 | Joseph Haydn - Great Britain - 1851 - 660 pages
...SIR, — I had little hopes on Monday last, but to have supped in your eabin ; yet it pleased (iod to order it otherwise. I am thankful for it. As for...cowardly captains who deserted you, hang them up, for by <i—d th«y deserve It. fau CASSI." " Carthagcna, August 22, 1702. Was vice-admiral of Great Britain,... | |
 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - Great Britain - 1851 - 626 pages
...hopes on Monday last, but to have supped In your cabin ; yet it pleased God to order it otherwise. 1 am thankful for It. As for those cowardly captains who deserted you, hang them up. for by ' -—d they deserve it. Du CASNB." " Cartkagcna, August Î2. 1702. Was vice-admiral of Great Britain,... | |
 | edward giffard - 1852 - 258 pages
...hopes on Monday last but to have supped in your cabin; but it pleased God to order it otherwise, and I am thankful for it. As for those cowardly captains...hang them up, for, by God, they deserve it. " Yours, " DUCASSE." Benbow, with his malcontent squadron, returned to Jamaica, which island he only reached... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 538 pages
...Benbow the following note : " Sir, I had little hope on Monday last but to have supped in your cabin, but it pleased God to order it otherwise ; I am thankful...deserted you, hang them up, for by God, they deserve it!" The affairs of England at home proceeded calmly and prosperously, every body seeming pleased with the... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 504 pages
...the following terms :—" Sir II had little hopes on Monday last but to have supped in your cabin, but it pleased God to order it otherwise ; I am thankful...cowardly captains who deserted you, hang them up, for by they deserve it,—Yours, " Du CASSE." Benbow finding it impossible to effect any thing decisive against... | |
 | David Hume - 1854 - 520 pages
...to this effect:— ' Sir, I had little hope on Monday last but to have supped in your cabin ; butit pleased God to order it otherwise : I am thankful...hang them up, for, by God, they deserve it. Yours, Du CASSE.' queen gave audience to the count de Platens, envoyextraordinary from the elector of Hanover... | |
 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1857 - 764 pages
..." Sin,—I had little hopes, on Monday last, but to have supped in your cabin ; yet it pleased Gud to order it otherwise. I am thankful for it. As for those cowardly captains who deserted you, hjuijf them up, for by G—d they deserve it. Du С А* к. " " CiirfAofKna. August 22, 1702. NAVAL... | |
 | James White - Great Britain - 1858 - 304 pages
...surprised he was at not having been taken prisoner, and ending in the following curious words:—" As for those cowardly captains who deserted you, hang them up, for they well deserve the rope. Yours, &c., Du Casse." In the middle of the action, when one of his lieutenants... | |
 | David Hume - 1859 - 242 pages
..." I had little hope on Monday last but to have supped in your cabin; but it pleased God to order il otherwise. I am thankful for it. As for those cowardly...deserted you, hang them up; for, by God they deserve it.—Yours, ÄUc T, p. 114. "Do CASSE." While this bill was depending, Daniel De Foe pub4E lished... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1860 - 300 pages
...admiration of his enemies, and the French admiral, in an eulogistic letter to him, concluded by saying, "As for those cowardly captains who deserted you, hang them up, for they well deserve the rope." Grief and vexation broke the old man's heart, and within a few weeks he... | |
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it otherwise ; I am thankful for it. As for those " cowardly captains who deserted you, hang them up, " for by God, they deserve it. 
