 | Sir Edward Cust - 1869 - 338 頁
...following letter to Benbow is said to have been addressed to him by the Trench Admiral, his opponent : — "Sir, ~~ I had little hopes on Monday last but to...your cabin, but it pleased God to order it otherwise ~~ / am thankful for it. As for those cowardly Captains who deserted you, hang them up ; for, by G... | |
 | Charles Rathbone Low - 1872 - 544 頁
...Jamaica. I )n Casse made his way to Carthagena, and from thence wrote Benbow the following letter : — " SIR, — I had little hopes on Monday last but to have supped in your cabin, but it pleased God to have ordered it otherwise : I am thankful for it. As for those cowardly captains who deserted you,... | |
 | Edwin Hodder - 1878 - 380 頁
...squadron may be gathered from a letter written to him by the gallant French Admiral, Du Casse : — " Sir, — I had. little hopes on Monday last but to...your cabin, but it pleased God to order it otherwise, and I am thankful for it. As for those cowardly captains who deserted you, hang them up, for by they... | |
 | Henry Stewart (M.A.) - 1883 - 500 頁
...his heart, to Jamaica. Du Casse, on arriving at Carthagena, wrute him the following letter : — " SIR, — I had little hopes on Monday last but to have supped in your cabin (as a prisoner), but it pleased God to order it otherwise. I am thankful for it. As for those cowardly... | |
 | Henry Duff Traill - 1903 - 952 頁
...1702, and with reference to whom Benbow's opponent, the gallant Uu Casse, wrote characteristically: "Sir, I had little hopes, on Monday last, but to have...order it otherwise. I am thankful for it- As for those 11639 The Navy under Anne. The Marines. The Eddystone Lighthouse. cowardly captains who deserted you,... | |
 | 1904 - 322 頁
...received a letter from M. du Casse, of which the following is a translation : CARTHAGENA, August 1702. " Sir, " I had little hopes on Monday last but to have supped in your cabin ; yet it pleased God to order otherwise ; I am thankful for it. As for those cowardly captains who... | |
 | Henry Lawrence Swinburne, Norman Wilkinson, Charles Napier Robinson - 1907 - 648 頁
...out on board the Bristol at Plymouth. Benbow himself received a letter from Du Casse, which ran : — SIR, — I had little hopes on Monday last but to...order it otherwise. I am thankful for it. As for those treacherous captains that deserted you, hang them up ; for, by God, they deserve it. — Yours, Du... | |
 | Sir Algernon Edward Aspinall - 1907 - 392 頁
...court-martial, two were shot and one was cashiered. Du Casse, in a letter to Benbow, wrote, " I had little hope on Monday last but to have supped in your cabin, but it I NU* * i • , i v1 2 .s i pleased God to order otherwise, and I am thankful for it. As for those... | |
 | 1908 - 882 頁
...fight it out ! " In a letter to him the chivalrous French Admiral wrote : " I had little hope on Monday but to have supped in your cabin, but it pleased God to order NAVAL JiASKS OF TH К ЕМ 1' IRK. 77!) otherwise, ¡nul I am thankful for it." Diamond Rock, an islet... | |
| |
I had little hope on Monday last but to have supped in your cabin, but it pleased God to order otherwise, and I am thankful for it. As for those cowardly captains who deserted you, hang them up ; for, by God, they deserve it. 
