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15233Captain HARDY then said:"Shall_ we_ make the signal, Sir?"
15233HIS LORDSHIP said:"Who is that?"
15233His LORDSHIP eagerly asked,"Whose top- gallant- yard is that gone?
15233How goes the day with us?"
15233Is it the Royal Sovereign''s?"
15233They shook hands affectionately, and Lord NELSON said:"Well, HARDY, how goes the battle?
16912--"Fear, grandmama,"innocently replied the child,"I never saw FEAR; what is it?"
16912A serjeant said--"You are a traitor; what have you been talking to the enemy?"
16912Are not two frigates, and a corvette, placed under my orders?
16912But, who have the government of Naples sent, to lead or encourage these people?
16912Has not the king received, as a conquest made by him, the republican flag taken at Goza?
16912Has not the king sent publicly, from Naples, guns, mortars,& c. with officers and artillery, to fight against the French in Malta?
16912Is not his flag shot at, every day, by the French; and returned, from batteries bearing the king''s flag?
16912Is not the king''s flag flying there, and at Malta; not only by the king''s absolute permission, but by his orders?
16912Why should not the navy possess honours equal to those of a military Marlborough?
16912and, when do we expect to behold the hero on whom they may with more propriety be bestowed?
15437Brand, and to present my letter to Lady Hamilton?
15437But, who have the government of Naples sent to lead or encourage these people?
15437Can we assist the poor foolish man with a_ character_?
15437Do you ever see Admiral and Mrs. Lutwidge?
15437Each tender word you say?
15437How is my dear Horatia?
15437I always thought Ruspoli a dirty fellow; but what has he done of late?
15437I wish them to be heard, only as they can be proved; and, being proved, may I hope for what I have now desired?
15437It is odd, is it not?
15437Suppose you had put it on nine parts out of ten of the ladies in company, would any one have appeared angelic?
15437What can I write him?
15437What do you say to a Spanish war?
15437What has Charles Connor been about?
15437What say you to a feet washing that night?
15437Where is my successor?
15437Where mark, with joy, each secret look Of love, from Nelson''s eyes?
15437Why not rather leave us at home, than go out with the impossibility of sport?
15437Why should you not have a private flag, known to your fleet and not to the enemy, when you shift it and go reconnoitring?
15437Why will you not ask me to dine with, him_ en famille?_{ Yes.}
15437Years pass seemingly in an instant; why, then, afraid of a few days?
15437Your resemblance is so deeply engraved in my heart, that there it can never be effaced: and, who knows?
15437should Emma treasure up Her Nelson''s smiles and sighs?
15437should she my Nelson''s love Record, each happy day?
15469Absence, to us, is equally painful: but, if I had either stayed at home, or neglected my duty abroad, would not my Emma have blushed for me?
15469Are these people mad; or, do they take me for quite a fool?
15469But, what comfort could I have had, for two whole days, at Deal?
15469Could even the oldest diplomatic character be drier?
15469Did the Duke, or any of them, give him a house_ then_?
15469Do n''t they feel his coming?
15469Do you ever see Castelcicala?
15469Does he care for me?
15469Has Mrs. Cadogan got my Peer''s robe?
15469Have we a nice church at Merton?
15469Have you not Merton?
15469I know but one; for, who can be like my Emma?
15469I know, he likes to be with you: but, shall he have that felicity, and_ he_ deprive me of it?
15469In short, she adores you; but, who does not?
15469Is it so very uncommon for such near relations to have some similitude?
15469Is my brother tired of Canterbury?
15469Is your head man a good person, and true to our interest?
15469Pray, have you got any picture from Mrs. Head''s?
15469What can I say more?
15469What can Reverend Sir want to be made a Doctor for?
15469What can be the use of keeping me here?
15469What do you think?
15469What has she to do with your love?
15469What, have your picture, and not hang it up?
15469What, leave my dearest friends, to dine with a minister?
15469Why did not the Duke assist Sir William, when he wanted his assistance?
15469Why not have the pictures from Davison''s, and those from Dodd''s; especially, my father''s, and Davison''s?
