...the Keys of Calais, of the Dragon of Rhodes, and we fear we must add, both Nelson’s plan of the Battle of the Nile, and likewise the exact form of the... ...n to her name, which signifies a lioness. Again, Rome had a tradition of a lady whose mother was in prison under sentence of death by hunger, but who,... ...e moved with pity, and granted a pardon. The same story is told of a Greek lady, called Euphrasia, who thus nourished her father; and in Scotland, in ... ...d on, not only within the city, but on the borders of the camp itself—’the lady with the lamp’, whose health and strength were freely devoted to the h... ... SONS THERS AND SONS THERS AND SONS THERS AND SONS THERS AND SONS 219—1642—1798 219—1642—1798 219—1642—1798 219—1642—1798 219—1642—1798 ONE of the nob... ...k of Malta, and sailed for Alexandria in Egypt, in the latter end of June, 1798. His intentions had not become known, and the English Mediterranean fl... ...erranean fleet was watching the course of this great armament. Sir Horatio Nelson was in pursuit, with the En- glish vessels, and wrote to the First L... ...rdship may rely that I will not lose a moment in bringing them to action.’ Nelson had, however, not ships enough to be detached to reconnoitre, and he...