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No time was to be lost ; the ships had driven into shoal water , having but
fourteen fathoms . Should they , or the ice to which they were fast , take the
ground , they must inevitably be lost : and at this time they were driving fast
toward some ...
No time was to be lost ; the ships had driven into shoal water , having but
fourteen fathoms . Should they , or the ice to which they were fast , take the
ground , they must inevitably be lost : and at this time they were driving fast
toward some ...
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The disease baffled all power of medicine ; he was reduced almost to a skeleton ;
the use of his limbs was for some time entirely lost ; and the only hope that
remained , was from a voyage home . Accordingly he was brought home by Capt
.
The disease baffled all power of medicine ; he was reduced almost to a skeleton ;
the use of his limbs was for some time entirely lost ; and the only hope that
remained , was from a voyage home . Accordingly he was brought home by Capt
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About this time he lost his uncle . Capt . Locker , however , who had perceived
the excellent qualities of Nelson , and formed a friendship for him , which
continued during his life , recommended him warmly to Sir Peter Parker , then
commander ...
About this time he lost his uncle . Capt . Locker , however , who had perceived
the excellent qualities of Nelson , and formed a friendship for him , which
continued during his life , recommended him warmly to Sir Peter Parker , then
commander ...
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The ground upon which he sprung was so muddy , that he had some difficulty in
extricating himself , and lost his shoes : bare - footed , however , he advanced ,
and , in his own phrase , boarded the battery . In this resolute attempt he was ...
The ground upon which he sprung was so muddy , that he had some difficulty in
extricating himself , and lost his shoes : bare - footed , however , he advanced ,
and , in his own phrase , boarded the battery . In this resolute attempt he was ...
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She lost her bowsprit and foreinast , but escaped further injury . He was now
ordered to Quebec ; where , his surgeon told him , he would certainly be laid up
by the climate . Many of his friends urged him to represent this to Admiral Keppel :
but ...
She lost her bowsprit and foreinast , but escaped further injury . He was now
ordered to Quebec ; where , his surgeon told him , he would certainly be laid up
by the climate . Many of his friends urged him to represent this to Admiral Keppel :
but ...
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