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... neral procession . His left hand rests upon the shield of the house of Saxony , of which he is the tutelary genius . The fourth group , which occupies the upper part of the pyra- mid , is of a more exalted character . The figure of ...
... neral procession . His left hand rests upon the shield of the house of Saxony , of which he is the tutelary genius . The fourth group , which occupies the upper part of the pyra- mid , is of a more exalted character . The figure of ...
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... neral towards Jones , stood the first article of complaint in our subsequent declaration of war against Holland . He left the Texel in the Alliance on the 27th of December , made his passage safe through the Channel in defiance of all ...
... neral towards Jones , stood the first article of complaint in our subsequent declaration of war against Holland . He left the Texel in the Alliance on the 27th of December , made his passage safe through the Channel in defiance of all ...
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... neral information on all subjects of practical importance - gross adulation or vituperative abuse equally to be avoided- " truth " to be the motto from which the editor should never swerve - and then the pathetic sen- tence for a finale ...
... neral information on all subjects of practical importance - gross adulation or vituperative abuse equally to be avoided- " truth " to be the motto from which the editor should never swerve - and then the pathetic sen- tence for a finale ...
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... neral , who are not in the same sense poor people , feed not so fully , believe me , in Scotland as in England . Shepherd . - Nor sae frequently in ae day . Five times is common in England . In Scot- land , never mair nor three - often ...
... neral , who are not in the same sense poor people , feed not so fully , believe me , in Scotland as in England . Shepherd . - Nor sae frequently in ae day . Five times is common in England . In Scot- land , never mair nor three - often ...
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... neral's house . She said that he had grossly insulted her . Now came a serious inquiry ; and with much difficulty he gained the in- formation he sought . A burst of laughter followed : but when the story became known , the laugh was so ...
... neral's house . She said that he had grossly insulted her . Now came a serious inquiry ; and with much difficulty he gained the in- formation he sought . A burst of laughter followed : but when the story became known , the laugh was so ...
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Page 145 - Take care of my dear Lady Hamilton, Hardy; take care of poor Lady Hamilton. Kiss me, Hardy ! ' ' said he. Hardy knelt down and kissed his cheek, and Nelson said : "Now I am satisfied. Thank God, I have done my duty I" Hardy stood over him in silence for a moment or two, then knelt again, and kissed his forehead.
Page 365 - And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
Page 144 - Hardy, who was a few steps from him, turning round, saw three men raising him up. "They have done for me at last, Hardy!
Page 145 - 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.
Page 144 - Redoutable, supposing that she had struck, because her great guns were silent; for, as she carried no flag, there was no means of instantly ascertaining the fact. From this ship, which he had thus twice spared, he received his death. A ball...
Page 146 - ... grief. So perfectly, indeed, had he performed his part, that the maritime war after the battle of Trafalgar was considered at an end : the fleets of the enemy were not merely defeated, but destroyed : new navies must be built, and a new race of seamen reared for them, before the possibility of their invading our shores could again be contemplated.
Page 145 - Kiss me, Hardy," said he. Hardy knelt down and kissed his cheek, and Nelson said, " Now I am satisfied. Thank God I have done my duty." Hardy stood over him in silence for a moment or two, then knelt again and kissed his forehead. "Who is that?" said Nelson; and being informed, he replied,
Page 145 - It was soon perceived, upon examination, that the wound was mortal. This, however, was concealed from all except Captain Hardy, the chaplain, and the medical attendants. He himself being certain, from the sensation in his back, and the gush of blood...
Page 124 - I think, from the complexity of its mechanism, and the delicacy of many of its parts, that it should always be liable to derangement, or that it would soon work itself out. Yet shall this wonderful machine go, night and day, for eighty years together, at the rate of a hundred thousand strokes every twenty-four hours, having, at every stroke, a great resistance to overcome ; and shall continue this action for this length of time, without disorder, and without weariness.
Page 365 - If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.