwards, it was repeated — ' It must succeed, if ever they will allow us to get at them! You are, my Lord, surrounded... | |
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Nelson touch,' it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved — ' It was new — it was singular — it was simple !'; and, from Admirals downwards, it was repeated — ' It must succeed, if ever they will allow us to get at them ! You... 
