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" Hamilton therefore a legacy to my king and country, that they will give her an ample provision to maintain her rank in life. 'I also leave to the beneficence of my country my adopted daughter, Horatia Nelson Thompson; and I desire she will use in future... "
The Life of Nelson - Page 250
by Robert Southey - 1813
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The life of Nelson. With illustr. by Westall

Robert Southey - 1878 - 238 pages
...maintain her rank in life. " I also leave to the beneficence of my country my adopted daughter, Horatio Nelson Thompson ; and I desire she will use in future...I ask of my king and country, at this moment when I am going to fight their battle. May God bless my king and country, and all those I hold dear ! My...
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The life of Nelson. Ed. by W.E. Mullins

Robert Southey - Admirals - 1878 - 306 pages
...NELSON'S Dispatches, vii. 140. 258 Villeneuve's Plan. [1805 adopted daughter, Horatia Nelson Thomson; and I desire she will use in future the name of Nelson...I ask of my King and country, at this moment when I am going to fight their battle. May God bless my King and country, and all those who I hold dear!...
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Old stories re-told

George Walter Thornbury - Crime - 1879 - 442 pages
...passed in praying over her as she lay asleep in her little bed. The singular document ended thus: " These are the only favours I ask of my king and country, at this moment when I am going to fight their battle. May God bless my king and country, and all those I hold dear! My...
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The Life of Nelson. With Biographical Notice of the Author

Robert Southey - 1881 - 348 pages
...they will give her an ample provision to maintain her rank in life. ' I also leave to the beneficence of my country my adopted daughter, Horatia Nelson...I ask of my king and country, at this moment when I am going to fight their battle. May God bless my king and country, and all those I hold dear ! My...
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The Life of Nelson

Robert Southey - Admirals - 1883 - 316 pages
...with any grievances of m1ne." NELSON'S Dispatches, vii. 140. adopted daughter, Horatia Nelson Thomson; and I desire she will use in future the name of Nelson...I ask of my King and country, at this moment when I am going to fight their battle. May God bless my King and country, and all those who I hold dear!...
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Temple Bar, Volume 72

1884 - 664 pages
...in life. I also leave to the beneficence of my country my adopted daughter Horatia Nelson Thompson. These are the only favours I ask of my King and country at this moment when I am going to fight their battle." Soon after, as he lay dying from a mortal wound, his thoughts flew...
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Southey's Life of Nelson

Robert Southey - Great Britain - 1890 - 424 pages
...they will give her an ample provision to maintain her rank in life. " I also leave to the beneficence of my country my adopted daughter, Horatia Nelson...I ask of my king and country, at this moment when I am going to fight their battle. May God bless my king and country, and all those I hold dear ! My...
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Nelson; the Public and Private Life of Horatio, Viscount Nelson: As Told by ...

George Lathom Browne - Admirals - 1891 - 576 pages
...they will give her an ample provision to maintain her rank in life. I also leave to the beneficence of my country my adopted daughter, Horatia Nelson...I ask of my King and country at this moment, when I am going to fight their battle. May God bless my King and country, and all those who I hold dear....
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Nelson: By John Knox Laughton

John Knox Laughton - 1895 - 264 pages
...they will' give her an ample provision to maintain her rank in life. I also leave to the beneficence of my country my adopted daughter, Horatia Nelson...favours I ask of my King and country at this moment when I am going to fight their battle." The approach towards the enemy's line was necessarily slow ; at...
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The Heart of Oak Books, Book 4

Kate Stephens, Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - Literature - 1895 - 328 pages
...they will give her an ample provision to maintain her rank in life. " I also leave to the beneficence of my country my adopted daughter, Horatia Nelson...future the name of Nelson only. " These are the only favors I ask of my king and country at this moment when I am going to fight their battle. May God bless...
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