15469Why should he not be like him?
15469Why should he?
15469Why should it?
15469You ask me, Do you do right to give Charlotte things?
15469You ask me, my dear friend, if I am going on more expeditions?
15469You ask me, what Troubridge wrote me?
15469You have not lost the directions for unfolding them; nor the measure, that I may have frames made for them?
15469You say, my Dearest Friend, why do n''t I put my Chief forward?
15469but, what shall I do with him?
15469what can be the matter with him?
23504A shirt- collar and a pocket- comb? 23504 Are you really a captain already?"
23504But where are we going?
23504Had they been able to escape with the cattle?
23504Mr Ripley, will you take wine?
23504Oh, Malcolm, what shall we do?
23504What about the action, Judson?
23504What can she ever be to me more than she is at present?
23504Where is he? 23504 Who is that brave youngster?"
23504Who is there? 23504 Whom do you mean, Harry?"
23504Why, Cousin Harry, where have you dropped from?
23504Will this advance me in the service?
23504Will you help us to go and hunt the buffalo, then?
23504Would it be satisfactory to you to see him placed on the quarterdeck?
23504` Who is he?'' 23504 ` Will you go, Ned?''
23504Am I really free?"
23504At last I could not help crying out--"Oh, Malcolm, how is it that you can not see our danger?"
23504By the by, what is he called?"
23504Could he be the father of Pearce?
23504Do tell me how it is that you know so much about them-- have you ever been in their country?"
23504Do you know that tree?"
23504He then, jumping up from the sofa on which he had thrown himself exclaimed,"My dear uncle, where did you pick up that man?"
23504How was it to be afforded?
23504If a man is noble in himself what does it matter who his father was?
23504It never occurred to him to say,"Will this please my captain?"
23504It was a very gallant affair; but people asked,` What would Nelson have done?''
23504What do you say to that?
23504What does a midshipman want more?"
23504What is it?''"
23504When dangers have surrounded me, I have asked myself,"Am I engaged in the performance of my duty?
23504Where was our cottage?
23504Would a boat live in such a sea?
23504` Does no one on board know what to do?
23504` Is our signal for close action still hoisted?''
23504` What will Nelson think of us?''
23504what has happened?"
23504where our kind father and the faithful Sam?
23504who is there?"
16913Have I?
16913Is this, too, mine?
16913Our commander, our master, our father, our friend, our companion, is no more, and when shall we behold his equal? 16913 Will you, my dear Hardy?"
16913Are these things to be tolerated?
16913But, what shall I say, if Prince Luzzi has authorized this man to enter La Vilette, and to communicate with the enemy?
16913Can any thing compensate, to his family, the loss of such a brother?
16913Can it be real_?"
16913Captain Troubridge then asked this plain question--"If Lord Nelson breaks the armistice, will your eminence assist him in the attack of the castles?"
16913Could I have thought it; and, from Earl Spencer?
16913I say, he has, while I have one; what say you?"
16913If it should cause an insurrection in Naples, which did not succeed, would it not be worse?
16913If the Foudroyant is not ready, or in a state to fetch your lordship, what are your wishes?
16913Is it for the interest, is it for the honour, of the country, that they should not as speedily as possible be redressed?
16913Is it to be borne?
16913Our situation here is quiet; but who can say, if the French get into our neighbourhood, that we shall remain so?
16913Soon afterwards, his lordship asked--"Think you, that the British fleet has quitted Bornholm?
16913Then, as if asking the question, he repeated--"Doctor, I have not been a great sinner?"
16913What are your ideas of the king''s going into the Bay of Naples, without foreign troops?
16913What will his lordship say, when he reads the passports?
16913When shall we once more see our dear children?"
16913Who, then, shall say, on a just consideration of these indisputable facts, that this great man was amply rewarded by his country?
16913Why did he not take possession of them?
16913Why will your highness be thus led astray by evil counsellors; who can have no other object in view, but your ruin?
16913Would they have delivered them up to the then overpowered besiegers?
16913Would you dare to disturb him?"
