 Berry caught him in his arms as he was falling. The great effusion of blood occasioned an apprehension that the wound was mortal: Nelson himself thought so: a large flap of the skin of the...  The Life of Nelson - Page 238by Robert Southey - 1813 - 280 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...victory was already cer-1 tain. The third, fourth, and fifth, were taken possession of at halfpast eight. Meantime Nelson received a severe wound on the head from a piece of landgridge shot. Captain Berry caught him in his arms as he was falling. The great effusion of blood... | |
 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 pages
...had been dismasted within a quarter of an hour after the commencement of the action ; and the others in that time suffered so severely, that victory was...received a severe wound on the head from a piece of landgrige shot. Captain Berry caught him in his arms as he was falling. The great effusion of blood... | |
 | John Chambers - 1829 - 698 pages
...story is another question." We need not relate the event, it is known to all the world. In this action Nelson received a severe wound on the head from a piece of iron : the skin of his forehead being cut with it at right angles, hung down on his face; but this... | |
 | John Chambers - Norfolk (England) - 1829 - 530 pages
...story is another question." We need not relate the event, it is known to all the world. In this action Nelson received a severe wound on the head from a piece of iron : the skin of his forehead being cut with it at right angles, hung down on his face; but this... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1830 - 354 pages
...French line had been dismasted within a quarter of an hour after the commencement of the action ; and the others had in that time suffered so severely,...wound on the head from a piece of langridge shot. Capt. Berry caught him in his arms as he was falling. The great effusion of blood occasioned an apprehension... | |
 | British and foreign sailors' society - 1836 - 446 pages
...maritime people." — Literary Gazette, No. 994. NELSON WOUNDED AT ABOUKIR. EARLY in the battle Admiral Nelson received a severe wound on the head from a...Captain Berry caught him in his arms as he was falling. Nelson and all around him thought, from the great effusion of blood, that he was killed. When he was... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1835 - 772 pages
...would have escaped to convey the mournful tidings to France.1 Early in the battle, the English admiral received a severe wound on the head, from a piece...Captain Berry caught him in his arms as he was falling. Nelson, and all around him, thought, from the great effusion of blood, that he was killed. When he... | |
 | Great Britain - 1836 - 480 pages
...French line had been dismasted within a quarter of an hour after the commencement of the action ; and the others had in that time suffered so severely,...third, fourth, and fifth were taken possession of at half-past eight. Meantime Nelson received a severe wound on the head from a piece of langridge shot.... | |
 | 1836 - 884 pages
...within a quarter of an hour after the commencement of the action ; and the others had in that ' lime suffered so severely, that victory was already certain....third, fourth, and fifth were taken possession of at half-past eight. Meantime Nelson received a severe wound on the head from a piece of langridge shot.... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1841 - 764 pages
...convey the mournful tidings to France (1). »„„i „i Early in the battle, the English admiral received a severe wound **"• on the head, from a piece of Langridge shot. Captain Berry caught hiinin his arms as he was falling. Nelson, and all around him, thought, from the great effusion of... | |
| |
