 It will release me for ever from an ungrateful service, for it is my firm and unalterable determination never again to set my foot on board a king's ship. Immediately after my arrival in town I shall wait on the first lord of the Admiralty, and resign...  New General Biographical Dictionary - Page 301by Hugh James Rose - 1848Full view - About this book
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 462 pages
...Medway: " It will release me for ever from an ungrateful service, as it is my firm and unalterable determination -never again to set my foot on board...vain to reason with him against this resolution in his present state of feeling, used his secret interference with the first lord of the admiralty to... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1810 - 780 pages
...paid off, which will release me for ever from an ungrateful service ; as it is my firm and unalterable determination, . never again to set my foot on board...Lord of the Admiralty, and resign my commission.' The senior officer's arguments and expostulations were urged in vain ; he therefore immediately employed... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 494 pages
...observed to carry on the duty with a strict but sullen attention. When orders were received for his ship to be paid off at Sheerness, he expressed his joy...interference with the first lord of the admiralty to save Nelson from taking a step so injurious to himself, and which would ultimately have been so mischievous... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - Aristocracy (Social class) - 1812 - 748 pages
...off, which will release roe for evt-r from an ungrateful service; as it is my firm and unalterable determination. never again to set my foot on board...arrival in town, I shall wait on the First Lord of the Admiral'y, and resign my commission." This was prevented, by a private intimation from a friend to... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 766 pages
...ever from an ungrateful service; as it is my firm and unalterable determination, never again to *et my foot on board a King's ship. Immediately after...Lord of the Admiralty, and resign my commission." This was prevented, by a private intimation from a friend to Lord Howe, who wrote him a kind letter,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1813 - 274 pages
...saying, " It " will release me for ever from an ungrate" ful service, for it is my firm and unalter" able determination never again to set my " foot on board...admiralty, and resign " my commission." The officer to whom he thus communicated his intentions behaved in the wisest and most friendly manner ; for finding... | |
 | Biography - 1815 - 488 pages
...observed to carry on the duty with a strict but sullen attention. When orders were received for his ship to be paid off at Sheerness, he expressed his joy...interference with the first lord of the admiralty to save Nelson from taking a step so injurious to himself, and which would ultimately have been so mischievous... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 492 pages
...observed to carry on the duty with a strict but sullen attention. When orders were received for his ship to be paid off at Sheerness, he expressed his joy...admiralty, and resign my commission." The officer, rinding it in vain to reason with him against this resolution in the present state of his feelings,... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...Medway : " It will release me for ever from an ungrateful service, as it is my firm and unalterable determination never again to set my foot on board...vain to reason with him against this resolution in his present state of feeling, used his secret interference with the First Lord of the Admiralty to... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1827 - 284 pages
..." It " will release me for ever from an ungrate" ful service, for it is my firm and unalter* " able determination never again to set my " foot on board...wait on " the first lord of the admiralty, and resign " ray commission." The officer to whom he thus communicated his intentions behaved in the wisest and... | |
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