What can be said in New Year rhymes,That’s not been said a thousand times? The new years come, the old years go,We know we dream, we dream we know. We rise up laughing with the light,We lie down weeping with the night. We hug the world until it stings,We curse it then and sigh for… Read More The Year
After arriving at Greenwich on 23 December 1805, Nelson’s body was placed inside a lead coffin which was in turn placed into another wooden one, made from the mast of L’Orient salvaged after the French warship had been destroyed in the Battle of the Nile, a gift to Nelson in 1799 from Benjamin Hallowell, then… Read More Lady Hamilton & Horatio Nelson: Nelson’s Funeral (part 47)
News of the victory at Trafalgar and of Nelson’s death, brought to Britain by HMS Pickle and then by express post chaise, took sixteen days to reach London on 6th November1805.It was met with muted celebration and great sadness.The Times described the mood of the nation: “We do not know whether we should mourn or… Read More Lady Hamilton & Horatio Nelson: Nelson’s Death (part 46)
Admiral Villeneuve was in Rennes, awaiting instructions from to the Minister of Marine, when he was found dead in his room at the Hôtel de la Patrie, with six stab wounds in his left lung and one in his heart inflicted with an ordinary table-knife with a black handle. They found a farewell letter to… Read More Horatio Nelson: Adm. Villeneuve’s Death (part 45)
Admiral Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve was aware that the British were better trained, had better guns, with less recoil, better gunpowder, and their crews were much faster and more accurate than the French.Basically he was prudent, but he was also a courageous man who had been wounded in his pride, and perhaps he believed he could… Read More Horatio Nelson: Adm. Villeneuve at Trafalgar (part 44)
At Christmas “there is no room for the indifference which reigns in the hearts of those unable to love for fear of losing something.” Homily of His Holiness Pope Francis- Midnight Mass -24 December 2015 A Natale “non c’è spazio per l’indifferenza, che domina nel cuore di chi non riesce a voler bene, perché ha… Read More Indifference
To my all friends in the blogosphereI wish a life full of joy and cheerThis Christmas and throughout the New Year Auguro a tutti gli amici del mondo virtualeuna vita colma di serenità e gioia specialeper tutto l’anno, non solo questo Natale Carlo Maratta (1655) – Natività
When news of the victory at Trafalgar and of Nelson’s death reached Britain, the celebration was made melancholy with grief. The Times sadly stated: “The gallant Nelson received a musket ball in his breast. What was very remarkable, it absolutely penetrated the star which he wore.”One of the first reports contained the words “I fear… Read More Horatio Nelson: Adm. Villeneuve (part 43)
Il gioco linguistico proposto questa settimana da Eletta Senso – qui – è un tautogramma in Ⓒ in forma di letterina a Babbo Natale Ecco la mia letterina: Caro canuto creatoredi contentezza e calorechiedo che campagnoli e cittadini,campioni , comandanti e contadinicondividano cortesia canti e candoreche consolino ciascun cuore. Se volete giocare, i vostri testi… Read More Tautogramma in Ⓒ
While Lapenotiere had disembarked at Falmouth and continued his journey overland, Sykes landed at Plymouth (60 miles N.E.) about 24 hours later and he also took a carriage to London.Of his journey from Plymouth to London very little is known, but at one point they probably were only a few miles apart, on the same… Read More Horatio Nelson: The Race (part 42)
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