 in the full tide of happiness" for Nelson to destroy five thousand five hundred and twenty-five of his fellow-creatures, and have his own scalp torn open by a piece of langridge shot. Hear him again at Copenhagen: "A shot through the mainmast knocked...  New Nash's Pall Mall Magazine - Сторінка 2431898Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | 1814 - 760 стор.
...he made signal for retreat. Nelson was now in all the excitement of action, pacing the quarter deck. A shot through the main-mast knocked the splinters...he observed to one of his officers, with a smile: *' Jt is warm work; and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment :"— and then stopping short... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - 1835 - 352 стор.
...failure, if shame it should be deemed. ' Under a mistaken judgment therefore,' says Mr. Southey ; l4 ' but with this disinterested and generous feeling, he made the signal for retreat.' All the notice Nelson took of it, " Life of Nelson. was to give strict orders that his own signal for... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1836 - 320 стор.
...cowardly in him to leave Nelson to bear the whole shame of the failure, if shame it should be deemed." Under a mistaken judgment,* therefore, but with this...observed to one of his officers with a smile, " It is T warm work; and this day maybe the last to any of us at a moment :" — and then, stopping short at... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1878 - 802 стор.
...fellow-creatures, and have his own scalp torn open by a piece of langridge shot. Hear him again at Copenhagen : " A shot through the mainmast knocked the splinters...one of his officers with a smile, ' It is warm work, anil this day may be the last to any of us at a moment ; ' and then, stopping short at the gangway,... | |
 | 1872 - 692 стор.
...hot for him to endure, so he made the signal of recall in order that Nelson might withdraw his ships. Nelson was at this time, in all the excitement of action, pacing the quarter-deck. "You know, Foley," said he, speaking to a captain, " I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind... | |
 | James Grant - 1873 - 598 стор.
...proposed to hoist the signal for recalling Nelson, and ultimately did so. Nelson, says his biographer, was at this time in all the excitement of action, pacing the quarterdeck. A shot wounded the mainmast, knocking the splinters in every direction. " It is warm work," said he, smiling,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1890 - 424 стор.
...cowardly in him to leave Nelson to bear the whole shame of the failure, if shame it should be deemed." Under a mistaken judgment,* therefore, but with this...pacing the quarter-deck. A shot through the mainmast 20 knocked the splinters about, and he observed to one of his officers with a smile, " It is warm work... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1890 - 300 стор.
...fellow-creatures, and have his own scalp torn open by a piece of langridge shot. Hear him again at Copenhagen : " A shot through the mainmast knocked the splinters...officers with a smile, ' It is warm work, and this may be the last to any of us at any moment;' and then, stopping short at the gangway, added, with emotion,... | |
 | Charles Henry Waterhouse - 1890 - 330 стор.
...might say, by the instincts of the bulldog and fighting-cock. Hear Nelson at the battle of Copenhagen : "A shot through the mainmast knocked the splinters...officers with a smile, ' It is warm work, and this may be the last to any of us at any moment ' ; and then stopping short at the gangway, added with emotion,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1892 - 428 стор.
...cowardly in him to leave Nelson to bear the whole shame of the failure, if shame it should be deemed." Under a mistaken judgment,* therefore, but with this...pacing the quarter-deck. A shot through the mainmast 20 knocked the splinters about, and he observed to one of his officers with a smile, " It is warm work... | |
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