| J. R. Miller - 1825 - 490 pagina’s
...endeavoured, but in vain, to prevail upon him to take them olf ; lo all their entreaties he replied — " In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them." The survivors were gratified with the thanks of both houses of parliament ; gold medala vrere awarded... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pagina’s
...his life would be exposed if he appeared on deck with these insignia visible upon him, he replied: " In honour I gained them ; and in honour I will die with them." When Captain Blackwood took leave of him to proceed on board his own ship, Nelson shook him by the... | |
| Old Humphrey - 1842 - 366 pagina’s
...should be too plainly seen by the enemy, but they were afraid to tell him so, because he had said, ' In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them.' " " 0 dear ! he should not have worn his stars.''' " The eifect produced by the signal given by Lord... | |
| 1844 - 580 pagina’s
...different orders with which he was invested ; the officers on board lamented such a display, which it was evident would expose him to certain death from the...heard to say, " In honour I gained them, and in honour 1 will die with them." He was in good spirits, but calm and sedate ; not in that exhilaration with... | |
| 1844 - 588 pagina’s
...officers on board lamented such a display, which it was evident would expose him to certain death 50 393 from the enemy's marksmen ; but they knew it was in...heard to say, " In honour I gained them, and in honour 1 will die with them." He was in good spirits, but calm and sedate ; not in that exhilaration with... | |
| Thomas Arnold - 1845 - 466 pagina’s
...; he having said on a former occasion, when requested to change his dress or to cover his stars, " In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them." The truth is, that Nelson wore on the day of Trafalgar the same coat which he had commonly worn for... | |
| Jules Michelet - 1847 - 440 pagina’s
...; he having said on a former occasion, when requested to change his dress or to cover his stars, " In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them." The truth is, that Nelson wore on the day of Trafalgar the same coat which he had commonly worn for... | |
| Thomas Arnold - 1849 - 336 pagina’s
...; he having said on a former occasion, when requested to change his dress or to cover his stars, " In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them." The truth is, that Nelson wore on the day of Trafalgar the same coat which he had commonly worn for... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1851 - 332 pagina’s
...ofa portunity of his officers, entreating coat' him to conceal the ftars on his breaft, by faying, " In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them." This is the heroic ftature of the Great Style. Tacitus could not have put a finer fentiment into the... | |
| George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 512 pagina’s
...his life would be exposed if he appeared on deck with these insignia visible upon him, he replied. " In honour I gained them ; and in honour I will die with them." When Captain Blackwood took leave of him to proceed on board his own ship, Nelson shook him by the... | |
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