The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain, Volumen2Little, Brown, 1897 - 4 páginas |
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action admiral admiral's Admiralty allies anchored arrived attack Baltic batteries BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN Blackwood blockade boat Bonaparte Brest Britain British fleet Cadiz Captain coast Collingwood command commander-in-chief Country cruisers Danes Danish dear defence Denmark Egypt enemy enemy's England feel Ferrol flag flagship force France French fleet frigates Gibraltar give Hardy honour hope hostile island Lady Hamilton Lady Nelson leave letter London Lord Keith Lord Nelson Lordship Malta Mediterranean ment Merton Messina miles mind minister Minorca Minto months Naples naval neutral never officer opinion orders Palermo passed port position present received Russian sail Sardinia sent ships ships-of-the-line shore Sicily signal Sir Hyde Parker Sir John Orde soon Spanish squadron station Straits tells thought tion Toulon Trafalgar troops Troubridge vessels Victory Villeneuve Vincent West Indies wind wish words wrote Nelson
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Página 387 - 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!
Página 178 - The copy of Madame Le Brun's Picture of Emma in enamel by Bone I give to my dearest Friend Lord Nelson, Duke of Bronte, a very small token of the great regard I have for his Lordship, the most virtuous, Loyal and truly Brave character I ever met with. God bless him and shame fall on those who do not say Amen.
Página 76 - England, more entrusted to you than ever yet fell to the lot of any British officer. On your decision depends whether our country shall be degraded in the eyes of Europe, or whether she shall rear her head higher than ever.
Página 89 - 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.
Página 350 - Line of Battle in variable winds, thick weather, and other circumstances which must occur, without such a loss of time that the opportunity would probably be lost of bringing the Enemy to Battle in such a manner as to make the business decisive, I have therefore made up my mind to keep the Fleet in that position of sailing (with the exception of the First and Second in Command), that the Order of Sailing is to be the Order of Battle...
Página 92 - Well," said he, as he left the Elephant, " I have fought contrary to orders, and I shall perhaps be hanged! Never mind: let them!
Página 394 - I am going fast; it will be all over with me soon. Come nearer to me. Let my dear Lady Hamilton have my hair and all other things belonging to me.
Página 364 - The event no man can say exactly, but I must think, or render great injustice to those under me, that, let the battle be when it may, it will never have been surpassed. My shattered frame, if I survive that day, will require rest, and that is all I shall ask for. If I fall on such a glorious occasion...
Página 394 - I have called two or three of our fresh ships round, and have no doubt of giving them a drubbing." "I hope," said Nelson, "none of our ships have struck ? ' ' Hardy answered, '
Página 41 - He has the same shock head, and the same honest simple manners; but he is devoted to Emma; he thinks her quite an angel, and talks of her as such to her face and behind her back, and she leads him about like a keeper with a bear.