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	England expects that every man will do his duty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"England expects that every man will do his duty" was a signal sent by Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson from his ship HMS Victory as the Battle of Trafalgar (1805) was about to commence.
		Today "England expects…", as an abbreviated version of the phrase, is often adapted for use in the media, especially in relation to the expectations for the victory of English sporting teams.
		Her "England expects..." speech tried, and failed to convince the demonstrators to respect the sovereignty of Parliament and accept the legislation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/England_expects_that_every_man_will_do_his_duty (1202 words)

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		Do you think there is one yet wanting?” Blackwood apparently answered that he thought the Fleet understood exactly what they were to do.
		He asked, originally, for “England confides that every man will do his duty”, but asked the signalman to be quick, adding that he had a further signal to send, calling for “Close Action”.
		The signalmen on duty suggested that he substitute the word “expects” for “confides”, for then the signal could be sent more quickly, because the word “expects” was in the flag vocabulary, and “confides” would have to be spelled out.
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	ipedia.com: England expects that every man will do his duty Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		"England expects that every man will do his duty" was a signal sent by Lord Nelson from his ship HMS Victory as the Battle of Trafalgar was about to commence.
		He instructed his signal officer, Lt. Pasco, to signal to the fleet the message "England confides that every man will do his duty" as quickly as possible (that is, "England trusts...").
		A number of ships in the fleet recorded the signal as "England expects every man to do his duty", and this version became so prevalent that it is recorded around the base of Nelson's Column and on Lord Nelson's tomb in St Paul's Cathedral.
	www.ipedia.com /england_expects_that_every_man_will_do_his_duty.html (329 words)

	England expects that every man will do his duty - TheBestLinks.com - France, Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, ...
		England expects that every man will do his duty, France, Horatio Nelson, 1st...
		Today "England expects…", as an abbreviated version of the phrase, is often adapted for use in the media, especially in relation to the performance of English sporting teams.
		A number of ships in the fleet recorded the signal as "England expects every man to do his duty," (omitting "that") and this version became so prevalent that it is recorded around the base of Nelson's Column, on his tomb in St.
	www.thebestlinks.com /England_expects_that_every_man_will_do_his_duty.html (628 words)

	"England Expects" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Nelson's famous signal "England Expects That Every Man Will Do His Duty" was made from the poop deck of the Victory at 11.15 a.m.
		Do you think there is one yet wanting?" "I think the whole of the Fleet seems to understand very clearly what they are about," answered Blackwood.
		Then he replied: "If your Lordship will permit me to substitute "expects" for "confides" the signal will soon be completed, because the word "expects" is in the vocabulary, and "confides" must be spelt".
	www.aboutnelson.co.uk /england%20expcts.htm (415 words)

	England and Ireland, medieval - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about England and Ireland, medieval (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		At this point King Henry II of England, who had already been given permission by the pope to invade Ireland and reform the Irish church in 1151, hurried to Ireland to assume control of his barons – he feared the development of an independent Norman state on his western shore.
		The Black Death in Ireland caused even more colonists, of all classes, to migrate back to England and the remaining Anglo-Norman landlords became increasingly dependant on their Irish tenants.
		England expects every man to do his duty
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /England+and+Ireland,+medieval (861 words)

	England Expects That Every Man Will Do His Duty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Each ship will of course pass under the Stern of the one she is to engage if the circumstances permit, otherwise to refer to the Instructions Page 160 Article 31 [for breaking the enemy's line].
		The Admiral will probably advance his Fleet to the van of theirs before he makes the Signal in Order to deceive the Enemy by inducing them to suppose it is his intention to attack their Van.
		This was used for "England Expects that every man will do his duty", not the 1799 code.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb^traf.html (3759 words)

	Chapter 97.
		Every one was ready for the ogre Napoleon who never came.
		Every captain in the fleet had received his orders and knew exactly what to do.
		The little ribbon of water between France and England was enough to keep her safe from the threats of the master of half Europe.
	digital.library.upenn.edu /women/marshall/england/england-97.html (1160 words)

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	Lord Horatio Nelson @ Nelson.y2u.co.uk
		Horatio Nelson was born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England to the Reverend Edmund Nelson and Catherine Nelson.
		He eventually returned to active duty and was assigned to Albemarle, in which he continued his efforts against the American rebels until the official end of the war in 1783.
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	England expects that every man will do his duty
		The "England expects that every man will do his duty" signal required 12 lifts which were made up of the following flags: 253, 269, 863, 261, 471, 958, 220, 370, 4, 21, 19 and 24.
		inally, as with much historic detail, there is still and most probably always will be some residual factual doubt as to the precise flags used; see the 1837 James' Naval History, Vol 4, p34 "there is not, that we are aware of, a single publication that gives this message precisely as it was delivered".
		[2] Nelson's instruction was: "Mr Pasco, I wish to say to the Fleet, 'England confides that every man will do his duty'.
	www.aandc.org /research/england_expects_signalflags.html (1015 words)

	England reflects on one year in office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		England expressed how fortunate he is to be Secretary of the Navy during this critical period in the nation's history.
		England said that the Navy's part in the war on terrorism is going well.
		England said that he feels blessed to have been appointed to this office, and it has been an honor and a privilege to serve.
	www.dcmilitary.com /navy/tester/7_21/national_news/17028-1.html (1770 words)

	Telegraph \| Money \| Comment: England expects that every man will pay his duty ... and any other tax demanded
		Comment: England expects that every man will pay his duty...
		As regular readers will also know, fewer than half the pensioners entitled to claim means-tested benefits fill in the forms.
		Just for living here, we will have to pay up and fill in new forms - perhaps also having our irises scanned or undergoing some other form of "biometric testing" - to avoid swingeing fines for non-compliance.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /money/main.jhtml;jsessionid=QZYWZGQTEW3Q3QFIQMGCNAGAVCBQUJVC?xml=/money/2005/06/25/cmian25.xml&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=2880 (717 words)

