| Trip - 1842 - 466 pagini
...intelligence of Villeneuve's arrival at Ferrol, transported him with raj,e; — "What a navy !" said he, "what sacrifices for nothing : — what an admiral...instead of entering the channel, has taken refuge in Ferrol : — it is all over : he will be blockaded there. — Daru, sit down and write." Wasting no... | |
| 1847 - 202 pagini
...rage, pacing up and down the room, and only stopping to mutter, " What a navy ! — what a sacrifice for nothing! — what an admiral! — all hope is...instead of entering the Channel, has taken refuge in Ferrol ; he will be blockaded there : Daru sit down * Sir P. Durham's Life. and write." And then the... | |
| Sir Archibald Alison - 1854 - 412 pagini
...breaking a stern silence by broken exclamations. ' What a navy ! — what sacrifices for nothing 1 — what an admiral ! All hope is gone. That Villeneuve,...instead of entering the Channel, has taken refuge in Ferrol ! It is all over ; he will be blockaded there. —Daru, sit down and write.' The fact was, that... | |
| sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1854 - 416 pagini
...breaking a stern silence by broken exclamations. ' What a navy ! — what sacrifices for nothing I — what an admiral ! All hope is gone. That Villeneuve,...instead of entering the Channel, has taken refuge in Ferrol ! It is all over ; he will be blockaded there. Daru, sit down and write.' The fact was, that... | |
| Sir Archibald Alison - 1854 - 412 pagini
...by broken exclamations. ' What a navy ! — what sacrifices for nothing ! — what an admiral ! AH hope is gone. That Villeneuve, instead of entering the Channel, has taken refuge in Ferrol ! It is all over ; he will be blockaded there. Daru, sit down and write.' The fact was, that... | |
| Thomas Thomson - 1855 - 372 pagini
...apartment, who, on entering, found the emperor traversing the room with hurried steps, and exclaiming, " What a navy ! What sacrifices for nothing ! What an...instead of entering the Channel, has taken refuge in Ferrol ! It is all over : he will be blockaded there. Daru, sit down and write." Daru took up his pen... | |
| Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson - 1855 - 728 pagini
...apartment, who, on entering, found the emperor traversing the room with hurried steps, and exclaiming, " What a navy ! What sacrifices for nothing ! What an...That Villeneuve, instead of entering the Channel, haa taken refuge in Ferrol ! It is all over : he will be blockaded there. Daru, sit down and write."... | |
| HUMPHREY BLUNT - 1860 - 444 pagini
...rage ; walking up and down the room with hurried steps, and only breaking a stern silence by broken exclamations : ( What a navy ! — what sacrifices...instead of entering the Channel, has taken refuge in * Dupin's Force Navale de VAngleterre, ip 244 ; and see the authorities cited in Alison's Europe, vol.... | |
| Archibald Alison - 1860 - 708 pagini
...rage, walking up and down the room with hurried steps, and only breaking a stern silence by broken exclamations. ' What a navy ! — what sacrifices...instead of entering the Channel, has taken refuge in Ferrol ! It is all over : he will be blockaded there. Daru, sit down and write.' The fact was, that... | |
| 1863 - 514 pagini
...rage, walking up and down the room with hurried steps, and only breaking a stern silence by broken exclamations : " "What a navy ! What sacrifices for...instead of entering the Channel, has taken refuge in Ferrol ! It is all over ; he will be blockaded there." The correspondence does not substantiate this... | |
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