The Life of NelsonOxford University Press, 1911 - 287 страници |
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... sent to the high school at Norwich , and afterwards removed to North Walsham , from whence , on the disturb- ance with Spain , relative to the Falkland Islands , I went to sea with my uncle , Captain Maurice Suckling , in the ...
... sent to the high school at Norwich , and afterwards removed to North Walsham , from whence , on the disturb- ance with Spain , relative to the Falkland Islands , I went to sea with my uncle , Captain Maurice Suckling , in the ...
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... sent to protect the Mosquito shore , and the Bay of Honduras , from the depredations of the American privateers . Whilst on this service , I gained so much on the affections of the settlers , that they unanimously voted me their thanks ...
... sent to protect the Mosquito shore , and the Bay of Honduras , from the depredations of the American privateers . Whilst on this service , I gained so much on the affections of the settlers , that they unanimously voted me their thanks ...
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... sent in La Minerve frigate , Captain George Cockburn , to Porto Ferrajo , to bring down our naval stores , etc. On the passage we captured a Spanish frigate , La Sabina , of 40 guns , 28 eighteen - pounders on her main deck , as will ...
... sent in La Minerve frigate , Captain George Cockburn , to Porto Ferrajo , to bring down our naval stores , etc. On the passage we captured a Spanish frigate , La Sabina , of 40 guns , 28 eighteen - pounders on her main deck , as will ...
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... Sent to the North Seas in the Albemarle - Services during the American War . HORATIO , Son of Edmund and Catherine Nelson , was born Sept. 29 , 1758 , in the parsonage house of Burnham Thorpe , a village in the county of Norfolk , of ...
... Sent to the North Seas in the Albemarle - Services during the American War . HORATIO , Son of Edmund and Catherine Nelson , was born Sept. 29 , 1758 , in the parsonage house of Burnham Thorpe , a village in the county of Norfolk , of ...
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... sent to rough it out at sea ? —But let him come ; and the first time we go into action , a cannon- ball may knock off his head , and provide for him at once . It is manifest from these words , that Horatio was not the boy whom his uncle ...
... sent to rough it out at sea ? —But let him come ; and the first time we go into action , a cannon- ball may knock off his head , and provide for him at once . It is manifest from these words , that Horatio was not the boy whom his uncle ...
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