16913said the merchant,"do you want it for the great Lord Nelson?"
947But what,he added,"would he do if he were here?
947Do you know,said he to Mr. Ferguson,"what is shown on board the Commander- in- Chief?
947Do you think,said he presently,"that our fleet has quitted Bornholm?
947Have we a nice church at Merton? 947 Have you not often heard,"says he in another letter,"that salt water and absence always wash away love?
947I,said he,"must buffet the waves in search of-- What?
947Well, Hardy,said Nelson,"how goes the day with us?"
947What can this mean?
947What will Nelson think of us?
947Who is that?
947You ask me, my dear friend,he says to Lady Hamilton,"if I am going on more expeditions?
947--"I hope,"said Nelson,"none of our ships have struck?"
947And under what circumstances, and with what pointed aggravation?
947Are not two frigates and a corvette placed under my orders ready to fight the French, meet them where they may?
947As a last hope, Caraccioli asked the lieutenant if he thought an application to Lady Hamilton would be beneficial?
947But from us what can they find out?
947Captain Berry, when he comprehended the scope of the design, exclaimed with transport,"If we succeed, what will the world say?"
947Does he care for me?
947Had he the authority of his Sicilian majesty for proceeding as he did?
947Has not the king sent publicly from Naples guns, mortars,& c., with officers and artillery, against the French in Malta?
947He brought an inquiry from the prince,--What was the object of Nelson''s note?
947He turned to those about him, and said,"Gentlemen, Thura is killed; which of you will take the command?"
947If I am in my grave, what are the mines of Peru to me?
947If I should presume to say, I hope to see you again, the question would be readily asked, How old art thou?
947If not, why were the proceedings hurried on without it?
947If so, why was not that authority produced?
947Is not his flag shot at every day by the French, and their shot returned from batteries which bear that flag?
947Is not his own flag flying there, and at Malta, not only by his permission, but by his order?
947Is your head- man a good person, and true to our interest?
947Tears of joy have involuntarily trickled down my furrowed cheeks: who could stand the force of such general congratulation?
947The Austrian repeatedly asked, if there was not a risk of losing the squadron?
947The commanding officer of the troops on board one of our ships asked where his men should be stationed?
947The question proposed to the people was, to which would they belong?
947Then shrugging up his shoulders, he repeated the words--"Leave off action?
947Was I to wait patiently until I heard certain accounts?
947Who was I to get it from?
947Why did he not take possession of them?
947Why was a second trial refused, when the known animosity of the president of the court against the prisoner was considered?
947Why was the execution hastened, so as to preclude any appeal for mercy, and render the prerogative of mercy useless?
947Will they let us have any?
947did you say?
947grandmama:"replied the future hero,"I never saw fear:--What is it?"
947said Nelson,"has not the king received, as a conquest made by him, the republican flag taken at Gozo?
15299Does Mr. Pitt,said he,"not know that Mr. Fox was of all persons most offensive to him?"
15299Had not Fox always cheered the popular Government of France, and had he not always advocated peace with bloodstained rebels? 15299 Well, Hardy,"says Nelson to him,"how goes the battle?"
15299What will Nelson think of us?
15299Who has lived as long as he chose? 15299 Would our ancestors have done it?"
15299And, after all, does not mine furnish, on the whole, a record which does me honour?
15299But have I anything to resemble these?
15299But what of Nelson?
15299Do you not think more highly of Nelson than of the best engineers who construct fortifications?
15299Do you suppose I did it in order that some disaster should be the result?
15299Drake quickly disillusioned him, and demanded,"If we are not at war, why have English merchants been arrested?"
15299For what other reason do you think I disobeyed orders?
15299Hardy is long in coming; he fears that he may be killed, and calls out,"Will no one bring Hardy to me?"
15299Is it an ideal ambition to bring it about?
15299Is it possible that he knew that Nelson was her father, and believed in the purity of his friendship for Emma and himself?
15299May not the people give their own Magistrate the name they choose?"
15299The colonies are to France only a secondary object; and does not your Majesty already possess more than you know how to preserve?
