The Life of Nelson, Том 2John Murray, 1813 |
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... king , who went out to meet him three leagues in the royal barge , came on board and took him by the hand , calling him his deliverer and preserver ; from all the boats around he was saluted with the same appellations ; the multitude ...
... king , who went out to meet him three leagues in the royal barge , came on board and took him by the hand , calling him his deliverer and preserver ; from all the boats around he was saluted with the same appellations ; the multitude ...
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... king was one of the Spanish Bourbons . As the Caesars have shown us to what wickedness the moral nature of princes may be perverted , so in this family , the de- gradation to which their intellectual nature can be reduced , has been not ...
... king was one of the Spanish Bourbons . As the Caesars have shown us to what wickedness the moral nature of princes may be perverted , so in this family , the de- gradation to which their intellectual nature can be reduced , has been not ...
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... king his sports , they cared not in what manner the revenue was raised or administered . Of course a system of favouritism existed at court , and the vilest and most impudent corruption prevailed in every department of state , and in ...
... king his sports , they cared not in what manner the revenue was raised or administered . Of course a system of favouritism existed at court , and the vilest and most impudent corruption prevailed in every department of state , and in ...
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... , agreed at last to join this new coalition with a numerical force of 80,000 men . Nelson told the king , in plain terms , that he had his choice , either to advance , trusting to God for his blessing on 1798 21 LIFE OF NELSON .
... , agreed at last to join this new coalition with a numerical force of 80,000 men . Nelson told the king , in plain terms , that he had his choice , either to advance , trusting to God for his blessing on 1798 21 LIFE OF NELSON .
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... king made answer , he would go on , and trust in God and Nelson ; and Nelson , who would else have returned to Egypt , for the purpose of destroying the French ship- ping in Alexandria , gave up his intention at the desire of the ...
... king made answer , he would go on , and trust in God and Nelson ; and Nelson , who would else have returned to Egypt , for the purpose of destroying the French ship- ping in Alexandria , gave up his intention at the desire of the ...
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Страница 269 - 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." Hardy stood over him in silence for a moment or two, then knelt again, and kissed his forehead. " Who is that ?" said Nelson, and being informed, he replied, "God bless you, Hardy.
Страница 267 - I feel something rising in my breast," putting his hand on his left side, "which tells me so.
Страница 237 - ... with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength ; and, therefore, they loved him as truly and as fervently as he loved England.
Страница 262 - ... boarded through them, and never afterwards fired a great gun during the action. Her tops, like those of all the enemy's ships, were filled with riflemen. Nelson never placed musketry in his tops; he had a strong dislike to the practice, not merely because it endangers setting fire to the sails, but also because it is a murderous sort of warfare, by which individuals may suffer, and a commander, now and then, be picked off, but which never can decide the fate of a general engagement. Captain Harvey,...
Страница 191 - 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.
Страница 244 - 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 your services more justice than your very old friend Nelson and Bronte.
Страница 253 - 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," said Lord Nelson,
Страница 104 - Therefore here you are, with almost the safety, certainly with the honour of England more intrusted to you, than ever yet fell to the lot of any British Officer. On your decision depends, whether our Country shall be degraded in the eyes of Europe, or whether she shall rear her head higher than ever...
Страница 269 - 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.
Страница 250 - Hamilton therefore a legacy to my king and country, that they will give her an ample provision to maintain her rank in life. 'I also leave to the beneficence of my country my adopted daughter, Horatia Nelson Thompson; and I desire she will use in future the name of Nelson only. 'These are the only favours I ask of my king and country, at this moment when I am going to fight their battle. May God bless my king and country, and all those I hold dear! My relations it is needless to mention: they will,...