 | 1854 - 504 Seiten
...Having seen that all was as it should be, Nelson retired to his cabin, and wrote the following prayer: " May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity... | |
 | Alphonse de Lamartine - 1854 - 508 Seiten
...admiral descended once more to his cabin, and inscribed the following prayer in his private journal : — "May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory ; and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it ; and may humanity,... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1854 - 412 Seiten
...evident an engagement was inevitable, Nelson retired to his cabin and wrote the following prayer : — " May the great God whom I worship grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity... | |
 | George Twemlow - 1855 - 264 Seiten
...devotion. What can be more beautiful, for example, than Nelson's prayer before the battle of Trafalgar. " May the Great God whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory ! And may no misconduct in any one tarnish it ; and may humanity... | |
 | P.P. - London. - Bentley's Miscellany - 1859 - 300 Seiten
...all was as it should be, Nelson retired to his cabin, and wrote the following prayer : — " ' Slay the great God whom I worship grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1860 - 708 Seiten
...— " May the great God whom I worship grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it ; and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet ! For myself individually, I commit my life... | |
 | William Freke Williams - 1864 - 786 Seiten
...the following prayer : — " May God grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory; and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet ! For myself individually I commit my life... | |
 | J Bradshawe Walker - 1864 - 328 Seiten
...approaching conflict. He then went below, and while alone in his cabin, wrote the following prayer. " May the great God whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it ; and may humanity... | |
 | Charles Kegan Paul - 1864 - 232 Seiten
...engagement with the French fleet. Nelson retired to his cabin and wrote the following prayer : — ' May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in anyone tarnish it; and may humanity... | |
 | 1865 - 1136 Seiten
...aftercabin, where, as I afterwards heard, he wrote the following prayer, so literally granted : — " May the great God whom I worship grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in anyone tarnish it ; and may humanity,... | |
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May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet! 
