The Life of NelsonAmerican book Company, 1895 - 304 страници |
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... fire to her while stealing rum out of the after - hold.2 Her crew were leaping into the water , when Nelson came up in his boats , made them throw their powder overboard and point their guns upward , and , by his presence of mind and ...
... fire to her while stealing rum out of the after - hold.2 Her crew were leaping into the water , when Nelson came up in his boats , made them throw their powder overboard and point their guns upward , and , by his presence of mind and ...
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... fire to the villages ; and hung all the most able and active men who fell into their hands . A war of this kind may be carried on with success against a country so small and so thinly peopled as Corsica . Having reduced the island to ...
... fire to the villages ; and hung all the most able and active men who fell into their hands . A war of this kind may be carried on with success against a country so small and so thinly peopled as Corsica . Having reduced the island to ...
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... fire . Providentially the child escaped , and lived to relate , with becoming feeling , a fact so honorable to his father . That father conducted the affairs of the island till 1753 , when he was assassinated by some wretches , set on ...
... fire . Providentially the child escaped , and lived to relate , with becoming feeling , a fact so honorable to his father . That father conducted the affairs of the island till 1753 , when he was assassinated by some wretches , set on ...
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... general , one who commands a brigade . He is in rank next above a colonel , and below a major general . .3 " Hot shot , " i.e. , shot heated to fire the enemies ' ships . killed , I will then trust to the generosity of 72 ROBERT SOUTHEY .
... general , one who commands a brigade . He is in rank next above a colonel , and below a major general . .3 " Hot shot , " i.e. , shot heated to fire the enemies ' ships . killed , I will then trust to the generosity of 72 ROBERT SOUTHEY .
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... morning , -not much ; and the next day he said he should be able to attend his duty in the 1 " To double on , " i.e. , to inclose between two fires . evening . In fact , he suffered it to confine THE LIFE OF NELSON . 75.
... morning , -not much ; and the next day he said he should be able to attend his duty in the 1 " To double on , " i.e. , to inclose between two fires . evening . In fact , he suffered it to confine THE LIFE OF NELSON . 75.
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Страница 301 - Speak, father!" once again he cried, "If I may yet be gone!" And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on.
Страница 300 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead.
Страница 303 - Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane, To our cheering sent us back; Their shots along the deep slowly boom — Then ceased — and all is wail, As they strike the shatter'd sail; Or, in conflagration pale, Light the gloom.
Страница 291 - The most triumphant death is that of the martyr; the most awful that of the martyred patriot; the most splendid that of the hero in the hour of victory: and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory.
Страница 267 - At half-past Ten drove from dear, dear Merton, where I left all which I hold dear in this World, to go to serve my King and Country. May the Great God whom I adore enable me to fulfil the expectations of my Country, and if it is His good pleasure that I should return, my thanks will never cease being offered up to the Throne of His Mercy. If it is His good providence to cut short my days upon Earth, I bow with the greatest submission, relying that He will protect those so dear to me, that I may leave...
Страница 281 - ... brave officers, perhaps, at this moment thought of Nelson with gratitude, for a circumstance which had occurred on the preceding day. Admiral Collingwood, with some of the captains, having gone on board the Victory, to receive instructions, Nelson inquired of him, where his captain was ? and was told, in reply, that they were not upon good terms with each other.
Страница 286 - Hardy stood over him in silence for a moment or two, then knelt again and kissed his forehead. " Who is that ? " said Nelson; and being informed, he replied,
Страница 276 - His plan of defense was as well conceived, and as original, as the plan of attack. He formed the fleet in a double line, every alternate ship being about a cable's length to windward of her second ahead and astern. Nelson, certain of a triumphant issue to the day, asked Blackwood what he should consider as a victory. That officer answered, that, considering the handsome way in which...
Страница 291 - ... greatest of our own, and of all former times, was scarcely taken into the account of grief. So perfectly indeed had he performed his part, that the maritime war, after the battle of Trafalgar, was considered at an end : the fleets of the enemy were not merely defeated, but destroyed : new navies must be built, and a new race of seamen reared for them, before the possibility of their invading our shores could again be contemplated.
Страница 213 - You know, Foley, I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes...