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This was considered as too inactive a life for a boy , and Nelson was therefore
sent a voyage to the West Indies in a merchant ship , commanded by Mr. John
Rathbone , an excellent seaman , who had served as master's mate under Capt .
This was considered as too inactive a life for a boy , and Nelson was therefore
sent a voyage to the West Indies in a merchant ship , commanded by Mr. John
Rathbone , an excellent seaman , who had served as master's mate under Capt .
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... who were yet unaffected . The huts , which served for hospitals , were
surrounded with filth , and with the putrefying hides of slaughtered cattle —
almost sufficient of themselves to have engendered pestilence I 1781. ] LIFE OF
NELSON , 25.
... who were yet unaffected . The huts , which served for hospitals , were
surrounded with filth , and with the putrefying hides of slaughtered cattle —
almost sufficient of themselves to have engendered pestilence I 1781. ] LIFE OF
NELSON , 25.
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... said Nelson to the messenger , “ is one of his Britannic Majesty's ships : you
are at liberty , sir , to count the guns as you go down the side : and you may
assure the Danish Admiral , that , if necessary , they shall all be well served . ”
During ...
... said Nelson to the messenger , “ is one of his Britannic Majesty's ships : you
are at liberty , sir , to count the guns as you go down the side : and you may
assure the Danish Admiral , that , if necessary , they shall all be well served . ”
During ...
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Nelson's first business , after he got to London , even before he went to see his
relations , was to attempt to get the wages due to his men , for the various ships in
which they had served during the war . « The disgust of seamen to the navy , he ...
Nelson's first business , after he got to London , even before he went to see his
relations , was to attempt to get the wages due to his men , for the various ships in
which they had served during the war . « The disgust of seamen to the navy , he ...
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He had served in the French armies ; and having afterwards been noticed both
by Ripperda and Alberoni , their example , perhaps , inAamed a spirit as
ambitious and as unprincipled as their own . He employed the whole of his
means in ...
He had served in the French armies ; and having afterwards been noticed both
by Ripperda and Alberoni , their example , perhaps , inAamed a spirit as
ambitious and as unprincipled as their own . He employed the whole of his
means in ...
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