Our Great Naval CommandersW. Swan Sonnenschein & Company, 1884 - 277 страници |
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... danger by which she had ever been assailed . We may therefore fitly commence our work with some account of the man to whom the judgment of his contemporaries and all subsequent fame have attributed the chief share in the defeat of that ...
... danger by which she had ever been assailed . We may therefore fitly commence our work with some account of the man to whom the judgment of his contemporaries and all subsequent fame have attributed the chief share in the defeat of that ...
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... dangers such as he had never experienced nor anticipated . He directed his course to South America , and , as soon as he reached Brazil , he coasted down to the Straits of Magelhaens ; that narrow and often perilous passage he threaded ...
... dangers such as he had never experienced nor anticipated . He directed his course to South America , and , as soon as he reached Brazil , he coasted down to the Straits of Magelhaens ; that narrow and often perilous passage he threaded ...
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... dangers which had surrounded it , be taken into con- sideration , is still unsurpassed . It had made him likewise the idol of the whole nation ; he was regarded not only as a pre - eminently brave and skilful sailor , but as the ...
... dangers which had surrounded it , be taken into con- sideration , is still unsurpassed . It had made him likewise the idol of the whole nation ; he was regarded not only as a pre - eminently brave and skilful sailor , but as the ...
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... danger , though not such as he thought adequate to the emergency . For as yet the Royal navy of England consisted of a very small number of armed vessels , —even such as existed were not all ready for sea , and Lord Howard could not in ...
... danger , though not such as he thought adequate to the emergency . For as yet the Royal navy of England consisted of a very small number of armed vessels , —even such as existed were not all ready for sea , and Lord Howard could not in ...
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... dangerous . They had no pilots ; and , tossed about to and fro by the storm , were clashed and dashed on shore by dozens , and hope- lessly wrecked . No skill could now keep them together . Some were driven eastward to Norway ; some ...
... dangerous . They had no pilots ; and , tossed about to and fro by the storm , were clashed and dashed on shore by dozens , and hope- lessly wrecked . No skill could now keep them together . Some were driven eastward to Norway ; some ...
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able action Admiral Admiralty afterwards Agamemnon anchor antagonist Armada army attack batteries Blackwood Blake Blake's boats brave British broadside Bucentaure Ça Ira Cadiz Cape Captain captured Channel coast Collingwood command Cook courage crew danger Drake Dutch duty enemy enemy's England English enterprise expedition fire flag flagship force formidable French ships frigates galleons gave Gibraltar greatly Greenwich Hospital Guichen guns harbour Hardy hoisted honour Hood hope island king Lancaster Sound land learnt line of battle Lord Lord Hood Melville Island ment merchantmen nation natives naval nearly Nelson never object officer once Parry Port Prince proved reached received repair returned Robert Calder Rodney Royal sail sailors Santissima Trinidad seemed seen sent seventy-four shore shot signal Sir Hyde skill Society Islands soon Spain Spaniards Spanish squadron Strait struck superior Toulon triumph Vanguard vessels victory Villeneuve voyage whole fleet wind winter
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Страница 222 - 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, who made me, and may his blessing light upon 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 67 - ... men out of danger, which had been held in former times a point of great ability and circumspection, as if the principal art requisite in the captain of a ship had been to be sure to come home safe again. He was the first man...
Страница 195 - I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes...
Страница 225 - I can do no more. We must trust to the great Disposer of all events, and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this great opportunity of doing my duty.
Страница 214 - 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 whom I may leave behind. His will be done. Amen! Amen! Amen!
Страница 214 - Friday night (Sept. 13), at half-past ten, I 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...
Страница 68 - He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into the seamen, by making them see by experience, what mighty things they could do, if they were resolved ; and taught them to fight in fire as well as upon water: and though he had been very well imitated and followed, he was the first that gave the example of that kind of naval courage, and bold and resolute achievements.
Страница 150 - We must be contented: we have done very well." — "Now," said Nelson, "had we taken ten sail, and allowed the eleventh to escape, when it had been possible to have got at her, I could never have called it well done.
Страница 235 - ... but that, whether good or bad, he could always lay his head on his pillow and sink into sound sleep again. On this occasion, however, the great event announced brought with it so much to weep over, as well as to rejoice at, that he could not calm his thoughts, but at length got up, though it was three in the morning.
Страница 196 - Brave hearts ! to Britain's pride Once so faithful and so true, On the deck of fame that died, With the gallant good Riou ; Soft sigh the winds of Heaven o'er their grave ! While the billow mournful rolls, And the mermaid's song condoles, Singing glory to the souls Of the brave ! THOMAS CAMPBELL.