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The Life Of Of The Right Honourable Baron Nelson Of The Nile, &C. &C. &C.
THE LIFE OF OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE BARON NELSON OF THE NILE , & c . & c . & c .
THE SCIENTIFICMAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY , FOR NOVEMBER ,. 1798 .
WITH AN ELEGANT ' . PORTRAIT ,
/ fu-IARACTERS eminent for the display of real worth and true ^ heroism have seldom escaped the pen of the historian . The incense of public favour will ever bear a relation to the worth and extent of those actions , which challenge . grateful acknowledgment ; and men conspicuous for the rank they hold in life , as well as for the possession of superior abilities in those professions to which they have applied their talents from early youthwill command respect at
, the same time that they create confidence . In no profession have Englishmen shonejwith greater credit to themselves , and with more honour to their country , than in that of which the subject of this memoir is an illustrious member . We have had occasion to celebrate the names of Rodney and Hood in the last , and of Howe , Duncan , Jervis , and Nelson in the present war .
The heroic exploits , the splendid deeds of valour , the generous exhibitions of humanity and fortitude united in . the persons of each of these great men , have raised the character of Britons to a pitch of enviable greatness . In the manly and firm prosecution of the duty imposed on them by their country they have ever acted as British seamen , which includes , in the appellation , determined per ? severance and disinterested virtue .
' Never shall sink Britannia's naval fire , While rous'd to glory by her Thomson ' s lyre : Responsive to his lay , her genius long In act shall realize the raptur'd song . His fancy heard—what time the angelic tifin Hail'd thebless'd Isle emerging froui the main ,. With seraph hand their golden viols strung , And to his ear the hymn prophetic sung : —
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The Life Of Of The Right Honourable Baron Nelson Of The Nile, &C. &C. &C.
THE LIFE OF OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE BARON NELSON OF THE NILE , & c . & c . & c .
THE SCIENTIFICMAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY , FOR NOVEMBER ,. 1798 .
WITH AN ELEGANT ' . PORTRAIT ,
/ fu-IARACTERS eminent for the display of real worth and true ^ heroism have seldom escaped the pen of the historian . The incense of public favour will ever bear a relation to the worth and extent of those actions , which challenge . grateful acknowledgment ; and men conspicuous for the rank they hold in life , as well as for the possession of superior abilities in those professions to which they have applied their talents from early youthwill command respect at
, the same time that they create confidence . In no profession have Englishmen shonejwith greater credit to themselves , and with more honour to their country , than in that of which the subject of this memoir is an illustrious member . We have had occasion to celebrate the names of Rodney and Hood in the last , and of Howe , Duncan , Jervis , and Nelson in the present war .
The heroic exploits , the splendid deeds of valour , the generous exhibitions of humanity and fortitude united in . the persons of each of these great men , have raised the character of Britons to a pitch of enviable greatness . In the manly and firm prosecution of the duty imposed on them by their country they have ever acted as British seamen , which includes , in the appellation , determined per ? severance and disinterested virtue .
' Never shall sink Britannia's naval fire , While rous'd to glory by her Thomson ' s lyre : Responsive to his lay , her genius long In act shall realize the raptur'd song . His fancy heard—what time the angelic tifin Hail'd thebless'd Isle emerging froui the main ,. With seraph hand their golden viols strung , And to his ear the hymn prophetic sung : —