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... court of Spain was accommodated , and Capt . Suckling was removed to the Triumph , seventy - four , then stationed as a guardship in the Thames . This was considered as too inactive a life for a boy , and Nelson was therefore sent a ...
... court of Spain was accommodated , and Capt . Suckling was removed to the Triumph , seventy - four , then stationed as a guardship in the Thames . This was considered as too inactive a life for a boy , and Nelson was therefore sent a ...
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... court . After going through this ceremony , he dined with his friend Davison , at Lincoln's Inn . As soon as he entered the chambers , he threw off what he called his iron - bound coat ; and putting himself at ease in a dressing - gown ...
... court . After going through this ceremony , he dined with his friend Davison , at Lincoln's Inn . As soon as he entered the chambers , he threw off what he called his iron - bound coat ; and putting himself at ease in a dressing - gown ...
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... court- martial , composed of men who agreed with him in opinion upon the point in dispute ; and luckily , though the admiral wanted vigour of mind to decide upon what was right , he was not obstinate in wrong , and had even generosity ...
... court- martial , composed of men who agreed with him in opinion upon the point in dispute ; and luckily , though the admiral wanted vigour of mind to decide upon what was right , he was not obstinate in wrong , and had even generosity ...
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... court . Mr. Herbert , the president of Nevis , behaved with singular generosity upon this occasion . Though no man was a greater sufferer by the measures which Nelson had pursued , he offered in court to become his bail for £ 10,000 ...
... court . Mr. Herbert , the president of Nevis , behaved with singular generosity upon this occasion . Though no man was a greater sufferer by the measures which Nelson had pursued , he offered in court to become his bail for £ 10,000 ...
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... occurs shows in how wise and noble a manner he dealt with the prince . One of his royal highness's officers had applied for a court . martial upon a point in which he was unquestion- ably 54 [ 1787 . LIFE OF NELSON .
... occurs shows in how wise and noble a manner he dealt with the prince . One of his royal highness's officers had applied for a court . martial upon a point in which he was unquestion- ably 54 [ 1787 . LIFE OF NELSON .
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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.