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The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson

CHAPTER VII
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Hardy and Freemantle landed with him.

This was a thing as unexampled as the other circumstances of the battle.

A strong guard was appointed to escort him to the palace, as much for the purpose of security as of honour.

The populace, according to the British account, showed a mixture of admiration, curiosity, and displeasure, at beholding that man in the midst of them who had inflicted such wounds upon Denmark.

But there were neither acclamations nor murmurs.


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