The Royal Descent of Nelson and Wellington from Edward the First, King of England, with Tables of Pedigree and Genealogical Memoirs |
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afterwards Alice ancestor of NELSON Anne Arthur Audley Baron Barsham battle Beaufort born brother buried Captain Castle CATHERINE SUCKLING Cherlton Clare Cobham Countess Courtenay daugh daughter and co-heir daughter and heir daughter of John daughter of Sir descended died Duke of Norfolk Duke of Wellington Earl of Ormonde Earl of Salisbury Edmund of Woodstock eldest daughter Eleanor Elizabeth father France Fuller's Worthies Garter Gloucester heir of Sir Henry Colley honour Howard Hugh Humphrey de Bohun illustrious JAMES BUTLER JOAN John of Gaunt Kent King Edward King Henry KING of ENGLAND King Richard Knight Lady land lineal Marquess marriage Maurice Suckling mother Mowbray NELSON and WELLINGTON noble O'BRIEN Parentage pedigree Plantagenet Pole Prince Princess Queen Robert Suckling Royal Descent SCENE second Earl second wife SHAKSPEARE SHAKSPEARE'S Sir HENRY CAREY Sir Robert Sir Thomas Sir William Carey Somerset Suffolk Table third Viscount Walpole Wellesley William Boleyn Wodehouse Woodton
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Page 149 - The one in fear to lose what they enjoy, The other to enjoy by rage and war: These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.
Page 56 - My dear dear lord, The purest treasure mortal times afford, Is spotless reputation ; that away, Men are but gilded loam, or painted clay.
Page 57 - That honourable day shall ne'er be seen. Many a time hath banish'd Norfolk fought For Jesu Christ in glorious Christian field, Streaming the ensign of the Christian cross Against black pagans, Turks, and Saracens; And toil'd with works of war...
Page vii - Leaders of the people by their counsels, And by their knowledge of learning meet for the people, Wise and eloquent in their instructions: Such as found out musical tunes, And recited verses in writing: Rich men furnished with ability, Living peaceably in their habitations: All these were honoured in their generations, And were the glory of their times.
Page 195 - ... triumphant death is that of the martyr ; the most awful that of the martyred patriot ; the most splendid that of the hero in the hour of victory : and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory. He has left us, not indeed his mantle of inspiration, but a name and an example, which are at this hour inspiring thousands of the youth of England : a name which is our pride, and an example which will...
Page 53 - Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon thy master is bought and sold." A thing devised by the enemy. — Go, gentlemen, every man unto his charge : Let not our babbling dreams affright our souls...
Page 56 - The purest treasure mortal times afford, Is — spotless reputation ; that away, Men are but gilded loam, or painted clay. A jewel in a ten-times-barr'd-up chest Is — a bold spirit in a loyal breast. Mine honour is my life ; both grow in one ; ' Take honour from me, and my life is done : Then, dear my liege, mine honour let me try ; In thai I live, and for that will I die.
Page 9 - The height of glory to which your professional judgment, united with a proper degree of bravery, guarded by Providence, has raised you, few sons, my dear child, attain to, and fewer fathers live to see. Tears of joy have involuntarily trickled down my furrowed cheeks. Who could stand the force of such general congratulation ? The name and services of Nelson have sounded throughout this city of Bath — from the common balladsinger to the public theatre.
Page 144 - O that we now had here But one ten thousand of those men in England That do no work to-day ! K.
Page 7 - What," said he in his answer, " has poor Horatio done, who is so " weak, that he, above all the rest, should " be sent to rough- it out at sea?—But let " him come, and the first time we go into " action, a cannon ball may knock off his ' " head, and provide for him at once.