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" 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 - Page 16
by Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Matthew Henry Barker - 1836 - 80 pages
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The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Volume 2

1810 - 492 pages
...the boy with him to sea. The uncle's answer to the application was remarkable: " What has poor Horace done, who is so weak, that he above all the rest should...him come; and the first time we go into action, a cannon ball perhaps may knock off his head and provide for him at once. This was in his 13th year,...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 4

Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 462 pages
...chosen, because of the delicacy of his constitution. " What," said he, ia his answer, " has poor Hornee 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 oft' his...
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Peerage of England. ...

Arthur Collins - 1812 - 766 pages
...Horatio prevailed with him to write to Captain Suckling. " What has poor Horatio done (said the answer), 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 come, and knock...
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The Life of Nelson, Volume 1

Robert Southey - 1813 - 274 pages
...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 "...
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The Life of Nelson, Volume 1

Robert Southey - 1813 - 276 pages
...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 at once." It is manifest from these words,...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 1

1814 - 760 pages
...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...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 6

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...chosen, because of the delicacy of his constitution. " What," said he, in his answer, " 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...
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Life of Nelson, Volume 1

Robert Southey - 1828 - 282 pages
...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 at once." It is manifest from these words,...
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A General History of the County of Norfolk: Intended to Convey All ..., Volume 1

John Chambers - Norfolk (England) - 1829 - 530 pages
...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...
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The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine, Part 1

Military art and science - 1832 - 602 pages
...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...
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