A Voyage Up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure: One of the Squadron Under the Command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson |
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Admiral againſt Alexandria alfo alſo anchored appearance army arrived Bellerophon boats Bonapartè Britiſh Cadiz Captain Hallowell caſtle cauſe circumſtances cloſe coaft coaſt command Commodore courſe deſtroyed diſcovered diſpatches diſtance Earl of St Egypt enemy Engliſh eſcape failed fame fent feveral fhip fhore fide fignal fince fire firſt fituation flag Fleet Street fome foon fquadron French French fleet freſh frigate fuch fuperior furrounding Gibraltar gun-boats guns Haffan handſome harbour himſelf honour HORATIO NELSON houſe inſtantly iſland laſt Leander Lieutenant loft Mamaluk Midshipman Minorca moſt muſt Naples Nelſon obferved occafion officers paffed Palermo poffeffion port preſent priſoners purpoſe Rear Admiral repreſents reſt rock ſame ſaw ſcene ſea ſeeing ſeemed ſeen ſent ſervice ſeveral ſhe ſhip ſhore ſhot ſhould ſmall ſome ſtate ſtation ſuch ſuffered ſupply Swiftfure themſelves theſe thoſe Toulon town Troubridge Turkiſh Turks uſe Vanguard veffels Vincent White Fleet whoſe wounded
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Page ii - The blood of man should never be shed but to redeem the blood of man. It is well shed for our family, for our friends, for our God, for our country, for our kind. The rest is vanity .. the rest is crime.
Page 93 - AVE, mari magno, turbantibus aequora ventis, E terra magnum alterius spectare laborem : Non quia vexari quemquam est jucunda voluptas, Sed , quibus ipse malis careas , quia cernere suave est.
Page ix - Thrice happy they beneath their northern skies, Who that worst fear — the fear of death — despise Hence they no cares for this frail being feel, But rush undaunted on the pointed steel ; Provoke approaching fate, and bravely scorn To spare that life which must so soon return.
Page vii - Far on the right, her dogs foul Scylla hides: Charybdis roaring on the left presides, And in her greedy whirlpool sucks the tides; Then spouts them from below: with fury driv'n, The waves mount up and wash the face of heav'n.
Page viii - By love to beauteous Arethusa led; And, mingling here, they roll in the same sacred bed.
Page 69 - Almighty God has blessed his Majesty's arms in the late battle by a great victory over the fleet. of the enemy, whom I attacked at sunset on the 1st of August, off the mouth of the Nile.
Page 70 - Their high state of discipline is well known to you, and with the judgment of the Captains, together with their valour, and that of the Officers and...
Page 15 - Sicanio praetenta sinu iacet insula contra Plemyrium undosum ; nomen dixere priores Ortygiam. Alpheum fama est hue Elidis amnem occultas egisse vias subter mare ; qui nunc 695 ore, Arethusa, tuo Siculis confunditur undis.
Page 63 - By the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord " High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland, &c.
Page 70 - Lieutenant, Mr. Cuthbert, that I have given him an order to command her till your Lordship's pleasure is known. The Ships of the Enemy, all but their two rear Ships, are nearly dismasted: and...