The Life Of Nelson Volume Ii Esprios Classics

Author : Robert Southey
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ISBN 13 : 9781331314479
Total Pages : 404 pages
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Download or read book Life of Nelson (Classic Reprint) written by Robert Southey and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life of Nelson Nelson's Birth and Boyhood - He is entered on beard the Raisonnable - Goes to the West Indies in a Merchant-ship; then serves in the Triumph - He sails in Capt. Phipp's Voyage of Discovery - Goes to the East Indies in the Seahorse, and returns in ill Health - Serves as acting Lieutenant in the Worcester, and is made Lieustenant into the Lowestoffe, Commander in the Badger Brig, and Post into the Hinchinbrook - Expedition on against the Spanish Main - Sent to the South Seas in the Albermarle - Services during the American War. Horatio, son of Edmund anu Catharine Nelson, was born Sept. 29, 1758, in the parsonage house of Burnham Thorpe, a village in the county of Norfolk, of which his father was rector. The maiden name of his mother was Suckling; her grandmother was an elder sister of Sir Robert Walpole, and this child was named after his grandfather, the first Lord Walpole. Mrs. Nelson died in l767, leaving eight, out of eleen, children. Her brother, Capt. Maurice Suckling, of the navy, visited the widower upon this event, and promised to take care of one of the boys. Three years afterward, when Horatio was only twelve years of age, being at home during the Christmas holydays, he read in the county newspaper that his uncle was appointed to the Raisonnable, of 64 guns. "Do William," said he to a brother who was two years older than himself, "write to my father, and tell him I should like to go to sea with uncle Maurice." Mr. Nelson was then at Bath, whither he had gone for the recovery of his health; his circumstances were straitened, and he had no prospect of ever seeing them bettered: he knew that it was the wish of providing for himself by which Horatio was chiefly actuated; and did not oppose his resolution: he understood also the boy's character, and always said, that in whatever station he might be placed, he would climb, if possible, to 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 off his head, and provide for him at once." It is manifest from these words, that Horatio was not the boy when his uncle would have chosen to bring up in his own profession. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.