The Life of NelsonJ. & J. Harper, 1830 - 309 страници |
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... Italy . Not many days before Nelson was thus summoned to Genoa , he chased a large convoy into Alassio . Twelve vessels he had formerly destroyed in that port , though two thousand French troops occupied the town : this former attack ...
... Italy . Not many days before Nelson was thus summoned to Genoa , he chased a large convoy into Alassio . Twelve vessels he had formerly destroyed in that port , though two thousand French troops occupied the town : this former attack ...
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... Italy would be safe from any attack of the French by sea . General Beaulieu , who had now superseded de Vins in the command of the allied Austrian and Sardinian army , sent his nephew and aid - de - camp to com- municate with Nelson ...
... Italy would be safe from any attack of the French by sea . General Beaulieu , who had now superseded de Vins in the command of the allied Austrian and Sardinian army , sent his nephew and aid - de - camp to com- municate with Nelson ...
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... Italy , with the different points marked upon them where former battles had been fought , sent by the directory for Buonaparte's use , were found in the convoy . The loss of this artillery was one of the chief causes which compelled the ...
... Italy , with the different points marked upon them where former battles had been fought , sent by the directory for Buonaparte's use , were found in the convoy . The loss of this artillery was one of the chief causes which compelled the ...
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... Italy as concluded ; and the protection of Portugal was the point to which he was now instructed to attend . Nelson , therefore , whose orders were per- fectly clear and explicit , withdrew the whole naval establishment from that ...
... Italy as concluded ; and the protection of Portugal was the point to which he was now instructed to attend . Nelson , therefore , whose orders were per- fectly clear and explicit , withdrew the whole naval establishment from that ...
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... Italy . A letter came to him , directed " Horatio Nelson , Genoa : " and the writer , when he was asked how he could direct it so vaguely , re- plied , " Sir , there is but one Horatio Nelson in the world . " At Genoa , in particular ...
... Italy . A letter came to him , directed " Horatio Nelson , Genoa : " and the writer , when he was asked how he could direct it so vaguely , re- plied , " Sir , there is but one Horatio Nelson in the world . " At Genoa , in particular ...
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Страница 284 - Take care of my dear Lady Hamilton, Hardy; take care of poor Lady Hamilton. Kiss me, Hardy ! ' ' said he. Hardy knelt down and kissed his cheek, and Nelson said : "Now I am satisfied. Thank God, I have done my duty I" Hardy stood over him in silence for a moment or two, then knelt again, and kissed his forehead.
Страница 275 - Villeneuve was a skilful seaman ; worthy of serving a better master and a better cause. His plan of defence 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.
Страница 202 - A shot through the mainmast knocked the splinters about ; and he observed to one of his officers with a smile, " It is warm work ; and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment : ' and then stopping short at the gangway, added, with emotion — ' But mark you ! I would not be elsewhere for thousands.
Страница 116 - The moment he perceived the position of the French, that intuitive genius with which Nelson was endowed displayed itself; and it instantly struck him, that where there was room for an enemy's ship to swing, there was room for one of ours to anchor. The plan which he intended to pursue...
Страница 283 - Hardy, some fifty minutes after he had left the cockpit, returned : and, again taking the hand of his dying friend and commander, congratulated him on having gained a complete victory. How many of the enemy were taken he did not know, as it was impossible to perceive them distinctly : but fourteen or fifteen at least. "That's well," cried Nelson; "but
Страница 283 - ... had left the cockpit, returned, and again taking the hand of his dying friend and commander, congratulated him on having gained a complete victory. How many of the enemy were taken he did not know, as it was impossible to perceive them distinctly, but fourteen or fifteen at least. " That's well," cried Nelson,
Страница 24 - I make it a rule to introduce them to all the good company I can, as they have few to look up to besides myself during the time they are at sea.
Страница 239 - ... country. He left him her portrait in enamel, calling him his dearest friend ; the most virtuous, loyal, and truly brave character he had ever known. The codicil containing this bequest concluded with these words : " God bless him, and shame fall on those who do not say amen.
Страница 129 - ... a tri-coloured flag and staff in the lion's mouth. He was created Baron Nelson of the Nile, and of Burnham Thorpe, with a pension of ^2000 for his own life, and those of his two immediate successors.
Страница 121 - The two first ships of the French line had been dismasted within a quarter of an hour after the commencement of the action, and the others had in that time suffered so severely, that victory was already certain.