Life of Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B.G. Routledge & Company, 1853 - 247 страници |
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... Italy , Nelson was ordered to watch their movements . Lord Hood , after the reduction of Corsica ,, quitted the Mediterranean for England , leaving the fleet in command of Admiral William Hotham . Although Corsica was now * See p . 44 ...
... Italy , Nelson was ordered to watch their movements . Lord Hood , after the reduction of Corsica ,, quitted the Mediterranean for England , leaving the fleet in command of Admiral William Hotham . Although Corsica was now * See p . 44 ...
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... Italy would be secure from any attack of the French by sea . De Vins , the im- becile Austrian general , had been succeeded by General Beaulieu , who on the arrival of Nelson sent his nephew and aide - de - camp on board the Agamemnon ...
... Italy would be secure from any attack of the French by sea . De Vins , the im- becile Austrian general , had been succeeded by General Beaulieu , who on the arrival of Nelson sent his nephew and aide - de - camp on board the Agamemnon ...
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... Italy ! O , that my swollen heart could now tell him , personally , what we owe to him . " You may judge , Fanny , of the rest ; but my head will not allow me to tell you half : so much for that . My fag , without success , would have ...
... Italy ! O , that my swollen heart could now tell him , personally , what we owe to him . " You may judge , Fanny , of the rest ; but my head will not allow me to tell you half : so much for that . My fag , without success , would have ...
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... Italy , were employed . His birthday , which happened a week after his arrival , was celebrated in a most splendid fête . But the mummeries and gaieties fell coldly upon his heart - he could see through the flaunting garb of folly and ...
... Italy , were employed . His birthday , which happened a week after his arrival , was celebrated in a most splendid fête . But the mummeries and gaieties fell coldly upon his heart - he could see through the flaunting garb of folly and ...
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... Italy . Nelson had the whole weight on his shoulders . The Neapolitans - more than half - traitors - were his unwilling supporters ; but he did not give up the point until the crews of the privateers were sent away and the corn landed ...
... Italy . Nelson had the whole weight on his shoulders . The Neapolitans - more than half - traitors - were his unwilling supporters ; but he did not give up the point until the crews of the privateers were sent away and the corn landed ...
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Страница 194 - May the great God whom I worship grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it ; and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet...
Страница 79 - August, off the mouth of the Nile. The enemy were moored in a strong line of battle for defending the entrance of the bay (of shoals), flanked by numerous gun-boats, four frigates, and a battery of guns and mortars...
Страница 137 - I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes...
Страница 208 - The most triumphant death is that of a martyr ; the most awful, that of the martyred patriot ; the most splendid, that of the hero in the hour of victory ; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory.
Страница 216 - Secondly, the British Fleet under my command could never have returned the second time to Egypt, had not Lady Hamilton's influence with the Queen of Naples caused letters to be wrote to the Governor of Syracuse, that he was to encourage the Fleet being supplied with everything, should they put into any port in Sicily; we put into Syracuse and received every supply, went to Egypt, and destroyed the French Fleet.
Страница 186 - Choose yourself, my lord," was his reply, "the same spirit actuates the whole profession; you cannot choose wrong." Lord Barham then desired him to say what ships and how many he would wish, in addition to the fleet which he was going to command, and said they should follow him as soon as each was ready.
Страница 46 - disdaining the parade of taking possession of beaten enemies, most gallantly pushed up, with every sail set, to save his old friend and messmate, who was, to appearance, in a critical situation...
Страница 62 - Nisbet. When I leave your command I become dead to the world : 'I go hence and am no more seen.' If from poor Bowen's loss you think it proper to oblige me, I rest confident you will do it. The boy is under obligations to me, but he repaid me by bringing me from the mole of Santa Cruz. I hope you will be able to give me a frigate to convey the remains of my carcase to England.
Страница 136 - It is warm work ; and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment ; " — and then stopping short at the gangway, added with emotion — " But mark you ! I would not be elsewhere for thousands.
Страница 131 - The measure may be thought bold, but I am of opinion the boldest • measures are the safest ; and our Country demands a most vigorous exertion of her force, directed with judgment.