NelsonMacmillan, 1900 - 240 pages |
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64-gun ship action Admiral Admiralty afterwards Agamemnon anchored Antigua appointed attack batteries blockade Boreas Brest broadside Burnham Thorpe Ça Ira Cadiz Cape François Captain captain's servant capture Collingwood command Commander-in-Chief convoy Corsica cruise Culloden despatch doubt Dreadnought Earl Edmund Nelson enemy enemy's England English fleet English ships father fire flag force Forrest France French fleet French ships frigate Gibraltar guns Hood's Horatio Nelson Hotham Hughes hundred Jamaica Jervis joined Lady Hamilton later Leghorn letter lieutenant line of battle Locker Lord Hawke Lord Hood Lord St March Mediterranean midshipman Moutray Naples naval Navy Neapolitan Nelson wrote Norfolk North Walsham October officers passed port present probably promoted put to sea quarter-deck sail San Fiorenzo Seahorse seamen sent ship's company shore signal Sir Roger Townshend Spain Spaniards squadron Suckling Suckling's Toulon Townshend troops Troubridge Victory Villeneuve Vincent Walpole West Indies William Wolterton wounded young
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Page 190 - May the great God whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it, and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet!
Page 17 - The Admiralty so smile upon me, that really I am as much surprised as when they frowned. Lord Chatham yesterday made many apologies for not having given me a Ship before this time...
Page 6 - This little incident has often occurred to my mind ; and I know it is my disposition, that difficulties and dangers do but increase my desire of attempting them.
Page 62 - ... on the quarterdeck of a Spanish First-rate, extravagant as the story may seem, did I receive the swords of vanquished Spaniards, which, as I received, I gave to William Fearney, one of my bargemen, who put them with the greatest sangfroid under his arm.
Page 134 - To THE BROTHERS OF ENGLISHMEN, THE DANES. Lord Nelson has directions to spare Denmark when no longer resisting. But if the firing is continued on the part of Denmark, Lord Nelson will be obliged to set on fire all the floating batteries he has taken, without having the power of saving the brave Danes who have defended them.
Page 65 - It added very much to the satisfaction which I felt in thumping the Spaniards, that I released you a little. The highest rewards are due to you and Culloden : you formed the plan of attack, — we were only accessories to the Don's ruin ; for, had they got on the other tack, they would have been sooner joined, and the business would have been less complete.
Page 40 - Now had we taken ten sail, and had allowed the eleventh to escape, when it had been possible to have got at her, I could never have called it well done.
Page 1 - Too infamous to have a friend; Too bad for bad men to commend, Or good to name; beneath whose weight Earth groans; who hath been spared by Fate Only to show, on Mercy's plan, How far and long God bears with man.
Page 6 - I have an exceeding good ship's company. Not a man or officer in her I would wish to change ! " Then the ship's company were " as good a set of men as ever he saw " ; Mitchell, a mate, was "an exceeding good petty officer"; Bromwich, a lieutenant, was a " very good officer " ; the master was " the best master he ever saw since he went CHAP, ii CAPTAIN OF THE ALBEMARLE 25 to sea." It was needless to say he was happy in his ship's company, and " no one could be happier in their officers than he was.