 | Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - 1849 - 710 pages
...out in a letter to Sir Alexander Ball, written on the same day as the preceding : " My good fortune seems flown away. I cannot get a fair wind, or even...no certain information of the enemy's destination. The Officer who commands the prize sent from Gibraltar will tell you all the news. I believe this ill... | |
 | Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - 1849 - 708 pages
...out in a letter to Sir Alexander Ball, written on the same day as the preceding : " My good fortune seems flown away. I cannot get a fair wind, or even a side wind. Dead foul!—dead foul! But my mind is fully made up what to do when I leave the Straits, supposing there... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1853 - 288 pages
...been obtained, he described his state of mind thus forcibly, in writing to the Governor of Malta : " My good fortune, my dear Ball, seems flown away. I...a fair wind, or even a side wind. Dead foul ! dead toul ! But my mind is fully made up what to do when I leave the straits, supposing there is no certain... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1854 - 412 pages
...cruisers, that they had not taken * Ou this occasion, Nelson wrote to Sir Alexander Ball, at Malta: — " My good fortune, my dear Ball, seems flown away. I cannot get a fair wind, nor even a side-wind. Dead foul ! But my mind is fully made up what to do when we leave the Straits,... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1854 - 412 pages
...cruisers, that they had not taken * On this occasion, Nelson wrote to Sir Alexander Ball, at Malta :—" My good fortune, my dear Ball, seems flown away. I cannot get a fair wind, nor oven a side-wind. Dead foul 1 But my mind is fully made up what to do when we leave the Straits,... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1854 - 416 pages
..." My good fortHBe, my dear Ball, seems flown away. I "snnot get a fair wind, nor even a side-wind. Dead foul ! But my mind is fully made up what to do when we leave the Straits, supposing there is no certain account of the enemy's destination. I believe this... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1860 - 708 pages
...five days.* At length, on the * On this occasion, Nelson wrote to Sir Alexander Ball, at Malta :— "My good fortune, my dear Ball, seems flown away. I cannot get a fair wind, nor 5th May, he received certain information that the com- CHAP. bined fleet had made for the AVest... | |
 | Sir Edward Cust - Europe - 1862 - 390 pages
...health seriously suffered from it. Writing to a friend at this juncture, he says : " My good fortune seems flown away. I cannot get a fair wind, or even a side-wind. Dead foul ! dead foul ! I believe this ill luck will go near to kill me ; but as these are... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1873 - 312 pages
...Mediterranean, unable to pass through the Straits of Gibraltar. ' My good fortune,' he wrote at this time, ' seems flown away. I cannot get a fair wind or even a side wind. Dead foul ! Dead foul ! I believe this ill-luck will go near to kill me.' Now-a-days, wind or no wind, steam-ships can be... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1877 - 410 pages
...been obtained, he describes his state of mind thus forcibly, in writing to the governor of Malta : " My good fortune, my dear Ball, seems flown away. I...I leave the Straits, supposing there is no certain account of the enemy's destination. I believe this ill luck will go near to kill me ; but, as these... | |
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My good fortune, my dear Ball, seems flown away. I cannot get a fair wind, or even a side wind. Dead foul ! Dead foul ! But my mind is fully made up what to do when I leave the Straits, supposing there is no certain account of the enemy's destination.... 
