The Life of NelsonOxford University Press, 1911 - 287 страници |
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... hand to hand with swords , in which my coxswain , John Sykes , now no more , twice saved my life . Eighteen of the Spaniards being killed , and several wounded , we succeeded in taking their com- mander . On the 15th of July , 1797 , I ...
... hand to hand with swords , in which my coxswain , John Sykes , now no more , twice saved my life . Eighteen of the Spaniards being killed , and several wounded , we succeeded in taking their com- mander . On the 15th of July , 1797 , I ...
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... hand of an enemy , but by the deadly influence of the climate . Nelson himself was saved by a timely removal . In a few days after the commencement of the siege he was seized with the prevailing dysentery ; meantime Capt . Glover ( son ...
... hand of an enemy , but by the deadly influence of the climate . Nelson himself was saved by a timely removal . In a few days after the commencement of the siege he was seized with the prevailing dysentery ; meantime Capt . Glover ( son ...
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... hand . " If you do , " said his friend , " your utter ruin must inevitably follow . " — " Then let it follow , " cried Nelson , " for I am resolved to do it . " - " And I , " replied Davison , am resolved you shall not . " Nelson ...
... hand . " If you do , " said his friend , " your utter ruin must inevitably follow . " — " Then let it follow , " cried Nelson , " for I am resolved to do it . " - " And I , " replied Davison , am resolved you shall not . " Nelson ...
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... hand , and pre- sented him , saying , " Your Excellency must excuse me for bringing one of my midshipmen . I make it a rule to introduce them to all the good company I can , as they have few to look up to , besides myself , during the ...
... hand , and pre- sented him , saying , " Your Excellency must excuse me for bringing one of my midshipmen . I make it a rule to introduce them to all the good company I can , as they have few to look up to , besides myself , during the ...
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... hand had stood over them the whole time . A rascally lawyer , whom the party employed , suggested this story ; and as the sentry at the cabin - door was a man with a drawn sword , the Americans made no scruple of swearing to this ...
... hand had stood over them the whole time . A rascally lawyer , whom the party employed , suggested this story ; and as the sentry at the cabin - door was a man with a drawn sword , the Americans made no scruple of swearing to this ...
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