 What," said he in his answer, "has poor Horatio done, who is so weak, that he, above all the rest, should be sent to rough it out at sea ? But let him come, and the first time we go into action a cannon-ball may knock off his head, and provide for him...  The life of Nelson revised and illustrated, by the Old Sailor - Страница 16по Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Matthew Henry Barker - 1836 - 80 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Esther Meynell - 1913 - 362 страници
...hesitation he wrote to Captain Suckling, who accepted the charge, but protested, " What has poor Horace done, who is so weak, that he above all the rest should be sent to rough it out at sea ? But let him come ; and the first time we go into action, a cannon-ball may knock off his... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1916 - 376 страници
...the very top of the tree. Accordingly Captain Suckling was written to. "What," said he in his answer, "has poor Horatio done, who is so weak, that he, above all the rest, should be sent to rough 5t out at sea? — But let him 1. Sixty-four guns. In the eighteenth century the ships of the British... | |
 | Horace West Household - 1917 - 210 страници
...delicate the little boy was. " What has poor little Horatio done," he said, " that he, being so weak, should be sent to rough it at sea ? But let him come, and if a cannon-ball takes off his head, he will at least be provided for.y So the boy went, and little... | |
 | Eugénie Mary Fryer - 1920 - 358 страници
...ill-concealed. "What has poor Horatio done, who is so weak," he exclaimed peevishly, noting the lad's frailness, "that he above all the rest should be sent to rough it out on the sea ? The first time we go into action, a cannon ball may knock off his head and provide... | |
 | Smith Burnham - 1922 - 400 страници
...has poor Horatio done, who is so weak, that he, above all the rest, should be sent to rough it out at sea? But let him come, and the first time we go...may knock off his head and provide for him at once." Thus young Horatio Nelson entered the Royal Navy. One of his first trips was as coxswain on a voyage... | |
 | Smith Burnham - 1922 - 400 страници
...his health, Doctor Nelson wrote to his brother-in-law. The bluff sea-captain wrote right back: "What has poor Horatio done, who is so weak, that he, above all the rest, should be sent to rough it out at sea? But let him come, and the first time we go into action a cannon-ball may knock off his... | |
 | James E. Oberg - 1981 - 340 страници
...with my uncle Maurice to sea'. In reply to the Rector's request Suckling wrote, 'What has poor Horace done, who is so weak, that he above all the rest should be sent to rough it at sea? Bui let him come; and the first time we go into action, a cannon-ball may knock 12 1 SPECIFICATIONS:... | |
 | Colin White - 2002 - 380 страници
...allowed to go to sea with him. Suckling agreed, with some amusement, asking, 'What has poor Horace done, who is so weak, that he, above all the rest, should be sent to rough it out at sea?' and so the boy was sent to join the ship at Chatham in March 1771. The Raisonnable had... | |
 | Edgar Vincent - 2003 - 654 страници
...has it that Horatio was his uncle's favourite his reply shows that the request was unexpected: 'What has poor Horatio done, who is so weak, that he above all the rest should be sent to rough it out at sea? But let him come; and the first time we go into action, a cannon ball may knock off his... | |
 | Brian Lavery - 2003 - 160 страници
...himself who suggested that he might go with Suckling. Captain Suckling commented, 'What has poor Horace done, who is so weak, that he, above all the rest, should be sent to rough it out at sea? But let him come and the first time we go into action a cannon-ball may knock off his head... | |
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