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 vii
... feeling of honour which made professional duty always the first consideration , to the utter exclusion of all sordid or selfish views of personal advantage . His principle was , as stated in his private letters to his wife , to strive ...
... feeling of honour which made professional duty always the first consideration , to the utter exclusion of all sordid or selfish views of personal advantage . His principle was , as stated in his private letters to his wife , to strive ...
Side 10
... feeling seemed always to predominate in him . To the prevalence of this jealousy I attribute that un- willing effort which preceded my discovery of the road to McNab's ; and it continued so strong to the last , that when I proposed ...
... feeling seemed always to predominate in him . To the prevalence of this jealousy I attribute that un- willing effort which preceded my discovery of the road to McNab's ; and it continued so strong to the last , that when I proposed ...
Side 13
... feel myself in a higher situation as mid in your flagship than in any other ; ' and that , if I did my own duty properly , and showed proper obedience to those above me , I did not anticipate any difficulty in obtaining it from those ...
... feel myself in a higher situation as mid in your flagship than in any other ; ' and that , if I did my own duty properly , and showed proper obedience to those above me , I did not anticipate any difficulty in obtaining it from those ...
Side 25
... feeling this effect of the foremost guns of the Queen Charlotte , ' went away large . Upon this , the Queen Char- lotte's ' helm was put hard a starboard to recover her intended position alongside the French Admiral ; in doing which ...
... feeling this effect of the foremost guns of the Queen Charlotte , ' went away large . Upon this , the Queen Char- lotte's ' helm was put hard a starboard to recover her intended position alongside the French Admiral ; in doing which ...
Side 33
sir Edward Codrington Jane Barbara lady Bourchier. LORD HOWE . 33 feeling was not fear of his censure , but apprehension of not gaining his approbation . The naval service have looked long and anxiously for a life of this great Admiral ...
sir Edward Codrington Jane Barbara lady Bourchier. LORD HOWE . 33 feeling was not fear of his censure , but apprehension of not gaining his approbation . The naval service have looked long and anxiously for a life of this great Admiral ...
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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.