 Doctor, I have not been a great sinner:" and after a short pause, "Remember that I leave Lady Hamilton and my daughter Horatia as a legacy to my country.  The Life of Nelson - Page 269by Robert Southey - 1813Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...for I shall soon be gone." Death was, indeed, rapidly approaching. He said to the chaplain, " Doctor, I have not been a great sinner ;" and after a short pause, " Kemember that I leave Lady Hamilton and my daughter Horatia as a legacy to my country." His articulation... | |
 | George Walter Thornbury - English fiction - 1870 - 494 pages
...the deck ; I shall soon be gone." Death was rapidly approaching. He said to the chaplain, " Doctor, I have not been a great sinner." And, after a short...Hamilton and my daughter Horatia as a legacy to my coimtry." His voice then gradually became inarticulate, with an evident increase of pain ; when, after... | |
 | Samuel Phillips - 1871 - 346 pages
...But the words that immediately preceded them were the old plaintive sounds — "Remember, Dr. Scott, that I leave Lady Hamilton and my daughter Horatia as a legacy to my country. Never forget Horatia." Nelson's codicil proved waste paper. His last imploring accents passed into... | |
 | 1872 - 692 pages
...for I shall soon be gone." Death was indeed rapidly approaching. He said to the chaplain, " Doctor, I have not been a great sinner ; " and after a short...my daughter Horatia as a legacy to my country." His speech now became difficult, but he was distinctly heard to say: "Thank God, I have done my duty !... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - Biography - 1872 - 740 pages
...Hardy; take care of poor Lady Hamilton;" and a few minutes before he expired, he said to the chaplain, " Remember that I leave Lady Hamilton and my daughter Horatia as a legacy to my country." The last words he was heard to utter distinctly were, "I thank God, I have done my duty." He expired... | |
 | National reading books - 1871 - 232 pages
...for I shall soon be gone." Death was, indeed, rapidly approaching. He said to the chaplain, " Doctor, I have not been a great sinner ; " and after a short pause, " Eemember that I leave Lady Hamilton and my daughter Horatia as a legacy to my country." His articulation... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - Oral reading - 1874 - 336 pages
...indeed, rapidly approaching. He said to the chaplain, " Doctor, I have not been a great einner ; " and after a short pause, " Remember that I leave Lady Hamilton and my daughter Horatia as a legacy29 to my country." His articulation now became difficult ; but he was distinctly heard to say,... | |
 | Charles Selby - Great Britain - 1875 - 384 pages
...became very low ; his breathing was oppressed, and his voice faint. He said to Dr. Scott, " Doctor, I have not been a great sinner:" and after a short...and my daughter Horatia, as a legacy to my country; and," addedhe, "never forget Horatia." His thirst now increased, and he called for " Drink, drink,"... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1875 - 860 pages
...minutes before he died, he turned to the chaplain, and said: " Doctor, I have not been a great sinner. Remember that I leave Lady Hamilton and my daughter Horatia as a legacy to my country." He then frequently repeated : " Thank God, I have done my duty." These were the last words he uttered,... | |
 | 1875 - 846 pages
...before he died, he turned to the chaplain, and said : " Doctor, I have not been a great sinner. Eemember that I leave Lady Hamilton and my daughter Horatia as a legacy to my country." fie then frequently repeated : " Thank God, I have done my duty." These were the last words he uttered,... | |
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