15299To destroy our finances?
15299To form a coalition with some Powers on the Continent?
15299To renew intestine troubles?
15299To wrest from France her colonies?
15299What business had he, as the first sailor in the world, to enter into such a compact with another man''s wife?
15299What difference would his lack of knowledge have made?
15299What family as numerous could make a finer impression?"
15299What family, in similar circumstances, would have done better?
15299What is the good of it if it turns out nothing but unrestrained confusion?
15299What need was there for Nelson to take umbrage at and violate the treaty made by Foote in the British name?
15299Where''s the foot will not flinch or fly?
15299Where''s the heart that aspires the fray?
15299Who can stop him?"
15299Who so confident as to defy Time, the fellest of mortals''foes Joints in his armour who can spy?
15299Why bleeds old England''s band By the fire of Danish land, That smites the very hand Stretched to save?
15299Why ceased not here the strife, Oh, ye brave?
15299Why"luckily"?
15299Will they let us have any?
15299Your nation is at the highest point of prosperity, what can it hope from war?
15299_ 3rd Verse_: Drake, he''s in his hammock till the great Armadas come,( Capten, art tha sleepin''there below?)
16915Can you cure madness?
16915Did you ever see such in almost any country? 16915 Have we a nice church at Merton?
16915Have you heard of any house? 16915 Is that poor Scott,"he said,"who is gone?"
16915Their destination, is it Ireland or the Levant? 16915 War or Peace?"
16915Well, Hardy,said Nelson,"how goes the battle?
16915What might not Bruix have done, had he done his duty?
16915What then?
16915What was it?
16915Where is our invasion to come from? 16915 Who is that?"
16915Will nobody bring Hardy to me?
16915Would our ancestors have done it? 16915 ''What did you say?'' 16915 ''What is to be done,''he said,''with admirals who allow their spirits to sink, and determine to hasten home at the first damage they receive? 16915 16[ For Close Action] still hoisted?'' 16915 39?'' 16915 A week before, on the 13th of May, the same officer had written:Where are you all this time?
16915Absence to us is equally painful: but, if I had either stayed at home, or neglected my duty abroad, would not my Emma have blushed for me?
16915And who more apt than Bonaparte to spread the impression that some such surprise was brewing?
16915And will Erskine be justified in sending men before his entirely uncertain arrival?
16915As it is, Ball can hardly keep the inhabitants in hope of relief; what then will it be if the Portuguese withdraw?
16915Besides, there is the further difficulty that a superior officer is expected from England, and what will he say?
16915Captain Hardy then said,"Shall we make the signal, Sir?"
16915Could even the oldest diplomatic character be drier?
16915Do you not think it would be better if you were not to meet the''Amazon''this night?"
16915Do you not think the fleet has sailed?''
16915Does he care for me?
16915Does he take me for a greater fool than I am?"
16915Had the victors at Copenhagen fought a desperate fight, and were they neglected?
16915He frequently asked,"What would you consider a victory?"
16915He had expressed himself grieved at being thus obliged to retreat, and nobly observed,''What will Nelson think of us?''
16915How can I repay his kindness?
16915How goes the day with us?"
16915I am in silent distraction.... My dearest wife, how can I bear our separation?
16915I have had the best disposed fleet of friends, but who can say what will be the event of a battle?
16915I should have fought the enemy, so did my friend Calder; but who can say that he will be more successful than another?
16915In whose interest would such a letter most likely be penned?
16915The lieutenant meeting his Lordship at the next turn asked,''whether he should repeat it?''
16915We shall want more victories yet, and to whom can we look for them?
16915What if the soldiers of the Grand Army never returned from England?
16915What will they say at home?
16915Who can stop him?"
16915Who can, my dear Freemantle, command all the success which our Country may wish?
16915Who should I consult but my friends?"
16915Who would turn them out?"
16915Why fight such odds?
16915going without your glass, and be d----d to you?
16915was his own comment upon that recent incursion; and who could tell how soon as great a force might appear again under an abler man?
16915what is to be done?''