Episodes from Southey's Life of NelsonMacmillan Company, 1907 - 83 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 14
Seite x
... close to his career . Nelson was a man of simple generous nature ; he hated all pomp and formality , and lived on kindly and affectionate terms with his officers , whom he loved and trusted . " We were a band of brothers , " he says of ...
... close to his career . Nelson was a man of simple generous nature ; he hated all pomp and formality , and lived on kindly and affectionate terms with his officers , whom he loved and trusted . " We were a band of brothers , " he says of ...
Seite 8
... close order , and it covered less space than it would have done if the frigates had been with him : the weather also was con- stantly hazy . These circumstances prevented the English from discovering the enemy on the way to Egypt ...
... close order , and it covered less space than it would have done if the frigates had been with him : the weather also was con- stantly hazy . These circumstances prevented the English from discovering the enemy on the way to Egypt ...
Seite 9
... close as possible to a shoal on the N.W. , and the rest of the fleet forming a kind of curve along the line of deep water , so as not to be turned by any means in 20 the S.W. By Buonaparte's desire he had offered a reward of 10,000 ...
... close as possible to a shoal on the N.W. , and the rest of the fleet forming a kind of curve along the line of deep water , so as not to be turned by any means in 20 the S.W. By Buonaparte's desire he had offered a reward of 10,000 ...
Seite 30
... Close with a Frenchman , " he used " but outmanoeuvre a Russian . " He offered his services for the attack , requiring ten sail of the line , and the whole of the smaller craft . Sir Hyde gave him two more line of battle ships than he ...
... Close with a Frenchman , " he used " but outmanoeuvre a Russian . " He offered his services for the attack , requiring ten sail of the line , and the whole of the smaller craft . Sir Hyde gave him two more line of battle ships than he ...
Seite 36
... close on the starboard shoal , and grounded abreast of the outer ship of the enemy : this was the more vexatious , inasmuch as the 30 wind was fair , the room ample , and three ships had led the way . The Russell , following the Bellona ...
... close on the starboard shoal , and grounded abreast of the outer ship of the enemy : this was the more vexatious , inasmuch as the 30 wind was fair , the room ample , and three ships had led the way . The Russell , following the Bellona ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
action admiral ahead anchor attack Baltic battle of Trafalgar bear Bellerophon Bellona Blackwood boat bows brave British fleet broadside Brueys Bucentaure Cadiz Capt captain Captain Mahan cockpit Collingwood command Copenhagen courage crew Crown Batteries Danes danger Danish death deck defence Denmark displayed Elsineur endeavoured enemy enemy's line engaged England English fear fell fire flag four ships French line frigates Guerrier guns Hardy honour Horatio hour hundred killed or wounded Lady Hamilton larboard leading ship lee line line of battle Lord Nelson main-mast mast Minotaur minutes never Nile officers ordered passed perceived Peuple Souverain poop port quarter received Redoutable replied Riou ropes sail sailors Santissima Trinidad sent shoal shore shot side signal silence Sir Hyde soon Southey spirit squadron starboard station stern struck Suckling suffered Swiftsure tack Téméraire thought took Toulon Trafalgar Trekroner twenty Tycho Brahe vessels victory Villeneuve weather whole wind
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 54 - 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.
Seite 66 - Nelson now desired to be turned upon his right side, and said: "I wish I had not left the deck; for I shall soon be gone." Death was, indeed, rapidly approaching. He said to the chaplain: "Doctor, I have not been a great sinner": and after a short pause, "Remember that I leave Lady Hamilton and my daughter Horatia as a legacy to my country.
Seite 65 - 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.
Seite 65 - By this time all feeling below the breast was gone ; and Nelson, having made the surgeon ascertain this, said to him: 'You know I am gone. I know it. I feel something rising in my breast' (putting his hand on his left side) 'which tells me so.
Seite 62 - ... guns were silent; for as she carried no flag there was no means of instantly ascertaining the fact. From this ship, which he had thus twice spared, he received his death. A ball fired from her...
Seite 74 - Ye are brothers! ye are men! And we conquer but to save ; So peace instead of death let us bring; But yield, proud foe, thy fleet, With the crews, at England's feet, And make submission meet To our king.
Seite 74 - Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back; Their shots along the deep slowly boom: Then ceased — and all is wail, As they strike the shattered sail; Or in conflagration pale Light the gloom.
Seite 65 - ... 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,
Seite 63 - ... handkerchief, and covered his face and his stars. Had he but concealed these badges of honour from the enemy, England perhaps would not have had cause to receive with sorrow the news of the battle of Trafalgar. The cock-pit was crowded with wounded and dying men, over whose bodies he was with some difficulty conveyed, and laid upon a pallet in the midshipmen's berth.
Seite 65 - 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 I bargained for twenty.