ISBN: 1231097191

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Paperback, [EAN: 9781231097199], RareBooksClub.com, RareBooksClub.com, Book, [PU: RareBooksClub.com], RareBooksClub.com, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1813 Excerpt: ...spirits. The sky had suddenly become overeast; white flags were waving from the mast-heads of so many shattered ships:--the slaughter had ceased, but the gricf was to come; for the aecount of the dead was not yet made up, and no man could tell for what fricnds he might have to mourn. The very silence which follows the cessation of such a battle becomes a weight upon the heart at first, rather than a relicf: and though the work of mutual destruction was at an end, (he Danbrog was, at this time, drifting about in flames; presently she blew up; while our boats which had put oft in all directions to assist her, were endeavouring to reseue her devoted erew, few of whom could be saved. The late of these men, after the gallantry which they had displayed, particularly affected Nelson: for there was nothing in this action of that indignation against the enemy, and that impression of retributive justice, which, at the Nile, had given a sterner temper to his mind, and a sense of austere delight, in bcholding the vengeance of which he was the appointed minister. The Danes were an honourable foe; they were of English mould as well as English blood; and now that the battle had ceased, he regarded them rather as brethren than as enemics. Thero was another reflexion also, which mingled with these melancholy thoughts, and predisposed him to receive them. He was not here master of his own movements, as at Egypt: he had von the day by disobeying his orders; and, in so far as he had bcen It would have been well if the fleet, before they went under the batteries, had left their spare spars moored out of reach of shot. Many wonld have been saved which were destroyed lying on the booms, and the hurt done by their splinters would have been saved also. Small craft could have towed ..., 4948, England, 9332123011, Great Britain, 4935, Europe, 9, History, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 5035, World, 15812171, Civilization & Culture, 3825131, Expeditions & Discoveries, 4992, Jewish, 6343224011, Religious, 16244141, Slavery & Emancipation, 15812211, Women in History, 9, History, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<