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" ... was impossible, during this visit, for any of us to make out his real character ; there was such a reserve and sternness in his behaviour, with occasional sallies, though very transient, of a superior mind. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse... "
The dispatches and letters of vice admiral ... Nelson, with notes by sir N.H ... - Page 119
by Horatio Nelson (1st visct.) - 1844
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The life of Nelson revised and illustrated, by the Old Sailor

Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Matthew Henry Barker - 1836 - 500 pages
...superior mind. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention by showing him all the civilities in my power ; but I drew out little more than yes...there, we think you would have made something of him t for you have been in the habit of attending to these odd sort of people." It was probably about the...
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The dispatches and letters of vice admiral ... Nelson, with notes ..., Volume 1

Horatio Nelson (1st visct.) - 1844 - 586 pages
...superior mind. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention by showing him all the civilities in my power ; but I drew out little more than ' Yes...sort of people. — Clarke and M- Arthur, vol. ip 37. 4 Vide p. 136. of: nor would any that reflected one moment. All that I can say is, that if you come...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 177

1845 - 732 pages
...his attention, by shewing him all the civilities in my power ; but I drew out little more than ytt or no. If you, Fanny, had been there, we think you would...the habit of attending to these odd sort of people," &c. p. 133, note. 1845.] The Life, Progress, and Rebellion of James Duke of Monmouth, SfC. By George...
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Memoirs of the Life of Vice-Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1

Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - 1849 - 572 pages
...superior mind. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention by shewing him all the civilities in my power; but I drew out little more than ' Yes,'...the habit of attending to these odd sort of people." From a letter addressed to his uncle, William Suckling, Esq. dated November 14, 1785, communicating...
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Life of Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B.

Joseph ALLEN (of Greenwich Hospital.) - 1853 - 290 pages
...superior mind. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention by showing him all the civilities in my power : but I drew out little more than 'Yes'...you would have made something of him ; for you have the habit of attending to these odd sort of people. ' ' — Clarke and M' Arthur. * This is somewhat...
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The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 31; Volume 104

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1911 - 890 pages
...mind. Being placed fay him, I endeav. cured to rouse his attention by showing him all the civilities in my power; but I drew out little more than ' Yes...the habit of attending to these odd sort of people ! It is natural to conclude that the lady who wrote this must have been uncongenial to Nelson, for...
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Rose-Belford's Canadian Monthly and National Review, Volume 2; Volume 15

1879 - 760 pages
...mind. I endeavoured, being placed near him, to rouse his attention, showing him all the civilities in my ¡ power; but I drew out little more than > yes and no. We think, Fanny, that if you had been there, some thing might have been made of him, since • It Ь...
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Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson: An Historical Biography Based on ..., Volume 2

John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1888 - 380 pages
...insane patients. ' If you, Fanny, had been there,' the fair and vivacious Creole wrote to Mrs. Nisbet, 'we think you would have made something of him ; for...the habit of attending to these odd sort of people.' To the Nevis ladies, Captain Nelson's taciturnity was the more curious and perplexing, because his...
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Nelson; the Public and Private Life of Horatio, Viscount Nelson: As Told by ...

George Lathom Browne - 1891 - 576 pages
...superior mind. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention by showing him all the civilities in my power; but I drew out little more than 'yes' and 'no.' If you, Fanny, had been here, we think you would have made something of him, for you have been in the habit of attending to...
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Nelson: By John Knox Laughton

John Knox Laughton - 1895 - 264 pages
...superior mind. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention by showing him all the civilities in my power ; but I drew out little more than ' Yes,'...the habit of attending to these odd sort of people." On May 12th, Nelson, writing to his brother, says incidentally that he has been visiting a young widow...
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