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" I am to make all my brave officers admirals, I should have no captains or lieutenants in my service. "
The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by France in ... - Page 79
by William James - 1837
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Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Volume 1

Archibald Forbes - Battles - 1896 - 822 pages
...the Prince and remarked that such a hero should be made an admiral. " My lord," was the answer, " if I were to make all my brave officers admirals, I should have no captains or lieutenants in my service.'1 Three days after the conclusion of the armistice — that is to say, on the I2th of April...
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Robert Southey's Life of Nelson

Robert Southey - Admirals - 1896 - 354 pages
...youth, told the Prince that he ought to be made an admiral. The Prince replied: " If, my lord, I am to make all my brave officers admirals, I should have no captains or lieutenants in my service." l The sympathy of the Danes for their countrymen who had bled in their defence was not weakened by...
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The Life of Admiral Horatio Nelson

Robert Southey - Great Britain - 1902 - 388 pages
...youth, told the prince that he ought to be made an admiral. The prince replied : " If, my Lord, I am to make all my brave officers admirals, I should have no captains or lieutenants in my service." The sympathy of the Danes for their countrymen who had bled in their defense, was not weakened by distance...
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Famous Battles of the Nineteenth Century: 1875-1900

Charles Welsh - Battles - 1904 - 488 pages
...Prince — and remarked that such a hero should be made an admiral. " My lord," was the answer, " if I were to make all my brave officers admirals, I should have no captains or lieutenants in my service." Three days after the conclusion of the armistice — on the 12th of April, Sir Hyde Parker sailed from...
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The Mariners' Church Gospel Temperance Soldiers' and Sailor's Magazine

Theology - 1845 - 1752 pages
...admiral. The Crown Prince instantly replied, as we were informed in the il-.xt . " If ii iy Lord, 1 were to make all my brave officers admirals, I should have no captains or lieutenants in my service." After a week's negocialion, during which time Nelson daily went on shore, an armistice f <r the space...
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Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Volume 161

Military art and science - 1883 - 680 pages
...warmly by the hand, told the Prince that he ought to be made an admiral. Said the Prince, " If I am to make all my brave officers admirals, I should have no captains or lieutenants in my service ! " Again in 1807, .when Denmark relapsed under the influence of Napoleon, and was about to deliver...
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