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... feelings , the seaboy has to endure phy- sical hardships , and the privation of every comfort , even of sleep . Nelson had a feeble body and an affectionate heart , and he remembered through life his first days of wretchedness in the ...
... feelings , the seaboy has to endure phy- sical hardships , and the privation of every comfort , even of sleep . Nelson had a feeble body and an affectionate heart , and he remembered through life his first days of wretchedness in the ...
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... feelings which he at this time endured . " I felt im- pressed , " said he , " with a feeling that I should never rise in my profession . My mind was stag- gered with a view of the difficulties I had to sur- mount , and the little ...
... feelings which he at this time endured . " I felt im- pressed , " said he , " with a feeling that I should never rise in my profession . My mind was stag- gered with a view of the difficulties I had to sur- mount , and the little ...
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... feeling of vexation . No Nelson was fortunate in possessing good interest at the time when it could be most serviceable to him : his promotion had been almost as rapid as it could be ; and before he had attained the age of twenty - one ...
... feeling of vexation . No Nelson was fortunate in possessing good interest at the time when it could be most serviceable to him : his promotion had been almost as rapid as it could be ; and before he had attained the age of twenty - one ...
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... feeling was that of anger , and he was about to supersede Nelson ; but having mentioned the affair to his cap tain , that officer told him , he believed all the squad . ron thought the orders illegal , and therefore did not know how far ...
... feeling was that of anger , and he was about to supersede Nelson ; but having mentioned the affair to his cap tain , that officer told him , he believed all the squad . ron thought the orders illegal , and therefore did not know how far ...
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... feelings of that kind . Absent from you , I feel no pleasure : it is you who are every thing to me.— Without you , I care not for this world ; for I have found , lately , nothing in it but vexation and trouble . These are my present ...
... feelings of that kind . Absent from you , I feel no pleasure : it is you who are every thing to me.— Without you , I care not for this world ; for I have found , lately , nothing in it but vexation and trouble . These are my present ...
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action admiral Admiralty afterward Agamemnon anchor army arrived attack Austrian Bastia batteries battle boats brave British fleet Buonaparte 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 Lord Nelson Malta Mediterranean 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 Spanish spirit squadron station struck taken thing thought thousand tion took Toulon troops Trowbridge vessels victory Vincent whole wind wish wounded
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Page 299 - 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...
Page 308 - you can do nothing for me." — All that could be done was to fan him with paper, and frequently to give him lemonade to alleviate his intense thirst. He was in great pain, and expressed much anxiety for the event of the action, which now began to declare itself. As often as a ship struck, the crew of the victory...
Page 307 - Hardy, who was a few steps from him, turning round, saw three men raising him up. " They have done for me at last, Hardy ! " said he. " I hope not ! " cried Hardy. " Yes," he replied ; " my back-bone is shot through...
Page 309 - And then, in a stronger voice, he said, "Anchor, Hardy — anchor." Hardy, upon this, hinted that Admiral Collingwood would take upon himself the direction of affairs. " Not while I live, Hardy," said the dying Nelson, ineffectually endeavouring to raise himself from the bed :
Page 308 - Hardy ; and 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...
Page 228 - 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.
Page 302 - Blackwood made answer that he thought the whole fleet seemed very clearly to understand what they were about. These words were scarcely spoken before that signal was made, which will be remembered as long as the language, or even the memory, of England shall endure — Nelson's last signal: — "England expects every man to do his duty!" It was received throughout the fleet with a shout of answering acclamation, made sublime by the spirit which it breathed and the feeling which it expressed. "Now,"...
Page 267 - I beg to inform your lordship, that the port of Toulon has never been blockaded by me : quite the reverse. Every opportunity has been offered the enemy to put to sea : for it is there that we hope to realize the hopes and expectations of our country.