 Her age is twenty-two; and her personal accomplishments you will suppose / think equal to any person's I ever saw : but, without vanity, her mental accomplishments are superior to most people's of either sex ; and we shall come together as two persons...  Ben Brace: The Last of Nelson's Agamemnons - Page 64by Frederick Chamier - 1867 - 419 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Frederick Chamier - English fiction - 1840 - 446 pages
...whose fortune and character must be well known to all the West India merchants, therefore I shall say nothing upon that head. Her age is twenty-two; and...tell all circumstances. Herbert is very rich and very proud—he has an only daughter, and this niece, who he looks upon in the same light, if not higher.... | |
 | Frederick Chamier - 1840 - 442 pages
...nothing upon that head. Her age is twenty-two; and her personal accomplishments you will suppose I think equal to those of any person I ever saw; but,...tell all circumstances. Herbert is very rich and very proud—he has an only daughter, and this niece, who he looks upon in the same light, if not higher.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Admirals - 1844 - 586 pages
...person's I ever saw : but, without vanity, her mental accomplishments are superior to most people's of either sex ; and we shall come together as two...proud, — he has an only daughter, and this niece, who he looks upon in the same light, if not higher. I have lived at his house, when at Nevis, since... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Admirals - 1844 - 590 pages
...person's I ever saw: but, without vanity, her mental accomplishments are superior to most people's of either sex ; and we shall come together as two...proud, —he has an only daughter, and this niece, who he looks upon in the same light, if not higher. I have lived at his house, when at Nevis, since... | |
 | Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - Admirals - 1849 - 572 pages
...person's I ever saw: but, without vanity, her mental accomplishments are superior to most people's of either sex; and we shall come together as two persons...sincerely attached to each other from friendship. Her son Js under her guardianship, but totally independent of her. But I must describe Herbert to you, that... | |
 | John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1888 - 380 pages
...person's I ever saw; but, without vanity, her mental accomplishments are superior to most people's of either sex; and we shall come together as two persons...sincerely attached to each other from friendship.' Writing to an uncle on so delicate a subject, Nelson would have violated old-fashioned propriety had... | |
 | Esther Meynell - 1913 - 362 pages
...any person's I ever saw ; but without vanity her mental accomplishments are superior to most people's of either sex ; and we shall come together as two...sincerely attached to each other from friendship." To his brother he said, " Every day am I more than ever convinced of the propriety of my choice, and... | |
 | Brian Lavery - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 160 pages
...person's I ever saw; but, 41 without vanity, her mental accomplishments are superior to most people's of either sex; and we shall come together as two persons...sincerely attached to each other from friendship.' To James Wallis, first lieutenant of the Boreas, she was 'beautiful and amiable'. In July 1786 Admiral... | |
 | John Sugden - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 984 pages
...person's I ever saw, but, without vanity, her mental accomplishments are superior to most people's of either sex; and we shall come together as two persons...sincerely attached to each other from friendship.'" Nelson's finances were precarious. During times of peace he had no assurance that his command of the... | |
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