The Life of NelsonRoutledge, 1886 - 281 страници |
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... called , of about a mile and a half in circumference , where the ships lay fast to the ice with their ice - anchors . They filled their casks with water from these ice - fields , which was very pure and soft . The men were playing on ...
... called , of about a mile and a half in circumference , where the ships lay fast to the ice with their ice - anchors . They filled their casks with water from these ice - fields , which was very pure and soft . The men were playing on ...
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... called upon him to obey it , but in vain ; his musket had flashed in the pan ; their ammunition was expended ; and a chasm in the ice , which divided him from the bear , probably preserved his life . " Never mind , " he cried ; " do but ...
... called upon him to obey it , but in vain ; his musket had flashed in the pan ; their ammunition was expended ; and a chasm in the ice , which divided him from the bear , probably preserved his life . " Never mind , " he cried ; " do but ...
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... called Hakluyt's Headland , in honour of the great promoter and compiler of our English voyages of discovery . Here they remained for a few days , that the men might rest after their fatigue . No insect was to be seen in this dreary ...
... called Hakluyt's Headland , in honour of the great promoter and compiler of our English voyages of discovery . Here they remained for a few days , that the men might rest after their fatigue . No insect was to be seen in this dreary ...
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... called the blink of the ice . The season was now so far advanced that nothing more could have been attempted , if indeed anything had been left untried ; but the summer had been unusually favourable , and they had carefully surveyed the ...
... called the blink of the ice . The season was now so far advanced that nothing more could have been attempted , if indeed anything had been left untried ; but the summer had been unusually favourable , and they had carefully surveyed the ...
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... called San Bartolomeo , which the Spaniards had fortified as an outpost with a small semicircular battery , mounting nine or ten swivels and manned with sixteen or eighteen men . It commanded the river in a rapid and difficult part of ...
... called San Bartolomeo , which the Spaniards had fortified as an outpost with a small semicircular battery , mounting nine or ten swivels and manned with sixteen or eighteen men . It commanded the river in a rapid and difficult part of ...
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Страница 273 - you can do nothing for me." All that could be done was to fan him with paper, and frequently to give him lemonade to alleviate his intense thirst. He was in great pain, and expressed much anxiety for the event of the action, which now began to declare itself. As often as a ship struck, the crew of the Victory...
Страница 279 - The death of Nelson was felt in England as something more than a public calamity : men started at the intelligence, and turned pale; as if they had heard of the loss of a dear friend. An object of our admiration and affection, of our pride and of our hopes, was suddenly taken from us; and it seemed as if we had never till then known how deeply we loved and reverenced him.
Страница 264 - May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory ; and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it ! And may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet ! For myself individually, I commit my life to Him that made me ; and may His blessing alight on my endeavours for serving my country faithfully. To Him I resign myself, and the just cause which is entrusted to me to defend. Amen, Amen, Amen.
Страница 279 - ... 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 272 - Hardy, who was a few steps from him, turning round, saw three men raising him up. 'They have done for me at last, Hardy,
Страница 216 - French enough to comprehend what was said, though not to answer it in the same language ; "tell him we are ready at a moment ! Ready to bombard this very night!" The conference, however, proceeded amicably on both sides ; and as the Commissioners could not agree upon this head, they broke up, leaving Nelson to settle it with the Prince. A levee was held forthwith in one of the state rooms...
Страница 122 - He now ordered his dinner to be served while preparations were making for battle; and when his officers rose from table and, went to their separate stations, he said to them, " before this time tomorrow I shall have gained a peerage or Westminster Abbey.
Страница 268 - ... not be doubted but that his life would be particularly aimed at. They communicated their fears to each other; and the surgeon, Mr. Beatty,* spoke to the chaplain, Dr. Scott, and to Mr. Scott, the public secretary, desiring that some person would entreat him to change his dress, or cover the stars : but they knew that such a request would highly displease him. "In honour I gained them," he had said, when such a thing had been hinted to him formerly, " and in honour I will die with them.
Страница 41 - Pity, did you say ? I shall live, sir, to be envied ; and to that point I shall always direct my course.