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... assist him , he was dead , and the body already putrid . Nelson himself narrowly escaped a similar fate . He had ordered his hammock to be slung under some trees , being excessively fatigued , and was sleeping when a monitory lizard ...
... assist him , he was dead , and the body already putrid . Nelson himself narrowly escaped a similar fate . He had ordered his hammock to be slung under some trees , being excessively fatigued , and was sleeping when a monitory lizard ...
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... assist the sick . Added to these evils , there was the want of all needful remedies ; for , though the expedition had been amply provided with hospital stores , river craft enough had not been procured for transporting the requisite ...
... assist the sick . Added to these evils , there was the want of all needful remedies ; for , though the expedition had been amply provided with hospital stores , river craft enough had not been procured for transporting the requisite ...
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... assist in garrisoning Toulon , so delighted him , that he is said to have exclaimed : " Sir William , you are a man after my own heart ! -you do business in my own way : " and then to have added , " I am now only a captain ; but I will ...
... assist in garrisoning Toulon , so delighted him , that he is said to have exclaimed : " Sir William , you are a man after my own heart ! -you do business in my own way : " and then to have added , " I am now only a captain ; but I will ...
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... assist- ance , and a price had been set upon his head . His dreams of royalty were now at an end : he took refuge in London , contracted debts , and was thrown into the King's Bench . After lingering there many years , he was released ...
... assist- ance , and a price had been set upon his head . His dreams of royalty were now at an end : he took refuge in London , contracted debts , and was thrown into the King's Bench . After lingering there many years , he was released ...
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... assist- ance , and towed them within the shoals in Gourjean roads , where they were protected by the batteries on isles St. Honore and St. Marguerite , and on Cape Garousse . Here the English admiral planned a new mode of attack ...
... assist- ance , and towed them within the shoals in Gourjean roads , where they were protected by the batteries on isles St. Honore and St. Marguerite , and on Cape Garousse . Here the English admiral planned a new mode of attack ...
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Страница 299 - 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...
Страница 308 - you can do nothing for me." — All that could be done was to fan him with paper, and frequently to give him lemonade to alleviate his intense thirst. He was in great pain, and expressed much anxiety for the event of the action, which now began to declare itself. As often as a ship struck, the crew of the victory...
Страница 307 - Hardy, who was a few steps from him, turning round, saw three men raising him up. " They have done for me at last, Hardy ! " said he. " I hope not ! " cried Hardy. " Yes," he replied ; " my back-bone is shot through...
Страница 309 - And then, in a stronger voice, he said, "Anchor, Hardy — anchor." Hardy, upon this, hinted that Admiral Collingwood would take upon himself the direction of affairs. " Not while I live, Hardy," said the dying Nelson, ineffectually endeavouring to raise himself from the bed :
Страница 308 - Hardy ; and as that officer, though often sent for, could not leave the deck, Nelson feared that some fatal cause prevented him, and repeatedly cried : " Will no one bring Hardy to me ? he must be killed ! he is surely dead...
Страница 228 - A shot through the mainmast knocked the splinters about ; and he observed to one of his officers with a smile, " 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 302 - Blackwood made answer that he thought the whole fleet seemed very clearly to understand what they were about. These words were scarcely spoken before that signal was made, which will be remembered as long as the language, or even the memory, of England shall endure — Nelson's last signal: — "England expects every man to do his duty!" It was received throughout the fleet with a shout of answering acclamation, made sublime by the spirit which it breathed and the feeling which it expressed. "Now,"...
Страница 267 - I beg to inform your 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 there that we hope to realize the hopes and expectations of our country.