 ... public good. Duty is the great business of a sea officer : all private considerations must give way to it, however painful.  Life of Nelson - Page 69by Robert Southey - 1828Full view - About this book
 | 1813 - 574 pages
...diminished. Our country has the first demand for our services ; and private convenience or happiness must ever give way to the public good. Duty is the...and absence always wash away love ? Now I am such a heretic as not to believe that faith : for behold, every morning I have had six pails of salt water... | |
 | English literature - 1813 - 580 pages
...private considerations must give way to it, however painful.' ' Hare you not often heard," says he, irt another letter, ' that salt water and absence always wash away love ? Now I aln such u heretic as not to believe that faith: for behold, every morning I have had six pails of... | |
 | 1814 - 760 pages
...diminished. Our country has the first demand for our services ; and private convenience or happiness must ever give way to the public good. Duty is the...water and absence always wash away love ? Now i am •uch a heretic as not to believe that faith : for behold, every morning I have had six pails of salt... | |
 | Military art and science - 1832 - 602 pages
...creed, that his country has the first demand for his services, and that private convenience or happiness must ever give way to the public good. Duty is the great business of a naval officer, — all private considerations must yield to it, however painful. An uniform course... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1830 - 354 pages
...diminished. Our country has the first demand for our services ; and private convenience or happiness must ever give way to the public good. Duty is the...that salt water and absence always •wash away love 1 Now I am such a heretic as not to believe that article : for behold, every morning I have had six... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Matthew Henry Barker - 1836 - 500 pages
...which makes so many unhappy. As you begin to know something about sailors, have you not often heard that salt water and absence always wash away love ? Now, I am such a heretic as not to believe that faith ; for behold, every morning, since my arrival, I have had six... | |
 | Frederick Chamier - 1840 - 442 pages
...happiness must ever give way to the public good. Duty is the great business of a p 3 sea-officer : all private considerations must give way to it, however painful. Have you not often heard that salt water and absence wash away love ? Now I am such a heretic as not to believe that article;... | |
 | Frederick Chamier - English fiction - 1840 - 446 pages
...diminished. Our country has the first demand for our services, and private convenience or happiness must ever give way to the public good. Duty is the great business of a F 3 sea-officer : all private considerations must give way to if, however painful. Have you not often... | |
 | Child rearing - 1843 - 320 pages
...diminished. Our .country has the first demand- for our services; and private convenience or happiness must ever give way to the public good. Duty is the...letter, ""that salt water and absence always wash aw ay love? Now I am Such .a heretic as not to believe that article : for behold, every morning I have... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Admirals - 1844 - 590 pages
...August] seven in the Evening. As you begin to know something about Sailors, have you not often heard, that salt water and absence always wash away love ? Now, I am such a heretic as not to believe that Faith ; for behold, every morning since my arrival, I have had six pails... | |
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