the guns and evacuated it. Nelson embarked at daybreak, being the last person who left the shore; h...
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have been better that I had not been thus cheered, if I am so soon to be bereaved of you again. Let...
"bundling them up," in the lively expression of Collingwood, "with as much composure as he would ha...
among them, they were struck with his stately person, his dignified manners, and imposing talents. ...
length in getting the boat afloat; for it had grounded with the falling tide. Nisbet took one of th...
accompanied them; and it was agreed that, in consideration of the succours, both military and naval...
under Buonaparte at Toulon. The defeat of this armament, whatever might be its destination, was dee...
good ship, and was several times nearly overset in consequence of the masts having been made much t...
ithers! I saw ye once in the Hags, in my ain howl, and I was wae to see ye there - in pairt for the...
Sir Richard sent an account of this to the Admiralty; but the case could admit of no doubt, and Cap...
time a bewildered fear of this explosive engine in his arms, whose works he did not understand, and...
dressing-room, "Good God! if I did not find that great little man, of whom everybody is so afraid, ...
Whaup, curlew. Whiles, sometimes. Windlestae, crested dog's-tail, grass. Wund, wind. Yin, one. ...
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson by Robert Southey TO JOHN WILSON CROKER ESQ., LL.D., F.R.S., SEC...
the chance of extricating themselves. Young as he was, Nelson was appointed to command one of the b...