Nelson was dissatisfied with himself, and therefore weary of the world. This feeling he now frequen...
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to send them, hostages and all, to Old Nick, and surprise him with a group of nobility and republic...
What this general thought it imprudent to attempt, Nelson and Troubridge effected without his assis...
not submit patiently, and that he was a broken-hearted man. From the time of his return from Egypt,...
have been better that I had not been thus cheered, if I am so soon to be bereaved of you again. Let...
among them, they were struck with his stately person, his dignified manners, and imposing talents. ...
accompanied them; and it was agreed that, in consideration of the succours, both military and naval...
Lord Hood had now returned to England, and the command devolved on Admiral Hotham. The affairs of t...
selves than to their enemies. So rapid was the conflagration, that the French in their official acc...
to the want of assistance from the AGAMEMNON. Had the force for which Nelson applied been given him...
the guns and evacuated it. Nelson embarked at daybreak, being the last person who left the shore; h...
"bundling them up," in the lively expression of Collingwood, "with as much composure as he would ha...
length in getting the boat afloat; for it had grounded with the falling tide. Nisbet took one of th...
under Buonaparte at Toulon. The defeat of this armament, whatever might be its destination, was dee...
Poll's. And I want to ask of you as a friend whether you like the prospect? There are two horns to ...