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What people are saying - Write a reviewUser Review - Flag as inappropriate Page 29 The hyperkinesis apparently comes from the maternal side in 6 cases; namely, Beresford, Cushing, Keith, Nelson, O'Brien, ... Page 150 It is clear that Jeremiah O'Brien is a typical hyperkinetic. "Into whatever undertaking he enlisted he threw his whole soul"; he was outspoken and fiercely ... Related booksContents
Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesadventure American Anne appointed army battle became Bibliography Blake born Brenton British brother captured Carolina Charles Children of Propositus Cochrane colonel command Commodore consort consort's F Dahlgren daughter David Porter Dewey died Earl Edward Elizabeth England entered the navy Family History Farragut fearless fighter fighting fleet fond France Franklin Buchanan Fraternity of Propositus French frigate George governor guns Henry Hiram Paulding Hyperkinetic Hypokinetic Island James John John Rodgers Keppel later lieutenant Lord Love of sea Macdonough Mahan Markham married Mary Maternal Matthew Flinders member of Parliament merchant midshipman Morris mother's father Naval Academy naval officers Nelson nomadic Parker Parliament Paternal side Paulding Pellew Perry Porter Preble rear admiral Richard Robert Rodgers Royal Navy sailed sailor Samuel Saumarez sea-lust served ship sons squadron Stockton temperament thalassophilic Thomas Thomas Macdonough traits United States army United States navy vessels West Indies William Wolseley York Popular passagesPage 141 - Leave off action!" he repeated, and then added, with a shrug, '"Now damn me if I do!' He also observed, I believe to Captain Foley, 'You know, Foley, I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes,' and then with an archness peculiar to his character, putting the glass to his blind eye, he exclaimed, 'I really do not Page 141 - the expectations of my country; and if it is His good pleasure that I should return, my thanks will never cease being offered up to the Throne of His mercy, Page 191 - on board was mixed with that manly firmness and evident wish to continue the war if it could be done with propriety, while he displayed the magnanimity of an American in declaring that we fought not for conquest but to maintain our just rights and national dignity. Page 142 - I have all night had a fever, which is very little abated this morning; my mind carries me beyond my strength, and will do me up; but such is my nature. I require nursing like a child Page 141 - May the great God whom I adore enable me to fulfill the expectations of my country; and if it is His good pleasure that I should return, my thanks will never cease being offered up to the Throne of His mercy, Page 120 - He forced the British to engage at a disadvantage by his excellent choice of position; and he prepared beforehand for every possible contingency. His skill, seamanship, quick eye, readiness of resource, and indomitable pluck are beyond all praise. Page 105 - he had slept perfectly well, for as he had taken every possible precaution he could before dark, he laid himself down with a conscious feeling that everything had been done which it was in his power to do for the safety of the ships . . . and Page 142 - I have now perfect use of all my limbs, except my left arm. which I can hardly tell what is the matter with it. From the shoulder to my fingers' ends are as if half dead. Page 80 - I consider it a great advantage to obtain command young, having observed, as a general rule, that persons who come into authority late in life shrink from responsibility and often break down under its weight. Page 141 - I feel myself, my dear Lord, as anxious to get a medal or a step in the peerage as if I had never got either. If I succeeded, and burnt the Dutch fleet, probably medals and an earldom. References from web pagesJSTOR: Naval Officers, Their Heredity and Development. Bibliographic information
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