 I had to surmount, and the little interest I possessed. I could discover no means of reaching the object of my ambition. After a long and gloomy reverie, in which I almost wished myself overboard, a sudden glow of patriotism was kindled within me, and...  The Life of Nelson - Page 32by Robert Southey - 1813 - 280 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1838 - 120 pages
...words : — " I felt impressed with a feeling that I should never rise in the profession, but however I WILL be a hero, and, confiding in Providence, I will brave every danger." During the absence of Horatio, his uncle, Captain Suckling, succeeded Sir Hugh Palliser, as Comptroller... | |
 | Joel Hawes - Conduct of life - 1842 - 200 pages
...rise in my profession. At length a sudden glow of patriotism was kindled in my bosom, and presented my king and country as my patron. Well, then, I exclaimed, I will be a hero. From that time a radiant orb, as he expressed it, was suspended in his mind's eye, which urged -him... | |
 | Child rearing - 1843 - 320 pages
...I almost wished myself overboard, a sudden glow of patriotism was kindled within me, and presented my king and country as my patron. ' Well, then,' I...in Providence, I will brave every danger !' " Long afterward, Nelson loved to speak of the feeling of that moment: and from that time, he often said,... | |
 | People - 1845 - 348 pages
...a sudden glow of patriotism was kindled within me, and presented my king and country as my patrons. Well then, I exclaimed, I will be a hero! and, confiding in Providence, I will brave every danger." The light which had thus dawned upon him, was only quenched with his death, and just as his prospects... | |
 | Daniel Wise - Character - 1850 - 274 pages
...to its utmost height, and his lips moving with energy, — he paces the silent deck, exclaiming, " I will be a hero ; and, confiding in Providence, I will brave every danger ! " Such, was the romantic dream of young Horatio Nelson ; afterwards, the hero of the Nile, the victor... | |
 | Joseph ALLEN (of Greenwich Hospital.) - 1853 - 290 pages
...he afterwards expressed himself, "a sudden glow of patriotism was kindled within me, and presented my king and country as my patron. Well then, I exclaimed,...confiding in Providence, I will brave every danger." Doubtless there are periods in the lives of most great men, when the future seems to be darkly revealed.... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - Commerce - 1857 - 820 pages
...them for seamen. The earliest motto of the great Nelson, when he was first inspired by the sea, was, " I will be a hero ! and, confiding in Providence, I will brave every danger!" The studied imitation and constant attachment to the customs of England, in her adoption of speculative... | |
 | 1857 - 802 pages
...them for seamen. The earliest motto of the great Nelson, when he was first inspired by the sea, was, "I will be a hero! and, confiding in Providence, I will brave every danger !" The studied imitation and constant attachment to the customs of England, in her adoption of speculative... | |
 | John George Edgar - 1861 - 364 pages
...sudden glow of patriotism was kindled within me, and presented my King and country as my patrons. ' Well, then,' I exclaimed, ' I will be a hero ; and,...confiding in Providence, I will brave every danger!' " After landing in England, Nelson discovered that he was not so destitute of influence as he had supposed.... | |
 | J Bradshawe Walker - 1864 - 328 pages
...sudden glow of patriotism was kindled within me, and presented my king and country as my patrons. ' Well, then," I exclaimed, ' I will be a hero ! and,...! ' " Long afterwards Nelson loved to speak of the feelings of that moment; and from that time, he often said, a radiant orb was suspended in his mind's... | |
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