 He could not know who I was, but he entered at once into conversation with me, if I can call it conversation, for it was almost all on his side, and all about himself,, and in, really, a style so vain and silly as to surprise and almost disgust me.  Patriotism and Empire - Page 99by John Mackinnon Robertson - 1900 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1869 - 246 pages
...from his likeness to his pictures and the want of an arm, I immediately recognized as Lord Nelson. He could not know who I was, but he entered at once into conversation with me—if I can call it conversation—for it was almost all on his side, and all about himself, and... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1897 - 540 pages
...from his likeness to his pictures and the loss of an arm, I immediately recognised as Lord Nelson. He could not know who I was, but he entered at once into...conversation, for it was almost all on his side and all about 1 In a letter to the Earl of Mornington, dated December 21st, 1805, Wellington, then Wellesley, said,... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1897 - 536 pages
...from his likeness to his pictures and the loss of an arm, I immediately recognised as Lord Nelson. He could not know who I was, but he entered at once into...conversation, for it was almost all on his side and all about 1 In a letter to the Earl of Mornington, dated December 21st, 1805, Wellington, then Wellcsley, said,... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1899 - 918 pages
...pictures and the loss of an arm, I immediately recognized as Lord Nelson. He conld not know who I was, bnt he entered at once into conversation with me, if I...conversation, for it was almost all on his side and all abont himself, and in, really, a style so vain and so silly as to surprise and almost disgust me. I... | |
 | Esther Meynell - 1913 - 362 pages
...from his likeness to his pictures and the loss of an arm, I immediately recognised as Lord Nelson. He could not know who I was, but he entered at once into...about himself, and in, really, a style so vain and silly as to surprise and almost disgust me. I suppose something that I happened to say may have made... | |
 | 1918 - 708 pages
...from his likeness to his pictures and the loss of an arm, I immediately recognized as Lord Nelson. He could not know who I was, but he entered at once into...almost all on his side and all about himself and, in reality a style so vain and so silly as to surprise and almost disgust me. I suppose something that... | |
 | Charles Anthony Shriner - 1918 - 712 pages
...from his likeness to his pictures and the loss of an arm, I immediately recognized as Lord Nelson. He could not know who I was, but he entered at once into...almost all on his side and all about himself and, in reality a style so vain and so silly as to surprise and almost disgust me. I suppose something that... | |
 | Francis Josiah Hudleston - 1926 - 312 pages
...greatest English warriors of the period met, the Duke, describing it, remarked of Nelson, " He entered into conversation with me, if I can call it conversation, for it was 1 Craufurd had intrigued with Charles Stewart against the Duke in the Peninsula, " I believe he pushed... | |
 | Hamish Macdonald - 1995 - 60 pages
...from his likeness to his pictures and the loss of an arm, I immediately recognised as Lord Nelson. He could not know who I was, but he entered at once into...almost all on his side and all about himself and, in reality, in a style so vain and silly as to surprise and almost disgust me. 1 suppose something that... | |
 | Dudley Pope - 1999 - 384 pages
...from his likeness to his pictures and the loss of an arm, I immediately recognized as Lord Nelson. He could not know who I was, but he entered at once into conversation with me, if I can call it a conversation, for it was almost all on his side and all about himself, and in, really, a style so... | |
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