Nelson's Lady HamiltonMethuen & Company, 1907 - 376 pages |
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admiral affectionate arrived Bacchante battle beauty believe bless British Ambassador called Captain Charles Greville charming child comfort conduct cou'd Court dear friend dear Greville dearest distress Duchess of Argyll duty Emily Hart Emma Hamilton Emma's Endead England English everything eyes feel Foudroyant France FREDERICK REHBERG French fleet GEORGE ROMNEY give glorious glory Greville's happy heart honour hope Horatia husband Jacobins kind King kingdom Lady Hamilton Lady Nelson later letter lived look Lord Keith Lord Nelson Maria Carolina Merton mind mother nature Neapolitan ness never Nile once painted Palermo passion picture pleasure poor Prince Queen of Naples Romney's Ruffo says ships Sicilian Majesty Sicily singing Sir Harry Sir William Hamilton spirit spite squadron tell things thought told Toulon Troubridge unhappy victory Vincent wife William and Lady wish woman wou'd write wrote to Greville
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Page 202 - Who, doomed to go in company with pain, And fear, and bloodshed, miserable train! Turns his necessity to glorious gain; In face of these doth exercise a power Which is our human nature's highest dower; Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives...
Page 228 - Thou who didst waken from his summer dreams The blue Mediterranean, where he lay, Lulled by the coil of his crystalline streams, Beside a pumice isle in Baiae's bay And saw in sleep old palaces and towers...
Page 158 - Earl St. Vincent, writing to her at this time, says, "Ten thousand most grateful thanks are due to your ladyship for restoring the health of our invaluable friend Nelson, on whose life the fate of the remaining governments in Europe, whose system has not been deranged by these devils, depends. Pray do not let your fascinating Neapolitan dames approach too near him, for he is made of flesh and blood, and cannot resist their temptations.
Page 116 - Unfit as my ship was, I had nothing left for the honour of our country but to sail, which I did in two hours afterwards. It was necessary to show them what an English man-of-war would do.
Page 96 - Her face is beautiful ; she is all Nature and yet all Art ; that is to say, her manners are perfectly unpolished — of course very easy, though not with the ease of good breeding, but of a barmaid...
Page 6 - Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and waylay.
Page 126 - Country, first, that she obtained the King of Spain's letter in 1796 to his brother the King of Naples acquainting him of his intention to declare war against England, from which letter the Ministry sent out orders to then Sir John Jervis to strike a stroke, if opportunity offered against either the Arsenals of Spain or her Fleets ; that neither of these was done is not the fault of Lady Hamilton, the opportunity might have been offered.
Page 149 - You may judge, my dear Sir, of the rest, but my head will not permit me to tell you half of the rejoicing. The Neapolitans are mad with joy, and if you wos here now, you wou'd be killed with kindness.
Page 135 - I think it almost unnecessary to suggest to you the propriety of putting it under the command of Sir H. Nelson, whose acquaintance with that part of the world, as well as his activity and disposition, seem to qualify him in a peculiar manner for that service.
Page 198 - ... from the dearest friends to no friends. I am now perfectly the great man, — not a creature near me. From my heart I wish myself the little man again. You and good Sir William have spoiled me for any place, but with you.