 | Esther Meynell - 1910 - 382 pagina’s
...own. When he was before Copenhagen he wrote — and it is like a banner flown upon the breeze — " The Dane should see our Flag waving every moment he lifted up his head." Nothing could be more completely expressed than his famous utterance : " Now, had we taken ten sail,... | |
 | Edgar Vincent - 2003 - 654 pagina’s
...thought of anchoring at Cronborg Castle, at least twenty miles from Copenhagen, filled him with dismay: 'The Dane should see our Flag waving every moment he lifted up his head.' He saw correctly that keeping the fleet out of sight was, 'to seduce Denmark into a war . . . every... | |
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I disapprove most exceedingly ; honour may arise from them, good cannot. I hear we are likely to anchor outside Cronenburg Castle, instead of Copenhagen, which would give weight to our negotiation : a Danish Minister would think twice before he would... 
