A Statement of the Means by which the Nelson Coat .. was Obtained by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas ...: Together with Copies of Letters, and Other Original Documents, Relating to Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton ... Also Some Unpublished Particulars of the Trial and Execution of Caracciolo, and the Capitulation of the Castles of Naples ...Evans, 1846 - 62 pages |
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Page 20 - Nay, take my life and all; pardon not that: You take my house, when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house; you take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live.
Page 54 - ... the left breast, as Nelson habitually wore them ; which disproves the story that he purposely adorned himself with his decorations on going into battle ! The course of the fatal ball is shown by a hole over the left shoulder, and part of the epaulette is torn away ; which agrees with Dr. Sir William Beattie's account of Lord Nelson's death, and with the fact that pieces of the bullion and pad of the epaulette adhered to the ball, which is now in Her Majesty's possession. The coat and waistcoat...
Page 54 - Joachim— are sewn on the left breast, as Nelson habitually wore them ; which disproves the story that he purposely adorned himself with his decorations on going into battle ! The course of the fatal ball is shown by a hole over the left shoulder, and part of the epaulette is torn away ; which agrees with Dr. Sir William Beattie's account of Lord Nelson's death, and with the fact that pieces of the bullion and pad of the epaulette adhered to the ball, which is now in Her Majesty's possession. The...
Page 27 - Admiralty, 7th. October, 1799. " My dear Lord, " In answer to your Letter of the 23rd of July, which did not reach me till the 2Oth of last month, I can only now repeat what I believe I have before said on the subject — namely, that the intentions and motives by which all your measures have been governed, have been as pure and good as their success has been complete.
Page 27 - ... avoiding to do anything which may raise any jealousies in the mind of the Emperor of Russia, who is particularly bent on the point of restoring, under some new regulations, the Order of Malta, and whose conduct ever on this subject, though one on which he may perhaps have been suspected by the world of entertaining more ambitious views, has been, as far as we are enabled to judge of it, of the most disinterested and honourable kind.
Page 54 - This sum being beyond his own means, Sir Harris determined to raise it by subscription, in order that the coat and waistcoat might be deposited, like the coat which Nelson wore at the battle of the Nile, in Greenwich Hospital. With that view, he put the proposition in writing, and had it printed as a circular. Before issuing this circular, however, he sent a copy to Prince Albert, who immediately desired that the purchase might be made for himself, as he should feel ' pride and pleasure' in presenting...
Page v - HEAR, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, Frae Maidenkirk to Johnny Groat's ; If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it : A chield's amang you taking notes, And, faith, he'll prent it.
Page 54 - ... hero's despatches, had satisfied himself that the coat and waistcoat which Nelson wore when he fell at Trafalgar were carefully preserved. In pursuance of the Admiral's directions, they were given, with several other things, by Sir Thomas Hardy, his captain, to Lady Hamilton ; by her they were transferred, under peculiar circumstances, to a late alderman of London; and they remained in possession of the alderman's widow.
Page 54 - Albert, who immediately desired that the purchase might be made for himself, as he should feel " pride and pleasure" in presenting the precious memorials to Greenwich Hospital. Sir Harris Nicolas took them to the Royal purchaser on Wednesday ; and we understand that the Prince manifested a very fine feeling on the occasion. There is...
Page 54 - Nile ; coat and waistcoat in which Nelson was killed at Trafalgar. " The coat is the undress uniform of a vice-admiral, lined with white silk, with lace on the cuffs, and epanlettes. Four stars — of the Orders of the Bath, St. Ferdinand and Merit, the Crescent, and St. Joachim— are sewn...