...port of Toulon has never been blockaded by me ; quite the reverse," adding that " every opportunity has been offered the enemy to put to sea, for it is...realize the hopes and expectations of our country, and I trust that they will not be disappointed." Again, in another letter, he declared, " my system...

...lordship, that the port of Toulon has never been blockaded by me; quite the reverse : every opportunity has been offered the enemy to put to sea; for it is...hope to realize the hopes and expectations of our ceuntry ; and I trust that they will not be disappointed. " Your lordship will judge of my feelings...

...the port had never been blockaded by him: 'Quite the reverse - every opportunity has been offered to the enemy to put to sea, for it is there that we hope to realise the hopes and expectations of our country . . .';! The French wanted something different. The...

...above the harbour never to know the real strength of the British force out there. 'Every opportunity has been offered the enemy to put to sea, for it is there we hope to realize the hopes and expectations of our country,' Nelson said, in despair for the lack...

...Toulon has never been blockaded by me : quite the reverse — every opportunity has been offered to the enemy to put to sea, for it is there that we hope...realize the hopes and expectations of our country, and I trust that they will not be disappointed." What Nelson here meant was that the so-called blockade...