 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 824 pages
...at an ' end. The fiVeta of the enemy were not merely defeat* d, but destroyed ; new nnvies innst he built, and a new race of seamen reared for them, before the possibility of their invading our shoes could again be contemplated. It was not, therefore, front any selfish reflection upon the magnitude... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1881 - 348 pages
...battle of Trafalgar, was considered at an end ; the fleets of the enemy were not merely defeated but destroyed ; new navies must be built, and a new race...people of England grieved that funeral ceremonies, and public monuments, and posthumous rewards were all which they could now bestow upon him whom the... | |
 | Clemens Klöpper - English language - 1881 - 508 pages
...an honourable, we lament a disgraceful misfortune (Trusler). To mourn for the loss of his friends. It was not, therefore, from any selfish reflection...upon the magnitude of our loss, that we mourned for Nelson: the general sorrow was of higher character (Southey). Blessed are they that mourn, for they... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1882 - 442 pages
...battle of Trafalgar, was considered at an end. The fleets of the enemy were not merely defeated, but destroyed ; new navies must be built, and a new race...people of England grieved that funeral ceremonies, and public monuments, and posthumous rewards, were all which they could now bestow upon him whom the... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 328 pages
...battle of Trafalgar was considered at an end : the fleets of the enemy were not merely defeated, but destroyed : new navies must be built, and a new race...people of England grieved that funeral ceremonies, and public monuments, and posthumous rewards were all that they could now bestow upon him whom the... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1883 - 316 pages
...battle of Trafalgar, was considered at an end. The fleets of the enemy were not merely defeated, but destroyed. New navies must be built, and a new race...people of England grieved that funeral ceremonies, and public monuments, and posthumous rewards, were all which they could now bestow upon him, whom the... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1883 - 242 pages
...the fleets of the enemy were not merely defeated, but destroyed : new navies must be built, •>nd a new race of seamen reared for them, before the possibility...people of England grieved that funeral ceremonies, and public monuments and posthumous rewards, were all which they could now bestow upon him, whom the... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1884 - 296 pages
...battle of Trafalgar, was considered at an end. The fleets of the enemy were not merely defeated, but destroyed ; new navies must be built, and a new race...their invading our shores could again be contemplated. for him; the general sorrow was of a higher character. The people of England grieved that funeral ceremonies,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1885 - 328 pages
...battle of Trafalgar, was considered at an end. The fleets of the enemy were not merely defeated but destroyed; new navies must be built, and a new race...their invading our shores could again be contemplated. 3. It was not, therefore, from any selfish reflection upon the magnitude of our loss that we mourned... | |
 | Robert Southey - Great Britain - 1886 - 296 pages
...Trafalgar was considered at an end : the fleets of the enemy were not merely defeated, but destroyed ; ne\v navies must be built, and a new race of seamen reared...people of England grieved that funeral ceremonies, and public monuments, and posthumous rewards were all which they could now bestow upon him whom the... | |
| |
... greatest of our own, and of all former times, was scarcely taken into the account of grief. So perfectly indeed had he performed his part, that the maritime war, after the battle of Trafalgar, was considered at an end : the fleets of the enemy were... 
