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 6
... hope that our loss would be a sore affliction to our parents , as well as to our shipmates and other friends ; and we were each fully sensible that to die then were merely to indulge in a delight- ful sleep , almost too attractive to ...
... hope that our loss would be a sore affliction to our parents , as well as to our shipmates and other friends ; and we were each fully sensible that to die then were merely to indulge in a delight- ful sleep , almost too attractive to ...
Side 7
... hope of final success ; and I began to regret that I had bound myself to encumbrances but for which I might have insured my own safety , when I suddenly fell flat on my face . For the immediate cause of this , in my then almost bewil ...
... hope of final success ; and I began to regret that I had bound myself to encumbrances but for which I might have insured my own safety , when I suddenly fell flat on my face . For the immediate cause of this , in my then almost bewil ...
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... hope I shall find you a better one than that ; it is a very inferior service to that in which I may probably have to employ you . In case of battle with the fleet , when it may not be in my power to make signals , I may have occasion to ...
... hope I shall find you a better one than that ; it is a very inferior service to that in which I may probably have to employ you . In case of battle with the fleet , when it may not be in my power to make signals , I may have occasion to ...
Side 15
... hope it won't be my watch , that's all . ' ' Oh Master Codrington , it's more serious than you think . ' Seeing that he was really uneasy , from his adding that he wished he could speak to Lord Howe about it , I said , ' Why not send in ...
... hope it won't be my watch , that's all . ' ' Oh Master Codrington , it's more serious than you think . ' Seeing that he was really uneasy , from his adding that he wished he could speak to Lord Howe about it , I said , ' Why not send in ...
Side 46
... hope may take place ; and though the labour may be Herculean , I trust the success may be as complete as his was . ' Orion , ' dear old Orion , ' sailed yesterday I think better than any- thing excepting Revenge , ' whose superiority is ...
... hope may take place ; and though the labour may be Herculean , I trust the success may be as complete as his was . ' Orion , ' dear old Orion , ' sailed yesterday I think better than any- thing excepting Revenge , ' whose superiority is ...
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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.