Tales of the Wars; Or, Naval and Military Chronicle: To which is Prefixed, A Memoir of the Early Life and Services of William the Fourth, with an Authentic Portrait of His Majesty, Volume 1W.M. Clark, 1836 - Great Britain |
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... head of the village ; where , from an upper window , with the utmost sang froid , he inspected through his spy - glass , all the surrounding posts , whilst round shot and shells flew about in every direction . At length this ...
... head of the village ; where , from an upper window , with the utmost sang froid , he inspected through his spy - glass , all the surrounding posts , whilst round shot and shells flew about in every direction . At length this ...
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... head so far into the neck as to be unable to withdraw it : at this instant the soldier turning round , and came whistling towards his box , the monkey , unable to get clear of it , started up to run off with the jug sticking on his head ...
... head so far into the neck as to be unable to withdraw it : at this instant the soldier turning round , and came whistling towards his box , the monkey , unable to get clear of it , started up to run off with the jug sticking on his head ...
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... head ; who told Lord Northesk , " That the committee , with one voice , had come to a declaration of the terms on which alone , without the smallest alteration , they would give up the ships ; and that they had sent for him as one who ...
... head ; who told Lord Northesk , " That the committee , with one voice , had come to a declaration of the terms on which alone , without the smallest alteration , they would give up the ships ; and that they had sent for him as one who ...
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... head from her body ; and turning towards the nobles around him , with looks wild and furious , " This steel , " says , he to them , " can sever even the powerful fetters of love ! " BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES . No. 1 . EARL HOWE Was the ...
... head from her body ; and turning towards the nobles around him , with looks wild and furious , " This steel , " says , he to them , " can sever even the powerful fetters of love ! " BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES . No. 1 . EARL HOWE Was the ...
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... head of a body of cavalry , and after a severe action , obliged to retrace his steps , and take refuge in the Desert . G The army , which landed at Aboukir nine thousand strong. TALES OF THE WARS ; A Sailor's The Battle of Aboukir.
... head of a body of cavalry , and after a severe action , obliged to retrace his steps , and take refuge in the Desert . G The army , which landed at Aboukir nine thousand strong. TALES OF THE WARS ; A Sailor's The Battle of Aboukir.
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Page 338 - All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o'er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower.
Page 6 - 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,
Page 6 - Hardy observed that he hoped Mr. Beatty could yet hold out some prospect of life. " Oh no ! " he replied, " it is impossible ; my back is shot through. Beatty will tell you so.
Page 192 - 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, therefore, was to keep entirely on the outer side of the French line, and station his ships, as far as he was able, one on the outer bow, and another on the outer quarter, of each of the enemy's. This...
Page 22 - The death of Nelson was felt in England as something more than a public calamity: men started at the intelligence, and turned pale, as if they had heard of the loss of a dear friend. An object of our admiration and affection, of our pride and of our hopes, was suddenly taken from us; and it seemed as if we had never, till then, known how deeply we loved and reverenced him.
Page 196 - L'Orient, that when you have finished your military career in this world, you may be buried in one of your trophies. But that that period may be far distant is the earnest wish of your sincere friend, Benjamin Hallowell.
Page 6 - And upon Beatty's inquiring whether his pain was very great ? he replied, " So great, that he wished he was dead. Yet," said he, in a lower voice, " one would like to live a little longer, too...
Page 196 - ... between a disabled ship on the dexter, and a ruinous battery on the sinister, all proper ; and for his crest, on a naval crown or, the chelengk, or plume, presented to him by the Turk, with the motto...
Page 5 - ... 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.
Page 39 - AMONG the liberal donations of our countrymen to the fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of the brave men who fell in the...