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I wonder , child , ” said the old lady when she saw him , “ that hunger and fear did
not drive you home . ” “ Fear ! grandmamma , ” replied the future hero , “ I never
saw fear : - What is it ? ” Once , after the winter holidays , when he and his brother
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I wonder , child , ” said the old lady when she saw him , “ that hunger and fear did
not drive you home . ” “ Fear ! grandmamma , ” replied the future hero , “ I never
saw fear : - What is it ? ” Once , after the winter holidays , when he and his brother
...
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Lady Hughes and her family went out with him to Admiral Sir Richard Hughes ,
who commanded on that station . His ship was full of young midshipmen , of
whom there were not less than thirty on board : and happy were they whose lot it
was ...
Lady Hughes and her family went out with him to Admiral Sir Richard Hughes ,
who commanded on that station . His ship was full of young midshipmen , of
whom there were not less than thirty on board : and happy were they whose lot it
was ...
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Sir William , after his first interview with him , told Lady Hamilton he was about to
introduce a little man to her , who could not boast of being very handsome ; but
such a man , as , he believed , would one day astonish the world . “ I have never
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Sir William , after his first interview with him , told Lady Hamilton he was about to
introduce a little man to her , who could not boast of being very handsome ; but
such a man , as , he believed , would one day astonish the world . “ I have never
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Both at length struck : and Lieutenant Andrews , of the Agamemnon , brother to
the lady to whom Nelson had become attached in France , and , in Nelson's own
words , as gallant an officer as ever stepped a quarter - deck , " hoisted English ...
Both at length struck : and Lieutenant Andrews , of the Agamemnon , brother to
the lady to whom Nelson had become attached in France , and , in Nelson's own
words , as gallant an officer as ever stepped a quarter - deck , " hoisted English ...
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... 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 . ” His first letter
to Lady Nelson was written under the same opinion , but in a more cheerful strain
.
... 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 . ” His first letter
to Lady Nelson was written under the same opinion , but in a more cheerful strain
.
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