 | Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Matthew Henry Barker - 1836 - 500 pages
...to the lady ! In one of them he says : — " I have received a letter from Mr. Herbert, in answer to that which I left at Nevis for him. My greatest wish...conjugal happiness, real love and esteem, is I trust what Correspondence with Mrs. Nisbet. you believe I possess in the strongest degree towards you. I think... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1844 - 586 pages
...everlasting happiness in that which is to come. I have received a letter from Mr. Herbert, in answer to 0 Her Aunt, apparently the wife of the President of...although he may not be so rich as some others, provided his character and situation in life render such an union eligible. I declare solemnly, that did I not... | |
 | 1845 - 970 pages
...everlasting happiness in that which is to come. I have received a letter from Mr. Herbert, in answer to that which I left at Nevis for him. My greatest wish...and esteem, is, I trust, what you believe I possess towards you. I think Mr. Herbert loves you too well not to let you marry the man of your choice, although... | |
 | 1845 - 732 pages
...that which is to come. 1 have received a letter from Mr. Herbert, in answer to that which I left al Nevis for him. My greatest wish is to be united to...and esteem, is, I trust, what you believe I possess towards you. I think Mr. Herbert loves you too well not to let you marry the man of your choice, although... | |
 | George Lathom Browne - 1891 - 576 pages
...everlasting happiness in that which is to come. "I have received a letter from Mr. Herbert, in answer to that which I left at Nevis for him. My greatest wish...although he may not be so rich as some others, provided his character and situation in life render such an union eligible. I declare solemnly, that did I not... | |
 | John Knox Laughton - 1895 - 264 pages
...may be well to reproduce this part of it " I have received a letter from Mr. Herbert, in answer to that which I left at Nevis for him. My greatest wish...although he may not be so rich as some others, provided his character and situation in life render such a union eligible. I declare solemnly that, did I not... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1897 - 564 pages
...for dunht, in the mind of Lady Hamilton or of the world, that he was entirely faithful to her. tion of all conjugal happiness, real love and esteem, is,...what you believe I possess in the strongest degree toward you." Fifteen months later, and but a short time before their wedding, he says again : " His... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1899 - 918 pages
...in tone. "My greatest wish," he writes in the first of his letters to her that has been preserved, " is to be united to you ; and the foundation of all...what you believe I possess in the strongest degree toward you." Fifteen months later, and but a short time before their wedding, he says again : " His... | |
 | John Knox Laughton - 1900 - 326 pages
...may be well to reproduce this part of it " I have received a letter from Mr. Herbert, in answer to that which I left at Nevis for him. My greatest wish...although he may not be so rich as some others, provided his character and situation in life render such a union eligible. I declare solemnly that, did I not... | |
 | Esther Meynell - 1907 - 526 pages
...significant. The first letter he wrote her after their engagement is typical : " My greatest wish," he said, " is to be united to you ; and the foundation of all...believe I possess in the strongest degree towards you." He is contented, but certainly not rapturous, and he harps unduly on " esteem " as the only foundation... | |
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I have received a letter from Mr. Herbert, in answer to that which I left at Nevis for him. My greatest wish is to be united to you; and the foundation of all conjugal happiness real love and esteem, is, I trust, what you believe I possess in the strongest... 
