The Life of NelsonHarper, 1862 - 309 страници |
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... king's service , and a saying then common among the sailors- " aft the most honour : forward the better man . " Rathbone had probably been disappointed and disgusted in the 1 1 en h ship boy ! Linder and 23 18 [ 1771 . LIFE OF NELSON .
... king's service , and a saying then common among the sailors- " aft the most honour : forward the better man . " Rathbone had probably been disappointed and disgusted in the 1 1 en h ship boy ! Linder and 23 18 [ 1771 . LIFE OF NELSON .
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... king and country as my patron . · Well , then , ' I exclaimed , ' I will be a hero ! and , con- fiding in Providence , I will brave every danger ! " Long afterward , Nelson loved to speak of the feeling of that moment : and from that ...
... king and country as my patron . · Well , then , ' I exclaimed , ' I will be a hero ! and , con- fiding in Providence , I will brave every danger ! " Long afterward , Nelson loved to speak of the feeling of that moment : and from that ...
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... king's service . His health was not yet thoroughly re - established ; and while he was employed in getting his ship ready , he again became so ill as hardly to be able to keep out of bed . Yet in this state , still suffering from the ...
... king's service . His health was not yet thoroughly re - established ; and while he was employed in getting his ship ready , he again became so ill as hardly to be able to keep out of bed . Yet in this state , still suffering from the ...
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... king's launch , belonging to the Spaniards , passed near , and being hailed in French , came alongside without sus- picion , and answered all questions that were asked concerning the number and force of the enemy's ships . The crew ...
... king's launch , belonging to the Spaniards , passed near , and being hailed in French , came alongside without sus- picion , and answered all questions that were asked concerning the number and force of the enemy's ships . The crew ...
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... king's ships had no legal power to seize them without having deputations from the customs . The planters were to a man against him ; the governors and the presidents of the different islands , with only a single exception , gave him no ...
... king's ships had no legal power to seize them without having deputations from the customs . The planters were to a man against him ; the governors and the presidents of the different islands , with only a single exception , gave him no ...
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action admiral Admiralty afterward Agamemnon anchor army arrived attack Austrian Bastia batteries battle boats brave British fleet Buonaparte Cadiz called Capt captain Collingwood command commander-in-chief conduct Corsica court crew Danes Danish deck despatches Earl St Egypt enemy enemy's England English exertions feelings fire flag force four France French frigates Genoa Genoese guns Hardy honour hope Horatio Nelson hundred island king Lady Hamilton Lady Nelson land letter lieutenant Lord Hood Malta Mediterranean Minorca Naples navy Neapolitan Nelson never night occasion officers orders passed port possession present prince prizes received replied Robert Calder sail seamen sent seventy-four ships shoal shore shot Sicily signal Sir Hyde Sir John Orde Sir William Sir William Hamilton soon Spanish spirit squadron station struck taken thing thought thousand tion took Toulon troops Trowbridge vessels victory Vincent whole wind wish wounded