The Life of NelsonAmerican book Company, 1895 - 304 страници |
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... lost , because , though I do know the binnacle from the mainmast , I know little more ; ' tackle ' and ' sheet ' and ' tally ' and ' belay ' are alike to me ; and if you ask me about the lee - clue garnet , I can only tell they are not ...
... lost , because , though I do know the binnacle from the mainmast , I know little more ; ' tackle ' and ' sheet ' and ' tally ' and ' belay ' are alike to me ; and if you ask me about the lee - clue garnet , I can only tell they are not ...
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... lost ; the ships had driven into shoal water , having but fourteen fathoms . Should they , or the ice to which they were fast , take the ground , 1 they must inevitably be lost ; and at this time they were driving fast towards some ...
... lost ; the ships had driven into shoal water , having but fourteen fathoms . Should they , or the ice to which they were fast , take the ground , 1 they must inevitably be lost ; and at this time they were driving fast towards some ...
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... lost , and the only hope that remained was from a voyage home . Accordingly he was brought home by Captain Pigot , in the Dolphin ; and had it not been for the attentive and careful kindness of that officer on the way , Nelson would ...
... lost , and the only hope that remained was from a voyage home . Accordingly he was brought home by Captain Pigot , in the Dolphin ; and had it not been for the attentive and careful kindness of that officer on the way , Nelson would ...
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... lost his uncle . Captain Locker , however , who had perceived the excellent qualities of Nelson , and formed a friendship for him which continued during his life , recom- mended him warmly to Sir Peter Parker , then commander in chief ...
... lost his uncle . Captain Locker , however , who had perceived the excellent qualities of Nelson , and formed a friendship for him which continued during his life , recom- mended him warmly to Sir Peter Parker , then commander in chief ...
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... lost his shoes ; barefooted , however , he advanced , and , in his own phrase , " boarded the bat- tery . " In this resolute attempt he was bravely supported by Des- pard , who was at that time a captain in the army , and whose after ...
... lost his shoes ; barefooted , however , he advanced , and , in his own phrase , " boarded the bat- tery . " In this resolute attempt he was bravely supported by Des- pard , who was at that time a captain in the army , and whose after ...
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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...