 | Samuel Phillips - 1851 - 328 Seiten
...appearance which particularly attracted my notice, for I had never seen anything like it before, nor could I imagine who he was, nor what he came about. My doubts...enthusiasm when speaking on professional subjects that showed he was no common being." In due time Nelson reached Naples, and delivered his despatches to... | |
 | Samuel Phillips - 1852 - 312 Seiten
...appearance which particularly attracted my notice, for I had never seen anything like it before, nor could I imagine who he was nor what he came about. My doubts...enthusiasm when speaking on professional subjects that showed he was no common being." In due time Nelson reached Naples, and delivered his despatches to... | |
 | Joseph ALLEN (of Greenwich Hospital.) - 1853 - 290 Seiten
...of his waistcoat, added to the general quaintness of his figure, particularly attracted my notice. There was something irresistibly pleasing in his address...enthusiasm when speaking on professional subjects that showed he was no common being."* The Albemarle was ordered to cruise off La Guayra, but beyond the... | |
 | 1854 - 428 Seiten
...attracted my notice, for I had never seen anything like it before, nor could I imagine who he was, or what he came about. My doubts were, however, removed, when Lord Hood introduced him to me. There was something irresistibly pleasing in his address and conversation, and an enthusiasm... | |
 | John Francis Waller - 1857 - 230 Seiten
...imagine who he was, nor what he came abont. My donbts were, however, removed when Lord Hood introdnced me to him. There was something irresistibly pleasing in his address and conversation, and an enthnsiasm when speaking on professional snbjects that showed he was no common being. Nelson after... | |
 | 1884 - 492 Seiten
...courage that I have never seen in any other two eyes. It literally blazed outright when he was excited. There was something irresistibly pleasing in his address...enthusiasm when speaking on professional subjects, which showed that he was no common being. Captain Adair, of the Marines, told me a tale about the great... | |
 | 1869 - 506 Seiten
...for I had never seen anything like it before, nor could I imagine who he was, or what he came about. There was something irresistibly pleasing in his address...enthusiasm, when speaking on professional subjects, which showed that he was no common being." Peace with France being proclaimed, his ship returned to... | |
 | Samuel Phillips - 1871 - 346 Seiten
...appearance which particularly attracted my notice, for I had never seen anything like it before, nor could I imagine who he was, nor what he came about. My doubts...enthusiasm when speaking on professional subjects that showed he was no common being." In due time Nelson reached Naples, and delivered his despatches to... | |
 | 1879 - 760 Seiten
...attracted my notice, for I had never seen anything like it before, nor could I imagine who he was or what he came about My doubts were, however, removed...enthusiasm, when speaking on professional subjects, tint showed he was no common being. After this he went with us to the West Indies. .... Throughout... | |
 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1884 - 428 Seiten
...appearance which particularly attracted my notice, for I hod never seen anything like it before, nor could I imagine who he was, nor what he came about. My doubts...enthusiasm, when speaking on professional subjects, that showed he was no common being. Nelson, after this, went with us to the West Indies, and served under... | |
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... hair was tied in a stiff Hessian tail, of an extraordinary length; the old-fashioned flaps of his waistcoat added to the general quaintness of his figure, and produced an appearance which particularly attracted my notice ; for I had never seen anything... 
