The Life Of Admiral Lord Nelson K B From His Lordship S Manuscripts

Biography of Nelson of published 4 years after Nelson's death. Illustrated with engravings depicting notable events in Nelson's naval career, and battle-views with explanatory plans.

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Excerpt from The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K. B: From His Lordships Manuscripts Towards the close of the year 1770, during the Christmas holidays, when the Rev. Edmund Nel son was at Bath for his health, and the greater part of his family, then consisting of eight chil dren, was left at the parsonage-house at Burn ham Thorpe, in Norfolk; Horatio, then in his thirteenth year, who had often expressed a wish not to be a burden to his father, happened to read in the County paper the appointment of his mo ther's brother, Captain Maurice Suckling, to the Raisonable of 64 guns. Upon which he exclaimed, 'do, brother a William, write to my father at Bath, and tell him I should like to go with uncle Man rice to sea.' William, who had been the constant companion of Horatio, and was little more than seventeen months older than his brother, 'wrote accordingly. Various disappointments with the difficulties'of a narrbw income, -had chilled in the mind of mr.'nelson all idea of patronage from his connections! The daring-resolution, however, of his boy Horatio gradually warmed the less san guine mind of the father, and infirm health ren dering him anxious not to lose an opportunity, which seemed to offer so desirable a provision for one of his sons, be resolved to.write to Captain Suckling. From the answer which Mr: Nelson received, the following passage is remembered: 6 What has poor Horace done, who'is so weak. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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