Emma, Lady Hamilton: A Biographical Essay with a Catalogue of Her Published PortraitsW.G. Menzies, 1905 - 127 pages |
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Admiral Admiral Nelson afterwards Ambassador's wife ambitions BACCHANTE beauty became behaviour believe biographer British Ambassador Bronté Caserta character Charles Greville charm child connoisseur Court of Naples Cranbury Park dear Greville dear Horatia death doubt Edgeware Road elegant Emma Hamilton Emma Hart Emma's emotion endead England English eyes fair Emma feelings Ferdinand fleet Flintshire French gave GEORGE ROMNEY girl gratitude Greville's happy heart homage honour hope Horatio Nelson husband Inscription engraved kind permission King and Queen Lady Hamilton Lady Nelson little Emily little Horatia live London Lord Nelson manner Merton Mezzotint mistress mother natural Neapolitan Neapolitan Republic never noble open letters original painting painter Palermo passion perhaps poor portrait Published 1st Queen Maria Caroline Queen of Naples received reverence Romney's secret seems sentiments Sicilies Sir William Hamilton social spirit spite Stipple story tell uncle victory William and Lady woman writes wrote young
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Page 114 - MY DEAREST BELOVED EMMA, the dear friend of my bosom. The signal has been made that the Enemy's Combined Fleet are coming out of Port. We have very little wind, so that I have no hopes of seeing them before to-morrow. May the God of Battles crown my endeavours with success ; at all events, I will take care that my name shall ever be most dear to you and Horatia, both of whom I love as much as my own life. And as my last writing before the Battle will be to you, so I hope in God that I shall live...
Page 79 - Secondly : The British fleet under my command could never have returned the second time to Egypt had not Lady Hamilton's influence with the Queen of Naples caused letters to be wrote to the governor of Syracuse, that he was to encourage the fleet being supplied with every thing, should they put into any port in Sicily. We put into Syracuse, and received every supply; went to Egypt, and destroyed the French fleet.
Page 102 - Now my own dear Wife, for such you are in my eyes and in the face of heaven, I can give full scope to my feelings, for I dare say Oliver will faithfully deliver this letter.
Page 103 - Emma and her mother fitting up pig-sties and hen-coops, and already the Canal is enlivened with ducks, and the cock is strutting with his hens about the walks.
Page 55 - Greville, of our former connexion, and don't despise me. I have not used you ill in any one thing. I have been from you going of six months, and you have wrote one letter to me — enstead of which I have sent fourteen to you. So pray, let me beg of you, my much-loved Greville, only one line from your dear, dear hands. You don't know how thankful I shall be for it. For, if you knew the misery I feel, oh! your heart would not be intirely shut up against me. Some of your friends — your foes perhaps;...
Page 56 - I am poor, helpless and forlorn. I have lived with you 5 years, and you have sent me to a strange place, and no one prospect, but thinking you was coming to me. Instead of which, I was told I was to live, you know how, with Sir William. No, I respect him, but no never. Shall he perap.s live with me for a little wile like you, and send me to England. Then what am I to do? What is to become of me ? But excuse me, my heart is f ul.
Page 109 - Nile, that the little thing may not tumble in; and, then, you may have ducks again in it. I forget, at what place we saw the netting; and either Mr. Perry, or Mr. Goldsmid, told us where it was to be bought. I shall be very anxious until I know this is done.
Page 105 - I was sensible, and said so when I married, that I should be superannuated when my wife would be in her full beauty and vigour of youth. That time is arrived, and we must make the best of it for the comfort of both parties.
Page 68 - I had no occasion to have liv'd for years in poverty and distress, if I had not felt something of virtue in my mind. Oh, my dear Friend ! for a time I own through distress my virtue was vanquished. But my sense of virtue was not overcome.
Page 115 - I suppose to be thirty-four of the line, and six frigates. A group of them was seen off the lighthouse of Cadiz this morning, but it blows so very fresh, and thick weather, that I rather believe they will go into the harbour before night. May God Almighty give us success over these fellows, and enable us to get a peace.