The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain, Volume 2Little, Brown, 1897 - 348 pagina's This two-volume 1897 biography examines the life and legacy of Admiral Lord Nelson. Lord Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, KB was a British flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. |
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The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain, Volume 2 Alfred Thayer Mahan Volledige weergave - 1899 |
The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain, Volume 2 Alfred Thayer Mahan Volledige weergave - 1897 |
The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain, Volume 2 Alfred Thayer Mahan Volledige weergave - 1897 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
action admiral Admiralty allies anchored arrived attack Baltic batteries battle BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN believe Blackwood boats Bonaparte Brest Britain British fleet Cadiz Captain coast Collingwood combined fleets command commander-in-chief Copenhagen Country cruisers Danes Danish dear defence Denmark Egypt enemy enemy's England feel Ferrol fight flag flagship force France French fleet frigates Gibraltar give Hardy honour hope hostile island Keith Lady Hamilton Lady Nelson leave letter London Lord Nelson Lordship Malta Mediterranean Merton miles mind Minister Minto movements Naples naval neutral never officer once opinion orders Palermo passed port position present received Russian sail Sardinia sent ships ships-of-the-line shore Sicily signal Sir Hyde Parker Sir John Orde Spanish squadron station Straits tells thought tion told Toulon Trafalgar Trekroner troops Troubridge vessels Victory Villeneuve Vincent West Indies wind wish words wrote Nelson
Populaire passages
Pagina 381 - 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!
Pagina 395 - Doctor, I have not been a great sinner": and after a short pause, "Remember that I leave Lady Hamilton and my daughter Horatia as a legacy to my country.
Pagina 348 - Something must be left to chance; nothing is sure in a Sea Fight beyond all others. Shot will carry away the masts and yards of friends as well as foes; but I look with confidence to a Victory before the Van of the Enemy could succour their Rear...
Pagina 335 - May the great God, whom I adore, enable me to fulfil the expectations of my 30 country ! and, if it is his good pleasure that I should return, my thanks will never cease being offered up to the throne of his mercy.
Pagina 342 - Line of Battle in variable winds, thick weather, and other circumstances which must occur, without such a loss of time that the opportunity would probably be lost of bringing the Enemy to Battle in such a manner as to make the business decisive, I have therefore made up my mind to keep the Fleet in that position of sailing (with the exception of the First and Second in Command), that the Order of Sailing is to be the Order of Battle...
Pagina 392 - I am going fast; it will be all over with me soon. Come nearer to me. Let my dear Lady Hamilton have my hair, and all other things belonging to me.
Pagina 94 - Egypt ; he had won the day by disobeying his orders, and in so far as he had been successful, had convicted the commander-in-chief of an error in judgment. ' Well,' said he as he left the Elephant, ' I have fought contrary to orders, and I shall perhaps be hanged ! Never mind, let them...
Pagina 392 - 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, '
Pagina 345 - Captains are to look to their particular line as their rallying point. But, in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood, no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy.
Pagina 298 - I am fearful that you may think that the Superb does not go so fast as I could wish. However that may be, (for if we all went ten knots, I should not think it fast enough,) yet I would have you be assured that I know and feel that the Superb does all which is possible for a ship to accomplish; and I desire that you will not fret upon the occasion.