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
... doubt not the others arose , as I did , with a determination to avoid similar follies thereafter , and to advise other young people to take warning by what we had undergone . In detailing this adventure of my early life , according to ...
... doubt not the others arose , as I did , with a determination to avoid similar follies thereafter , and to advise other young people to take warning by what we had undergone . In detailing this adventure of my early life , according to ...
Side 25
... doubt of there being room for the ' Queen Charlotte ' to go between them and get alongside her opponent ; upon which Bowen ( the master ) said , ' My lord , the " Queen Charlotte " will make room for herself . " And the Queen Charlotte ...
... doubt of there being room for the ' Queen Charlotte ' to go between them and get alongside her opponent ; upon which Bowen ( the master ) said , ' My lord , the " Queen Charlotte " will make room for herself . " And the Queen Charlotte ...
Side 33
... doubt it would have tended to place much higher the character of this great and exemp- lary Admiral . It is to be hoped that this deficiency will give rise to the production of the numerous other letters of Lord Howe , which no doubt ...
... doubt it would have tended to place much higher the character of this great and exemp- lary Admiral . It is to be hoped that this deficiency will give rise to the production of the numerous other letters of Lord Howe , which no doubt ...
Side 37
... doubt the whole , or nearly the whole , of the French squadron would either have been destroyed or captured , as the passage is very narrow , and can be entered only by one ship at a time , and that at slack water and a flowing tide ...
... doubt the whole , or nearly the whole , of the French squadron would either have been destroyed or captured , as the passage is very narrow , and can be entered only by one ship at a time , and that at slack water and a flowing tide ...
Side 43
... doubt your having made a proper and suitable selection , and I feel much obliged by the great interest you have ... doubts make Bourchier your judge , and you can't be far wrong . Not thinking this sufficiently explicit , I wrote again ...
... doubt your having made a proper and suitable selection , and I feel much obliged by the great interest you have ... doubts make Bourchier your judge , and you can't be far wrong . Not thinking this sufficiently explicit , I wrote again ...
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Admiral De Rigny Admiralty amongst anchor Areñs army arrival Asia attack August battle BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR betwixt Blake boats Cadiz Campo Verde Captain Codrington Catalonia chief coast command conduct Corfu dear dear Jane despatches doubt duty EDWARD CODRINGTON EDWD enemy England English Eroles fear feel fire fleet Flushing force French frigates Gibraltar give Government Greece Greek guns hear honour hope July Lacy land letter lieutenant Lord Cochrane Lord Nelson Lord Wellington Mataro morning Nauplia Navarin never night officers opinion Orion Pacha passed Peniscola poor port present Queen Charlotte received Rigny sail Salou sent September ships shore shot signal Sir E. C. Smyrna Spaniards Spanish squadron success Tarragona tell tion to-day told Tortosa town Treaty troops trust Turkish Turks Valencia vessels WALCHEREN EXPEDITION whilst whole wind wish wounded yesterday
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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.