The life of Nelson. With illustr. by Westall1878 |
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Страница 76 - A left-handed admiral," he said in a subsequent letter, " will never again be considered as useful ; therefore the sooner I get to a very humble cottage the better ; and make room for a sounder man to serve the state.
Страница 197 - 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! For myself individually, I commit my life to Him that made me; and may His blessing alight on my endeavours for serving my country faithfully!
Страница 25 - ... have been impossible to find bail. The marshal frequently came on board to arrest him, but was always prevented by the address of the first lieutenant, Mr. Wallis. Had he been taken, such was the temper of the people, that it was certain he would have been cast for the whole sum. One of his officers, one day, in speaking of the restraint which he was thus compelled to suffer, happened to use the word pity ! ' Pity ! ' exclaimed Nelson ; ' Pity ! did you say ? I shall live, sir, to be envied !...
Страница 103 - What precious moments," said he, " the courts of Naples and Vienna are losing! Three months would liberate Italy ! but this court is so enervated, that the happy moment will be lost. I am very unwell ; and their miserable conduct is not likely to cool my irritable temper. It is a country of fiddlers and poets, whores and scoundrels.
Страница 88 - Captain Peyton in the Defence took his station ahead of the Minotaur, and engaged the Franklin, the sixth in the line, by which judicious movement the British line remained unbroken. The Majestic...
Страница 203 - It was soon perceived, upon examination, that the wound was mortal. This, however, was concealed from all except Captain Hardy, the chaplain, and the medical attendants. He himself being certain, from the sensation in his back, and the gush of blood he felt momently within his breast, that no human care could avail him, insisted that the surgeon should leave him, and attend to those to whom he might be useful...
Страница 120 - I leave no family to lament me, and therefore cannot be supposed to be very anxious about prolonging my life ; but the disgrace of being hanged is dreadful to me.
Страница 84 - an old saying," said he in his letter, " that " the devil's children have the devil's luck. " I cannot to this moment learn, beyond " vague conjecture, where the French fleet
Страница 87 - The moment he perceived the position of the French, that intuitive genius with which Nelson was endowed displayed itself; and it instantly struck him, that where there was room for an enemy's ship to swing there was room for one of ours to anchor. The plan which he intended to pursue, therefore, was to keep entirely on the outer side of the French line, and station his ships, as far as he was able, one on the outer bow and another on the outer quarter of each of the enemy's. Captain Berry, when he...
Страница 70 - Success attend Admiral Nelson ! God bless Captain Miller ! We thank them for the officers they have placed over us. We are happy and comfortable, and will shed every drop of blood in our veins to support them; and the name of the Theseus shall be immortalized as high as her captain's.' Wherever Nelson commanded, the men soon became attached to him; in ten days' time he would have restored the most mutinous ship in the navy to order.