Episodes from Southey's Life of NelsonMacmillan Company, 1907 - 83 Seiten |
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... situation , and chosen the strongest position which he could possibly take in an open road . The commissary of the fleet said , they were moored in such a manner as to bid defiance to 30 a force more than double their own . This ...
... situation , and chosen the strongest position which he could possibly take in an open road . The commissary of the fleet said , they were moored in such a manner as to bid defiance to 30 a force more than double their own . This ...
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... situation might be . There is no possible position , it is said , which he did not take into calculation . His officers were thus fully acquainted with his principles of tactics and such was his confidence in their abilities , that the ...
... situation might be . There is no possible position , it is said , which he did not take into calculation . His officers were thus fully acquainted with his principles of tactics and such was his confidence in their abilities , that the ...
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... sight for the French ; who , with all their skill , and all their courage , and all their advantages of numbers and 30 situation , were upon that element , on which , when the hour of trial comes , a Frenchman has no BATTLE OF THE NILE.
... sight for the French ; who , with all their skill , and all their courage , and all their advantages of numbers and 30 situation , were upon that element , on which , when the hour of trial comes , a Frenchman has no BATTLE OF THE NILE.
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... conflagra- tion , the situation of the two fleets could now 30 be perceived , the colours of both being clearly distinguishable . About ten o'clock the ship blew up , with a shock which was felt to the 18 EPISODES FROM SOUTHEY'S NELSON.
... conflagra- tion , the situation of the two fleets could now 30 be perceived , the colours of both being clearly distinguishable . About ten o'clock the ship blew up , with a shock which was felt to the 18 EPISODES FROM SOUTHEY'S NELSON.
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... situation where they could not render half the service which was required of them . Of Io the squadron of gun - brigs only one could get into action ; the rest were prevented , by baffling currents , from weathering the eastern end of ...
... situation where they could not render half the service which was required of them . Of Io the squadron of gun - brigs only one could get into action ; the rest were prevented , by baffling currents , from weathering the eastern end of ...
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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
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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.