 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
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 558 pages
...he sank rapidly; his breathing became oppressed and his voice faint. To Dr. Scott he said, " Doctor, I have not been a great sinner," and after a short...and my daughter Horatia as a legacy to my country — never forget Horatia." This injunction, with remembrances to Lady Hamilton and the child, he frequently... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 620 pages
...gone." Death was indeed rapidly approach ing. He said to the chaplain, " Doctor, I have not been a very great sinner ; " and after a short pause, " Remember that I leave Lady Hamilton as a legacy to my country." His articulation now became difficult ; but he was distinctly heard to... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...sank rapidly ; his breathing became oppressed and his voice faint. To Dr. Scott he said, " Doctor, I have not been a great sinner," and after a short...and my daughter Horatia as a legacy to my country — never forget Horatia." This injunction, with remembrances to Lady Hamilton and the child, he frequently... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 434 pages
...sank rapidly ; his breathing became oppressed and his voice faint. To Dr. Scott he said, " Doctor, I have not been a great sinner," and after a short...and my daughter Horatia as a legacy to my country — never forget Horatia." This injunction, with remembrances to Lady Hamilton and the child, he frequently... | |
 | Walter Jeffery - Australia - 1900 - 410 pages
...expressing all that has ever been written of the private littleness and the public greatness of his life : " Remember that I leave Lady Hamilton and my daughter Horatia as a legacy to my country. Thank God, I have done my duty." Trafalgar, though the last great naval battle, was by no means the... | |
 | Literature - 1901 - 686 pages
...rapidly approaching. He said to the chaplain, " Doctor, I have not been a great sinner : " and nfter a short pause, " remember that I leave Lady Hamilton...my country." His articulation now became difficult; bat he was distinctly heard to say, •' Thank God, I have done my duty ' " These words he repeatedly... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne - World history - 1905 - 580 pages
...shall - » :-. Ы- y>nv." IX-ath was, indeed, rapidly approaching. He said to the chaplain. " Doctor, I have not been a great sinner, " and after a short...Remember that I leave Lady Hamilton and my daughter Hon tia as a legacy to my country." His articulation now became difficult ; but he was distinctly heard... | |
 | Henri Veslot - 1905 - 400 pages
...I wish I had not left (2) the deck, for I shall soon be gone. " Death wasindeedrapidly approaching. His articulation now became difficult, but he was distinctly heard to say (3), " Thank God, I have done my duty ! " These words he had repeatedly pronounced (4), and they were... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - English literature - 1906 - 844 pages
...636 soon be gone.' Death was indeed 380 381 rapidly approaching. He said to the chaplain, 'Doctor, I have not been a great sinner' ; and after a short pause, 640 'Remember that I leave Lady Hamilton and my daughter Horatia as a legacy to my country.' His articulation... | |
 | Esther Meynell - Women - 1907 - 526 pages
...emphatic voice, he said to Dr. Scott, his chaplain, " Doctor, I have noi been a great sinner;" and after a pause, "Remember, that I leave Lady Hamilton and my Daughter Horatia as a legacy to my Country ; never forget Horatia." Then as speech grew more difficult, his last words expressed the ideal which... | |
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