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... Losses on both sides , 334. - Losses of the French after the battle , 335. - Napoleon proposes peace , 336. - Which is refused by Prussia , ib . - Napoleon retreats , 337. - Both parties claim the victory , ib . - Combat of Ostrolenka ...
... Losses on both sides , 334. - Losses of the French after the battle , 335. - Napoleon proposes peace , 336. - Which is refused by Prussia , ib . - Napoleon retreats , 337. - Both parties claim the victory , ib . - Combat of Ostrolenka ...
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... loss , they had at least run a considerable risk , and been deprived of the profits arising from such temporary use , which should all have been carried to the public credit . These charges were brought forward , in a speech of ...
... loss , they had at least run a considerable risk , and been deprived of the profits arising from such temporary use , which should all have been carried to the public credit . These charges were brought forward , in a speech of ...
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... loss of life sustained in those peri- lous services . The most important of these was a series of actions from the 17th to the 19th July , when the Dutch flotilla , under the command of Admiral Verhuel , accomplished the passage from ...
... loss of life sustained in those peri- lous services . The most important of these was a series of actions from the 17th to the 19th July , when the Dutch flotilla , under the command of Admiral Verhuel , accomplished the passage from ...
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... loss . The rapid and incessant cannonade both by the batteries on shore and the English cruisers , and the vivid interest excited among an immense crowd of spectators from the neighbouring camps by the passage of the flotilla through ...
... loss . The rapid and incessant cannonade both by the batteries on shore and the English cruisers , and the vivid interest excited among an immense crowd of spectators from the neighbouring camps by the passage of the flotilla through ...
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... loss sustained by the British was very small , amounting only to thirty - nine killed , and one hundred and fifty - nine wounded ; that of the French and Spaniards to four hundred and seventy - six ; and no ship , except the Windsor ...
... loss sustained by the British was very small , amounting only to thirty - nine killed , and one hundred and fifty - nine wounded ; that of the French and Spaniards to four hundred and seventy - six ; and no ship , except the Windsor ...
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Página 51 - ... 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! For myself individually, I commit my life to Him that made me; and may His blessing alight on my endeavours for serving my country faithfully!
Página 50 - my plan of attack, as far as a man dare venture to guess at the very uncertain position the enemy may be found in: but it is to place you perfectly at ease respecting my intentions, and to give full scope to your judgment for carrying them into effect. We can, my dear Coll, have no little jealousies. We have only one great object in view, that of annihilating our enemies, and getting a glorious peace for our country. No man has more confidence in another than I have in you; and no man will render...
Página 55 - as that officer, though often sent for, could not leave the deck, Nelson feared that some fatal cause prevented him, and repeatedly cried : " Will no one bring Hardy to me ? He must be killed ! He is surely dead!
Página 55 - how goes the day with us?" "Very well," replied Hardy; "ten ships have struck, but five of the van have tacked, and show an intention to bear down upon the Victory. I have called two or three of our fresh ships round, and have no doubt of giving them a drubbing.
Página 59 - Nelson — so the gunner of the Victory called them ; and when, at his interment, his flag was about to be lowered into the grave, the sailors who assisted at the ceremony with one accord rent it in pieces, that each might preserve a fragment while he lived.
Página 59 - His brother was made an earl, with a grant of 6000/. a year ; 10,000/. were voted to each of his sisters : and 100,000¿. for the purchase of an estate. A public funeral was decreed, and a public monument. Statues and monuments also were voted by most of our principal cities. The leaden coffin in which he was brought home was cut in pieces, which were distributed as relics of Saint Nelson, — so the gunner of the Victory...
Página 51 - 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 anyone tarnish it; and may humanity after Victory be the predominant feature in the British Fleet. For myself individually, I commit my life to Him who made me, and may His blessing light upon my endeavours for serving my Country faithfully.
Página 14 - I say these have no right to be tolerated by the magistrate; as neither those that will not own and teach the duty of tolerating all men in matters of mere religion.
Página 179 - For this purpose it is my intention to propose, that the presumption founded upon the assessed taxes shall be laid aside, and that a general tax shall be imposed upon all the leading branches of income.
Página 59 - There was reason to suppose from the appearances upon opening the body, that in the course of nature he might have attained, like his father, to a good old age. Yet he cannot be said to have fallen prematurely whose work was done ; nor ought he to be lamented, who died so full of honours, and at the height of human fame.