 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 462 pages
...grief. So perfectly, indeed, had he performed his part, that the maritime war might from that day be considered at an end; the fleets of the enemy were...contemplated. It was not, therefore, from any selfish reflection upon our own loss that we . mourned for him. The general sorsow was of a higher character.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1813 - 306 pages
...«<ous fee^Jiat the country had lost in its gre ,' navaJ&hero — .the greatest of our own, and of alls' former times, was scarcely taken into the, account...contemplated. It was not, therefore, from any selfish reflection upon the magnitude of our loss that we mourned for him : the genera] sorrow was of a higher... | |
 | 1813 - 458 pages
...were not merely defeated, but destroyed : new navies must be built, and a new race of seamen must be reared for them, before the possibility of their invading...contemplated. It was not, therefore, from any selfish reflection upon the magnitude of our loss that we mourned for him : the general sorrow was of a higher... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 360 pages
...grief. So perfectly, indeed, had he performed his part, that the maritime war might from that day be considered at an end. The fleets of the enemy were...for them, before the possibility of their invading her shores could again be contemplated. It was not, therefore, from any selfish reflexion upon her... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...grief. So perfectly, indeed, had he performed his part, that the maritime war might from that day be considered at an end. The fleets of the enemy were...for them, before the possibility of their invading her shores could again be contemplated. It was not, therefore, from any selfish reflexion upon her... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1816 - 420 pages
...battle of Trafalgar, was considered at an end : the fleets of the enemy were not merely defeated, hut destroyed : new navies must be built, and a new race...contemplated. It was not, therefore, from any selfish reflection upon the magnitude of our loss that we mourned for him : the general sorrow was of a higher... | |
 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 pages
...into Cadiz; four only were saved, and these by the greatest exertions. The death of Nelson was felt in England as something more than a public calamity :...contemplated. It was not, therefore, from any selfish reflection upon the magnitude of our loss that we mourned for him : the general sorrow was of a higher... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1830 - 354 pages
...rent it in pieces, that each might preserve a fragment while he lived. The death of Nelson was felt in England as something more than a public calamity :...contemplated. It was not, therefore, from any selfish reflection upon the magnitude of our loss that we mourned for him : the general Borrow was of a higher... | |
 | Robert Southey - Great Britain - 1830 - 408 pages
...rent it in pieces, that each might preserve a fragment while he lived. The death of Nelson was felt in England as something more than a public calamity:...contemplated. It was not, therefore, from any selfish reflection upon the magnitude of our loss that we mourned for him : the general sorrow was of a higher... | |
 | 1830 - 482 pages
...were heard, a minute or two before he expired. • •••«« " The death of Nelson was felt in England as something more than a public calamity :...contemplated. It was not, therefore, from any selfish reflection upon the magnitude of our loss that we mourned for him: the general sorrow was of a higher... | |
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What the country had lost in its great naval hero — the greatest of our own and of all former times — was scarcely taken into the account of grief. So perfectly, indeed, had he performed his part, that the maritime war, after the battle of Trafalgar,... 
