The Life of NelsonHarper, 1862 - 309 страници |
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... thought of leaving the ships , and had full con- fidence in their officers . About noon , the ice ap- pea ed rather more open near the vessels ; and as the wind was easterly though there was but little of it , the sails were set , and ...
... thought of leaving the ships , and had full con- fidence in their officers . About noon , the ice ap- pea ed rather more open near the vessels ; and as the wind was easterly though there was but little of it , the sails were set , and ...
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... thought proper to ob- serve all the formalities of a siege . Ten days were wasted before this could be commenced : it was a work more of fatigue than of danger ; but fatigue was more to be dreaded than the enemy ; the rains set in : and ...
... thought proper to ob- serve all the formalities of a siege . Ten days were wasted before this could be commenced : it was a work more of fatigue than of danger ; but fatigue was more to be dreaded than the enemy ; the rains set in : and ...
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... thought it impossible to get on board , such was the violence of the storm . At length , some of the most intrepid offered to make the attempt for fifteen guineas ; and to the astonishment and fear of all the beholders , he embarked ...
... thought it impossible to get on board , such was the violence of the storm . At length , some of the most intrepid offered to make the attempt for fifteen guineas ; and to the astonishment and fear of all the beholders , he embarked ...
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... 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 whose interference he was pre- vented from making what would have been called an ...
... 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 whose interference he was pre- vented from making what would have been called an ...
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... thought it better to leave France , assigning to his friends something in his accounts as the cause . This pre- vented him from accepting an invitation from the Count of Deux Ponts to visit him at Paris , couched in the handsomest terms ...
... thought it better to leave France , assigning to his friends something in his accounts as the cause . This pre- vented him from accepting an invitation from the Count of Deux Ponts to visit him at Paris , couched in the handsomest terms ...
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