	'England Expects That Every Man Will Do His Duty'
		Mr Pasco, I wish to say to the Fleet, "England Confides That Every Man Will Do His Duty".
		Lt Pasco, HMS Victory's lieutenant in charge of signalling, pointed out that changing 'expects' for 'confides' would save time, since it would not have to be spelt out alphabetically.
		On every 21 October, Trafalgar Day, it is hoisted to the yardarms of HMS Victory, in her dry dock in Portsmouth.
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	England or Nelson
		But a number of British ships recorded the wording in their logs as 'England expects every man to do his duty'.
		After musing awhile, he said, 'Suppose we telegraph that "Nelson expects every man to do his duty?" The officer whom he was then addressing, suggested whether it would not be better, "England expects andc".
		Pasco then suggested replacing the word 'confides' with 'expects' as this was in the code book but confides must be spelt out.
	www.hms.org.uk /nelsonsnavyee.htm (487 words)

	Bowman Flag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The complex Bowman Flag with its swallow-tail fly was designed by John and Honor Bowman of Richmond NSW in 1806.
		The shield on the design shows the rose of England, thistle of Scotland and shamrock of Ireland.
		It commemorates (by the motto England expects that every man will do his duty) the Royal Navy’s victory at the Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) a landmark event for Britain’s Australasian colonies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bowman_Flag (161 words)

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		He married Francis Nisbet in 1787 in Nevis and returned to England with his bride to spend the next five years on half-pay, frustrated at not being at sea.
		By always having complete confidence in his ability they were turned into the greatest naval fighting force of the era and in doing so managed to frustrate all of Napoleon's plans for complete European domination.
		England is a small england country in the north-west corner of Europe founded by the Anglo-Saxons, a race of warriors who came to this country english culture and made it their own.
	www.wearetheenglish.com /nelson.html (1024 words)

	'Losing Nelson' by Barry Unsworth
		The monument to Horatio Nelson, hero of Trafalgar, is a London landmark, towering over the square named for his naval victory against Napoleon in 1805, gaining England mastery of the seas but costing the admiral his life.
		“England expects that every man will do his duty” is the best-known Nelsonism, an appeal to patriotism that served the British people well in a century’s worth of wars and conquests.
		They didn’t expect to be cossetted the way people do now,” he says.
	www.post-gazette.com /books/reviews/19991107review361.asp (644 words)

	Topical Words: Confide
		In 2005 Britain will undoubtedly make a vast splash about the two-hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, at which Admiral Horatio Nelson beat the French but lost his own life.
		The catalogue contained a quiz in which the story of Nelson’s famous signal before the battle, “England expects that every man will do his duty”, was revisited.
		Nelson was saying—in the standard English of his time—that his country was confident that every man would do his duty.
	www.worldwidewords.org /topicalwords/tw-con1.htm (334 words)

	Pussers Rum Nelson Blood Flagon
		At the beginning of the 19th century, England was in a difficult position.
		Spain was the undisputed ruler of the oceans and a strict enemy to England.
		He did not follow orders that he found useless or not according to his own concept, and because of his leadership and tactical genius, he was victorious in every major engagement he fought and was therefore never brought to task for his disobedience.
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	Fugitive Slave Act - 1850
		Every preparation was made for battle; and as our look-out squadron remained close to them during the night, the mind was kept in continual agitation by the firing of guns and rockets.
		My eyes were horrorstruck at the bloody corpses around me, and my ears rang with the shrieks of the wounded and the moans of the dying.
		At this moment, seeing that almost every one was lying down, I was half disposed to follow the example and several times stooped for the purpose, but - and I remember the impression well - a certain monitor seemed to whisper, "Stand up and do not shrink from your duty."
	www.nationalcenter.org /BattleofTrafalgar.html (785 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Victory and duty of hero's battle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		They were raised this morning along with the white ensign, the premier British maritime flag, the flag too of Nelson's white squadron at the time of the Battle of Trafalgar.
		But this is where they brought the most famous man in the British Navy for his long, painful death.
		Two hundred years on they are fiercely proud of their hero and when you ask the First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Alan West what Nelson's legacy is, he doesn't hesitate for a moment.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/4364348.stm (533 words)

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	duty - Wiktionary
		Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
		That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
		A period of time spent at work or doing a particular task.
	en.wiktionary.org /wiki/duty (169 words)

	England Expects Every Man Will Do His Duty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		To get elected at the outset, every tiniest minority group imaginable was courted and mobilised to vote, and are still being paid their thirty pieces of silver in favourable legislation for quirky groups now.
		Then leaflets are handed out at every entrance purveying alternative contemporary entertainment elsewhere the self same evening, and finally when inside the conductor changes the score to something less fervent and Nationalistic, and bans the waving of the Union Jack during the performance.
		What do they have to do before we see it all as it is, BURN ALL THE BOOKS.
	www.learnthis.info /articles/politics/conservative/blair-election.html (1407 words)

	"England expects every man to do his duty"
		And thereupon hangs a legend: supposedly when the cask arrived in England it was discovered to be less than full.
		The cask could not have been too short upon its arrival in England for the autopsy noted that Nelson's body was well preserved which would have been unlikely if the cask was so low as to expose the body to air.
		The body was returned to its cask and the Victory continued on to London arriving at the Nore on December 6.
	www.xnet.com /~warinner/nelson.html (1170 words)

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