The Life of NelsonJohn Murray, 1831 - 352 страници |
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... mind and personal exertions , prevented the loss of life which would otherwise have ensued . On the 11th of June , 1779 , he was made post into the Hinchinbrook , of twenty - eight guns , an enemy's 1779. ] 19 LIFE OF NELSON .
... mind and personal exertions , prevented the loss of life which would otherwise have ensued . On the 11th of June , 1779 , he was made post into the Hinchinbrook , of twenty - eight guns , an enemy's 1779. ] 19 LIFE OF NELSON .
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Robert Southey. Hinchinbrook , of twenty - eight guns , an enemy's merchant - man , sheathed with wood , which had been taken into the service . Collingwood was then made commander into the Badger . A short time after he left the ...
Robert Southey. Hinchinbrook , of twenty - eight guns , an enemy's merchant - man , sheathed with wood , which had been taken into the service . Collingwood was then made commander into the Badger . A short time after he left the ...
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Robert Southey. were thus sent to adventure themselves , not so much against an enemy , whom they would have beaten , as against a climate , which would do the enemy's work . Early in the year 1780 , five hundred men , des- tined for ...
Robert Southey. were thus sent to adventure themselves , not so much against an enemy , whom they would have beaten , as against a climate , which would do the enemy's work . Early in the year 1780 , five hundred men , des- tined for ...
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... enemy was unsupported , he shortened sail , and hove to : upon which the Frenchman thought it advisable to give over the pursuit , and sail in quest of his consorts . At Quebec Nelson became acquainted with Alex- ander Davison ; by ...
... enemy was unsupported , he shortened sail , and hove to : upon which the Frenchman thought it advisable to give over the pursuit , and sail in quest of his consorts . At Quebec Nelson became acquainted with Alex- ander Davison ; by ...
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... enemy ; and the moment a bird rose , he let fly , without ever putting the fowling - piece to his shoulder . It is not , there- fore , extraordinary , that his having once shot a partridge should be remembered by his family among the ...
... enemy ; and the moment a bird rose , he let fly , without ever putting the fowling - piece to his shoulder . It is not , there- fore , extraordinary , that his having once shot a partridge should be remembered by his family among the ...
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