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Common terms and phrasesaction admiral Admiralty afterward Agamemnon anchor army arrived attack Austrian Bastia batteries battle boats brave British fleet Buonaparte Cadiz Capt captain Collingwood command commander-in-chief conduct Corsica court crew Culloden Danes Danish deck despatches Earl St Egypt enemy enemy's England English exertions feelings fire flag force four France French frigates Genoa Genoese guns Hallowell Hardy honour hope Horatio Nelson hundred island king Lady Hamilton Lady Nelson land letter lieutenant Lord Hood Lord Nelson Malta Mediterranean Minorca Naples navy Neapolitan Nelson never night occasion officers orders passed port possession present prince prizes received replied royal sail sent seventy-four ships shoal shore shot Sicily signal Sir Hyde Sir John Orde Sir William Sir William Hamilton soon Spanish spirit squadron station struck taken thing thought thousand tion took Toulon troops Trowbridge vessels victory Vincent whole wind wish wounded Popular passagesPage 304 - 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. Page 295 - Villeneuve was a skilful seaman ; worthy of serving a better master and a better cause. His plan of defence was as well conceived, and as original, as the plan of attack. He formed the fleet in a double line, every alternate ship being about a cable's length to windward of her second ahead and astern. Nelson, certain of a triumphant issue to the day, asked Blackwood what he should consider as a victory. Page 220 - A shot through the mainmast knocked the splinters about ; and he observed to one of his officers with a smile, " It is warm work ; and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment : ' and then stopping short at the gangway, added, with emotion — ' But mark you ! I would not be elsewhere for thousands. Page 134 - The moment he perceived the position of the French, that intuitive genius with which Nelson was endowed displayed itself; and it instantly struck him, that where there was room for an enemy's ship to swing, there was room for one of ours to anchor. The plan which he intended to pursue... Page 303 - 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 Page 303 - ... 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, Page 42 - I make it a rule to introduce them to all the good company I can, as they have few to look up to besides myself during the time they are at sea. Page 259 - ... country. He left him her portrait in enamel, calling him his dearest friend ; the most virtuous, loyal, and truly brave character he had ever known. The codicil containing this bequest concluded with these words : " God bless him, and shame fall on those who do not say amen. Page 147 - ... a tri-coloured flag and staff in the lion's mouth. He was created Baron Nelson of the Nile, and of Burnham Thorpe, with a pension of ^2000 for his own life, and those of his two immediate successors. Page 139 - The two first ships of the French line had been dismasted within a quarter of an hour after the commencement of the action, and the others had in that time suffered so severely, that victory was already certain. References to this bookFrom Google ScholarSix approaches to the explication of facet-level traits: examples ...Eur J Pers - 1998 - Eur. J. Pers Nelson’s Women: Female Masculinity and Body Politics in the French ...Kathleen Wilson - European History Quarterly Nelson and the bear: the making of an Arctic mythHuw WG Lewis-Jones - 2005 - Polar Record Nelson and the bear: the making of an Arctic mythHuw WG Lewis-Jones - 2005 - Polar Record References from web pages§11. "The Life of Nelson". VIII. Southey. Vol. 11. The Period of ... Squashed Writers - The Life of Nelson by Robert Southey ... ANTIQUARIAN BOOK: THE LIFE OF NELSON by Robert Southey. Published ... National Bodies: Robert Southey’s Life of Nelson and John Franklin ... Project Gutenberg Edition of The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson BBC - Radio 4 Empire - Nelson & Empire Bibliography: Horatio Nelson The evolution of biography - TLS Highlights - Times Online Nelson and the bear: the making of an Arctic myth JSTOR: Origins of James Fenimore Cooper's The Two Admirals Bibliographic information
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