The Life of NelsonJohn Murray, 1831 - 352 страници |
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... close on board his own ship , lest he should be arrested for a sum for which it would have been impossible to find bail . The marshal frequently came on board to arrest him , but was always prevented by the address of the first lieu ...
... close on board his own ship , lest he should be arrested for a sum for which it would have been impossible to find bail . The marshal frequently came on board to arrest him , but was always prevented by the address of the first lieu ...
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... close , a plan of what ought to be uppermost in the breast of an officer , -that it is much better to serve an ungrateful country , than to give up his own fame . Posterity will do him justice . A uniform course of honour and integrity ...
... close , a plan of what ought to be uppermost in the breast of an officer , -that it is much better to serve an ungrateful country , than to give up his own fame . Posterity will do him justice . A uniform course of honour and integrity ...
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... Close to St. Fiorenzo the French had a storehouse of flour , near their only mill : he watched an opportunity , and landed one hundred and twenty men , who threw the flour into the sea , burnt the mill , and re - embarked before one ...
... Close to St. Fiorenzo the French had a storehouse of flour , near their only mill : he watched an opportunity , and landed one hundred and twenty men , who threw the flour into the sea , burnt the mill , and re - embarked before one ...
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... close under the land , near St. Tropez . The wind fell , and prevented Lord Hood from getting between them and the shore , as he designed : boats came out from Antibes and other places , to their assistance , and towed them within the ...
... close under the land , near St. Tropez . The wind fell , and prevented Lord Hood from getting between them and the shore , as he designed : boats came out from Antibes and other places , to their assistance , and towed them within the ...
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... close to the wind , and opened upon him a distant and ineffectual fire . Only seven of the Agamemnon's men were hurt - a thing which Nelson himself remarked as wonderful : her sails and rigging were very much cut , and she had many ...
... close to the wind , and opened upon him a distant and ineffectual fire . Only seven of the Agamemnon's men were hurt - a thing which Nelson himself remarked as wonderful : her sails and rigging were very much cut , and she had many ...
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action admiral admiralty afterwards Agamemnon anchor army arrived attack Austrian Bastia batteries battle boats brave British fleet Ça Ira Cadiz called Capt captain Collingwood command commander-in-chief conduct Corsica court crew Danes Danish deck despatches Earl St Egypt enemy enemy's England English exertions feelings fire flag force four France French frigates Genoa Genoese guns Hardy honour hope hundred island king Lady Hamilton Lady Nelson land letter lieutenant Lord Hood Malta Mediterranean ment Minorca Naples navy Neapolitan Nelson never night occasion officers orders passed port possession present prince prizes received replied Robert Calder sail seamen sent seventy-four ships shoal shore shot Sicily signal Sir Hyde Sir John Orde Sir William Hamilton soon Spaniards Spanish spirit squadron station struck suffered taken thing thought thousand tion took Toulon troops Trowbridge vessels victory Vincent whole wind wish wounded