The Life of NelsonJ. & J. Harper, 1830 - 309 páginas |
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... anchored there , and in two hours was in flames , the steward having set fire to her while stealing rum out of the after - hold . Her crew were leaping into the water , when Nelson came up in his boats , 28 [ 1778 . LIFE OF NELSON .
... anchored there , and in two hours was in flames , the steward having set fire to her while stealing rum out of the after - hold . Her crew were leaping into the water , when Nelson came up in his boats , 28 [ 1778 . LIFE OF NELSON .
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... fire to the villages , and hung all the most able and active men who fell into their hands . A war of this kind may be carried on with success against a country so small and so thinly peopled as Corsica . Having reduced the island to ...
... fire to the villages , and hung all the most able and active men who fell into their hands . A war of this kind may be carried on with success against a country so small and so thinly peopled as Corsica . Having reduced the island to ...
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... fire . Providentially , the child escaped , and lived to relate , with becoming feeling , a fact so honourable to his father . That father conducted the affairs of the island till 1753 , when he was assassinated by some wretches , set ...
... fire . Providentially , the child escaped , and lived to relate , with becoming feeling , a fact so honourable to his father . That father conducted the affairs of the island till 1753 , when he was assassinated by some wretches , set ...
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... fire before he touched her stern ; but seeing how impossible it was that he should be supported , and how certainly the Agamemnon must be severely cut up , if her masts were disabled , he altered his plan according to the occasion . As ...
... fire before he touched her stern ; but seeing how impossible it was that he should be supported , and how certainly the Agamemnon must be severely cut up , if her masts were disabled , he altered his plan according to the occasion . As ...
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... 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 shots in her hull , and some between wind and water . The Ca Ira lost ...
... 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 shots in her hull , and some between wind and water . The Ca Ira lost ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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
Página 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,
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.