Essays from the London Times: A Collection of Personal and Historical Sketches, Том 1D. Appleton, 1852 - 301 стор. |
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... letters , made due provision for the graver requirements of posterity ; but neither the one nor the other possessed the key that could carry us very far into the recesses of Nelson's history -hidden retreats , possessing to many minds ...
... letters , made due provision for the graver requirements of posterity ; but neither the one nor the other possessed the key that could carry us very far into the recesses of Nelson's history -hidden retreats , possessing to many minds ...
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... letter that can be penned , in his own hand , ' to Lord Hood , and offered 6,000 troops to assist in the preservation of Toulon . " An account , written under Lady Hamilton's eye , of Sir William's first interview with Nelson ...
... letter that can be penned , in his own hand , ' to Lord Hood , and offered 6,000 troops to assist in the preservation of Toulon . " An account , written under Lady Hamilton's eye , of Sir William's first interview with Nelson ...
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... letters of bluff admirals and weather - beaten captains addressed to the divinity reveal an appreciation of her merits about which there can be no mistake . " I cannot , " writes Captain Ball , " let slip this occasion to address a few ...
... letters of bluff admirals and weather - beaten captains addressed to the divinity reveal an appreciation of her merits about which there can be no mistake . " I cannot , " writes Captain Ball , " let slip this occasion to address a few ...
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... letter from the King of Spain . What were its contents ? Lady Hamilton could not guess , but she was resolved to ascertain . By the aid of the Queen the document was stolen from the King , transcribed by the ambas- sador's wife , and ...
... letter from the King of Spain . What were its contents ? Lady Hamilton could not guess , but she was resolved to ascertain . By the aid of the Queen the document was stolen from the King , transcribed by the ambas- sador's wife , and ...
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... letter into his lordship's hands . In June , 1798 , Nelson , as all acquainted with the history of those times will ... letters from Sir Horatio Nelson , “ requesting that the ambassador would procure him permission to enter with his ...
... letter into his lordship's hands . In June , 1798 , Nelson , as all acquainted with the history of those times will ... letters from Sir Horatio Nelson , “ requesting that the ambassador would procure him permission to enter with his ...
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Сторінка 251 - The Genius of Poetry must work out its own salvation in a man: It cannot be matured by law and precept, but by sensation & watchfulness in itself. That which is creative must create itself — In Endymion...
Сторінка 251 - JS is perfectly right in regard to the slipshod Endymion. That it is so is no fault of mine. No ! though it may sound a little paradoxical. It is as good as I had power to make it— by myself.
Сторінка 247 - This may be speaking too presumptuously, and may deserve a punishment ; but no feeling man will be forward to inflict it : he will leave me alone, with the conviction that there is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object.
Сторінка 35 - Then in sight of the combined fleets of France and Spain, distant about ten miles. " Whereas the eminent services of Emma Hamilton, widow of the Right Honourable Sir William Hamilton, have been of the very greatest service to my king and country, to my knowledge, without ever receiving any reward from either our king or country.
Сторінка 140 - Bedford ; and the circumstance which excited me to activity in their behalf was the seeing some, who by the verdict of juries were declared not guilty ; some, on whom the grand jury did not find such an appearance of guilt as subjected them to trial ; and some whose prosecutors did not appear against them ; after having been confined for months, dragged back to gaol and locked up again till they should pay sundry fees to the gaoler, the clerk of assize, &c. In order to redress this hardship...
Сторінка 37 - I have called two or three of our fresh ships round, and have no doubt of giving them a drubbing." "I hope," said Nelson, "none of our ships have struck ? ' ' Hardy answered, '
Сторінка 261 - I could not guide her in the slightest, and she continued to splash, and plunge, and blow, and make her circular course, carrying me along with her as if I was a fly on her tail. Finding her tail gave me but a poor hold, as the only means of securing my prey, I took out my knife, and cutting two deep parallel incisions...
Сторінка 247 - I mean, will be quite clear to the reader, who must soon perceive great inexperience, immaturity, and every error denoting a feverish attempt, rather than a deed accomplished. The two first books, and indeed the two last, I feel sensible are not of such completion as to warrant their passing the press ; nor should they if I thought a year's castigation would do them any good; — it will not: the foundations are too sandy. It is just that this youngster should die away : a sad thought for me, if...
Сторінка 183 - To Jeffrey as an individual I shall ever be ready to show every kind of individual courtesy; but of Judge Jeffrey of the Edinburgh Review I must ever think and speak as of a bad politician, a worse moralist, and a critic, in matters of taste, equally incompetent and unjust.
Сторінка 248 - The imagination of a boy is healthy, and the mature imagination of a man is healthy, but there is a space of life between in which the soul is in a ferment, the character undecided, the way of life uncertain, the ambition thick-sighted...