The Life of NelsonJ. & J. Harper, 1830 - 309 страници |
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... fire ; for it became liquid when it was discharged , and water would not extinguish its flames . This combustible was concealed with great care in the captured ships ; like the red - hot shot , it had been found useless in battle ...
... fire ; for it became liquid when it was discharged , and water would not extinguish its flames . This combustible was concealed with great care in the captured ships ; like the red - hot shot , it had been found useless in battle ...
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... fire , and the unhappy crew experienced how far more perilous their inventions were to themselves than to their enemies . So rapid was the conflagration , that the French in their official account say , the hull , the masts and sails ...
... fire , and the unhappy crew experienced how far more perilous their inventions were to themselves than to their enemies . So rapid was the conflagration , that the French in their official account say , the hull , the masts and sails ...
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... the danger , and pointed out how it might be pre- vented ; but the means of preventing it were with- held . The attack was made , as he foresaw ; and the gunboats brought their fire to bear upon the Austrians 1795. ] 93 LIFE OF NELSON .
... the danger , and pointed out how it might be pre- vented ; but the means of preventing it were with- held . The attack was made , as he foresaw ; and the gunboats brought their fire to bear upon the Austrians 1795. ] 93 LIFE OF NELSON .
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Robert Southey. the gunboats brought their fire to bear upon the Austrians . It so happened , however , that the left flank , which was exposed to them , was the only part of the army that behaved well ; this division stood its ground ...
Robert Southey. the gunboats brought their fire to bear upon the Austrians . It so happened , however , that the left flank , which was exposed to them , was the only part of the army that behaved well ; this division stood its ground ...
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... fire . Upon this the very sentinels scampered off , and every vessel came out of the mole . A ship - owner complained to the com- modore , that the municipality refused to let him take his goods out of the custom - house . Nelson di ...
... fire . Upon this the very sentinels scampered off , and every vessel came out of the mole . A ship - owner complained to the com- modore , that the municipality refused to let him take his goods out of the custom - house . Nelson di ...
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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.