Memoir of the life of admiral sir Edward Codrington, with selections from his correspondence, ed. by lady Bourchier, Volum 1 |
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Side 10
... continued so strong to the last , that when I proposed leaving him at Birch Cove , within five miles of Halifax , that he might rest himself and get some breakfast whilst I went on to report our safety , he almost quarrelled with me ...
... continued so strong to the last , that when I proposed leaving him at Birch Cove , within five miles of Halifax , that he might rest himself and get some breakfast whilst I went on to report our safety , he almost quarrelled with me ...
Side 15
... continued on the quarter - deck quickening his pace , -his usual way of showing his anxiety . Observing this , I said to him , What's the matter , old boy ? you seem uneasy . ' ' The matter is , Master Codrington , we shall all be lost ...
... continued on the quarter - deck quickening his pace , -his usual way of showing his anxiety . Observing this , I said to him , What's the matter , old boy ? you seem uneasy . ' ' The matter is , Master Codrington , we shall all be lost ...
Side 17
... continued , the ' Queen Charlotte ' leading under all the sail she could bear ; some of the smaller two - deckers dropping astern with signals that they were overpressed with sail . At about 4 o'clock p.m. the Black Joke ' was seen to ...
... continued , the ' Queen Charlotte ' leading under all the sail she could bear ; some of the smaller two - deckers dropping astern with signals that they were overpressed with sail . At about 4 o'clock p.m. the Black Joke ' was seen to ...
Side 26
... continued with the ' Juste ' on the larboard and the Jacobin ' on the starboard side . ( Juste ' red - sided ship . ) Lord Howe sent down Larcom to say we were firing into Invincible , ' and to cease firing . Q. Charlotte , . Juste Q ...
... continued with the ' Juste ' on the larboard and the Jacobin ' on the starboard side . ( Juste ' red - sided ship . ) Lord Howe sent down Larcom to say we were firing into Invincible , ' and to cease firing . Q. Charlotte , . Juste Q ...
Side 30
... continued enveloped in sms , 1 fact wight have escaped him and re- having thus ( as it might have been ) ting a decisive battle at the close was , as he had himself told me , he required is captains conducted themselves . vsa ne à ...
... continued enveloped in sms , 1 fact wight have escaped him and re- having thus ( as it might have been ) ting a decisive battle at the close was , as he had himself told me , he required is captains conducted themselves . vsa ne à ...
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Side 186 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.