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The dispatches and letters of vice admiral ... Nelson, with notes by sir N.H ... - Page 386
by Horatio Nelson (1st visct.) - 1845
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The life of Nelson revised and illustrated, by the Old Sailor

Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Matthew Henry Barker - 1836 - 500 pages
...his command in the Mediterranean. His hour of rising was four or five o'clock, and of going to rest about ten. Breakfast was never later than six, and...watch to invite the little fellows to breakfast with Ifim, when relieved. At table with them, he would enter into their boyish jokes, and be the most youthful...
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The dispatches and letters of vice admiral ... Nelson, with notes ..., Volume 4

Horatio Nelson (1st visct.) - 1845 - 594 pages
...his command in the Mediterranean. His hour of rising was four or five o'clock, and of going to rest about ten ; breakfast was never later than six, and...A midshipman or two were always of the party ; and 1 have known him send during the middle watch to invite the little fellows to breakfast with him, when...
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The life of Horatio, lord Nelson

1847 - 202 pages
...his command in the Mediterranean. His hour of rising was four or five o'clock, and of going to rest about ten ; breakfast was never later than six, and...two were always of the party ; and I have known him during the middle watch to invite the little fellows to breakfast with him when relieved. At table...
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Life of Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B.

Joseph ALLEN (of Greenwich Hospital.) - 1853 - 290 pages
...Nelson's habits at this period : — " His hour of rising was four or five o'clock, and of going to rest about ten ; breakfast was never later than six ; and...and be the most youthful of the party. At dinner he had every officer of the ship in turn, and was both a polite and hospitable host. The whole ordinary...
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Southey's Life of Nelson

Robert Southey - Great Britain - 1890 - 424 pages
...26). Colonel Stewart, in his narrative of the Baltic expedition, tells us that at Nelson's breakfasts "a midshipman or two were always of the party ; and...boyish jokes, and be the most youthful of the party." In August, 1801, he attended the funeral of two young midshipmen killed in the attack upon the French...
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Nelson; the Public and Private Life of Horatio, Viscount Nelson: As Told by ...

George Lathom Browne - Admirals - 1891 - 576 pages
...393, note. 3 Colonel Stewart's narrative. 18o1.] HIS MANAGEMENT OF HIS FLEET. 261 generally nearer five o'clock. A midshipman or two were always of the...when relieved. At table with them he would enter into all their boyish tricks, and be the most youthful of the party. At dinner he invariably had every officer...
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Life of Nelson

Robert Southey - 1892 - 428 pages
...26). Colonel Stewart, in his narrative of the Baltic expedition, tells us that at Nelson's breakfasts "a midshipman or two were always of the party; and...boyish jokes, and be the most youthful of the party." In August, 1801, he attended the funeral of two young midshipmen killed in the attack upon the French...
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Nelson: By John Knox Laughton

John Knox Laughton - 1895 - 264 pages
...of stores, Stewart continued : " His hour of rising was four or five o'clock, and of going to rest about ten ; breakfast was never later than six, and...during the middle watch to invite the little fellows to hreakfast with him when relieved. At table with them, he would enter into their boyish jokes, and be...
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Robert Southey's Life of Nelson

Robert Southey - Admirals - 1896 - 376 pages
...account of his personal habits : " His hour of rising was four or five o'clock, and of going to rest about ten ; breakfast was never later than six, and...and I have known him send during the middle watch (from 2 to 4 AM), to invite the little fellows to breakfast with him when relieved. At table with them,...
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Robert Southey's Life of Nelson

Robert Southey - Admirals - 1896 - 354 pages
...account of his personal habits : " His hour of rising was four or five o'clock, and of going to rest about ten ; breakfast was never later than six, and...and I have known him send during the middle watch (from 2 to 4 AM), to invite the little fellows to breakfast with him when relieved. At table with them,...
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