The English Illustrated Magazine, Volume 17Macmillan and Company, 1897 |
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Admiral ANNE BRONTË asked beautiful Ben Nevis better bird Boffin British Buckingham Palace called Charles Kean colour cried Crimea dark door Duke England English eyes face father fire followed French Gascoigne's aunt George girl guns Hanbury hand head heard heart horse hour King knew Lady Hamilton Lady Nelson laughed Lesbia light lived London looked Lord Lord Nelson Majesty Majesty's marriage married ment miles mind Miss morning Nelson never night officers once Palace passed perhaps Prince Prince Consort Princess Queen reign replied round royal Sebastopol seemed seen Serena Ann Shah ships side smile Spunyarn square miles stood tell thing thought tion told Tomboy took turned Victorian era Victory voice walked watch wife William William Wynne Ryland woman young
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Pagina 233 - O'er the deadly space between. " Hearts of oak ! " our captains cried, when each gun From its adamantine lips Spread a death-shade round the ships, Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun.
Pagina 668 - The pangs of guilty power or hapless love ; Rest here, distress'd by poverty no more, Here find that calm thou gav'st so oft before; Sleep undisturb'd, within this peaceful shrine, Till angels wake thee with a note like thine ' '.
Pagina 652 - 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 649 - England has had many heroes ; but never one who so entirely possessed the love of his fellow-countrymen as Nelson. All men knew that his heart was as humane as it was fearless ; that there was not in his nature the slightest alloy of selfishness or cupidity; but that with perfect and entire devotion he served his country with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, and therefore they loved him as truly and as fervently as he loved England.
Pagina 649 - Many were in tears, and many knelt down before him, and blessed him as he passed. England has had many heroes ; but never one who so entirely possessed the love of his fellow-countrymen as Nelson. All men knew that his heart was as humane as it was fearless ; that there was not in his nature the slightest alloy of selfishness or cupidity; but that with perfect and entire devotion...
Pagina 652 - If your Lordship will permit me to substitute the expects for confides the signal will soon be completed, because the word expects is in the vocabulary, and confides must be spelt.
Pagina 649 - 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. If it is his good providence to cut short my days upon earth, I bow with the greatest submission ; relying that he will protect those...
Pagina 26 - What precious moments," said he, "the Courts of Naples and Vienna are losing! Three months would liberate Italy ; but this Court is so enervated, that the happy moment will be lost. I am very unwell ; and their miserable conduct is not likely to cool my irritable temper. It is a country of fiddlers and poets, whores and scoundrels.
Pagina 362 - The severe and afflicting loss which the nation has sustained by the death of his Majesty, my beloved uncle, has devolved upon me the duty of administering the government of this empire. This awful responsibility...
Pagina 260 - God be thanked, the meanest of his creatures Boasts two soul-sides, one to face the world with, One to show a woman when he loves her!