| Edgar Vincent - 2003 - 654 pages
...replied, 'But not my right hand as I have the honour of presenting Captain Berry to you; and besides may it please your Majesty I can never think that...which the performance of my duty has occasioned; and as long as I have a foot to stand on, I will combat for my King and Country.'6 Nicolas believes that... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 848 pages
...he had sustained, which he feared might deprive the country of his future services. Nelson replied, "I can never think that a loss which the performance...stand on, I will combat for my king and country." When the rear-admiral's arm was amputated, a nerve had been taken up with, or instead of, an artery,... | |
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