The Life of Horatio, Lord NelsonJ.M. Dent and Company, 1896 - 356 стор. |
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... Sir Hyde Parker - Battle of Copenhagen , and sub- sequent Negotiation — Nelson is made a Viscount 224 CHAPTER VIII Sir Hyde Parker is recalled , and Nelson appointed Commander - He goes to Revel - Settlement of Affairs in the Baltic ...
... Sir Hyde Parker - Battle of Copenhagen , and sub- sequent Negotiation — Nelson is made a Viscount 224 CHAPTER VIII Sir Hyde Parker is recalled , and Nelson appointed Commander - He goes to Revel - Settlement of Affairs in the Baltic ...
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... Sir Hyde Parker succeeded , till the new com- mander should arrive ; and he immediately reduced it almost to nothing , leaving him only one frigate and a brig . This was a fatal error . While the Austrian and Sardinian troops , whether ...
... Sir Hyde Parker succeeded , till the new com- mander should arrive ; and he immediately reduced it almost to nothing , leaving him only one frigate and a brig . This was a fatal error . While the Austrian and Sardinian troops , whether ...
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Robert Southey. wife him a mile into the town , and three miles out . Separates When he was in the Agamemnon he ... Sir Hyde Parker , by Earl St. Vincent , the new First Lord of the Admiralty . The three northern courts had formed a ...
Robert Southey. wife him a mile into the town , and three miles out . Separates When he was in the Agamemnon he ... Sir Hyde Parker , by Earl St. Vincent , the new First Lord of the Admiralty . The three northern courts had formed a ...
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... Sir Hyde ; and the next day addressed a letter to him , worthy of himself and of the occasion . Mr. Vansittart's report had then been received . It represented the Danish Government as in the highest degree hostile , and their state of ...
... Sir Hyde ; and the next day addressed a letter to him , worthy of himself and of the occasion . Mr. Vansittart's report had then been received . It represented the Danish Government as in the highest degree hostile , and their state of ...
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Robert Southey. Battle of about a hundred pieces of cannon and mortars : Copen- our light vessels immediately , in ... Sir Hyde , with Nelson , Admiral Graves , some of the senior captains , and the commanding officers of the artillery ...
Robert Southey. Battle of about a hundred pieces of cannon and mortars : Copen- our light vessels immediately , in ... Sir Hyde , with Nelson , Admiral Graves , some of the senior captains , and the commanding officers of the artillery ...
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Сторінка 338 - 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 I" Hardy stood over him in silence for a moment or two, then knelt again, and kissed his forehead.
Сторінка 335 - Yet even now, not for a moment losing his presence of mind, he observed, as they were carrying him down the ladder, that the...
Сторінка 345 - Trafalgar was celebrated, indeed, with the usual forms of rejoicing, but they were without joy ; for such already was the glory of the British navy, through Nelson's surpassing genius, that it scarcely seemed to receive any addition from the most signal victory that ever was achieved upon the seas : and the destruction of this mighty fleet, by which all the maritime schemes of France were totally frustrated, hardly appeared to add to our security or strength ; for, while Nelson was living, to watch...
Сторінка 328 - 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 WILL DO HIS DUTY!
Сторінка 155 - Hood, he was recalled. It was generally believed by the officers, that if Nelson had not been wounded, not one of these ships could have escaped: the four certainly could not, if the Culloden had got into action: and if the frigates belonging to the squadron had been present, not one of the enemy's fleet would have left Aboukir Bay. These four vessels, however, were all that escaped; and the victory was the most complete and glorious in the annals of naval history. " Victory," said Nelson, " is not...
Сторінка 346 - ... and at the height of human fame. The most triumphant death is that of the martyr ; the most awful that of the martyred patriot ; the most splendid that of the hero in the hour of victory...
Сторінка 332 - Scott that's gone?" and being informed that it was indeed so, exclaimed, "Poor fellow!" Presently a double-headed shot struck a party of marines who were drawn up on the poop, and killed eight of them, upon which Nelson immediately desired Captain Adair to disperse his men round the ship, that they might not suffer so much from being together.
Сторінка 171 - What precious moments," said he, " the courts of Naples and Vienna are losing ! Three months would liberate Italy ! but this court is so enervated, that the happy moment will be lost. I am very unwell ; and their miserable conduct is not likely to cool my irritable temper. It is a country of fiddlers and poets, whores and scoundrels.
Сторінка 333 - ... booms, shot away. Nelson declared, that, in all his battles, he had seen nothing which surpassed the cool courage of his crew on this occasion. At four minutes after twelve, she opened her fire from both sides of her deck. It was not possible to break the enemy's line without running on board one of their ships: Hardy informed him of this, and asked him which he would prefer. Nelson replied: 'Take your choice, Hardy, it does not signify much.
Сторінка 145 - Vanguard, and explain to them his own ideas of the different and best modes of attack, and such plans as he proposed to execute on falling in with the enemy, whatever their situation might be.