The Life of NelsonAmerican book Company, 1895 - 304 страници |
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... means of reconciling him to it . He held it out as a reward , that if he attended well to his navigation he should go in the cutter3 and decked longboat which were attached to the commanding officer's ship at Chatham . Thus he became a ...
... means of reconciling him to it . He held it out as a reward , that if he attended well to his navigation he should go in the cutter3 and decked longboat which were attached to the commanding officer's ship at Chatham . Thus he became a ...
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... means from thirty - four to forty gallons were produced every day . They sailed from the Nore 5 on the 4th of June ; 6 on the 6th of the following month they were in latitude 79 ° 56 ′ 39 ′′ , longi- tude 9 ° 43 ′ 30 ′′ E. The next day ...
... means from thirty - four to forty gallons were produced every day . They sailed from the Nore 5 on the 4th of June ; 6 on the 6th of the following month they were in latitude 79 ° 56 ′ 39 ′′ , longi- tude 9 ° 43 ′ 30 ′′ E. The next day ...
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... means of saving a boat belonging to the Racehorse from a singular but imminent danger . Some of the officers had fired at and wounded a walrus . As no other animal has so humanlike an expression in its countenance , so also is there ...
... means of saving a boat belonging to the Racehorse from a singular but imminent danger . Some of the officers had fired at and wounded a walrus . As no other animal has so humanlike an expression in its countenance , so also is there ...
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... means of reaching the object of my ambition . After a long and gloomy reverie , in which I almost wished myself ... mean by their season of darkness , of aridity , and of desertion . If the animal spirits of coarser enthusiasts fail ...
... means of reaching the object of my ambition . After a long and gloomy reverie , in which I almost wished myself ... mean by their season of darkness , of aridity , and of desertion . If the animal spirits of coarser enthusiasts fail ...
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... means mer- chantmen . 3 Youngster . 4 A vessel , smaller than a regular battle ship , which carried her guns on deck and was a fast sailer and good fighter . 5 Armed vessels owned and officered by private persons for preying upon ...
... means mer- chantmen . 3 Youngster . 4 A vessel , smaller than a regular battle ship , which carried her guns on deck and was a fast sailer and good fighter . 5 Armed vessels owned and officered by private persons for preying upon ...
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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...