Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port; but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year. - Horatio Nelson

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Horatio Nelson: "Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port; but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year."

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Boast	Buonaparte	Emperors	Fancy
Finds	Fleet	Hear	Increasing
Keeping	Kept	Made	Night
Often	Order	Ours	Port
Staying	Suffers	Truth	Worn
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