 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
 | John Sugden - 2004 - 984 страници
...brother, so readily stricken with the mild marsh fevers of the East Anglian flats. 'What has poor Horace done, who is so weak, that he above all the rest should be sent to rough it out at sea?' Suckling is said to have replied. 'But let him come, and the first time we go into action... | |
 | Terry Coleman - 2004 - 480 страници
...poor Horace done, who is so weak, that he above the rest should be sent to rough it out at sea? Do let him come; and the first time we go into action, a cannon ball may knock off his head and provide for him at once.'6 The tale has been told ever since,... | |
 | Carl Edmund Rollyson - 2005 - 321 страници
...Suckling, contributed his own harrowing, if jocular, warning about what his nephew was in for: "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... | |
 | Jen Hill - 2009 - 248 страници
...the young boy's desire to serve, Nelson's uncle, Captain Suckling, writes to the family, "What has 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... | |
 | M. B. Synge - 2013 - 249 страници
...not exactly encouraging. " What has poor little Horatio done," he cried, " that he, being so weak, should be sent to rough it at sea ? But let him come ; and if a cannonball takes off his head, he will at least be provided for." Sad enough is the first picture... | |
 | 1922 - 526 страници
...nephew's fitness for the service that when reminded of his promise to take care of him he answered: "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... | |
 | 1832 - 720 страници
...those whose dispositions do not display genius, are sufficiently qualified to buffet the waves. " What has poor Horatio done, who is so weak, that he above all the rest, should be sent to rough it out at sea?"* It is probable that a numerous family, with limited means of support, and no prospect... | |
 | Henry Arthur Treble - 1930 - 270 страници
...the very top of the tree. Accordingly Capt. 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 it out at sea? — But let him come; and the first time we go into action, a cannon ball may knock ofiF... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1814 - 788 страници
...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 it out at sea? But let him come, and the first time we go into action a cannon ball may knock off his... | |
 | Anonymous - 1810 - 560 страници
...because of the delicacy of his constitution. What,' said he, in his answer, ' has poor Horace doue, 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... | |
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