 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 462 pages
...the delicacy of his constitution. " What," said he, ia his answer, " has poor Hornee done, who is so weak, that he, above all the rest, should be sent...first time we go into action, a cannon ball may knock oft' his head and provide for him at once." Yet Horace had already given such indications of a noble... | |
 | 1810 - 492 pages
...to sea. The uncle's answer to the application was remarkable: " What has poor Horace done, who is so weak, that he above all the rest should be sent to rough it at sea?" — But let him come; and the first time we go into action, a cannon ball perhaps may knock... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 766 pages
...Horatio prevailed with him to write to Captain Suckling. " What has poor Horatio done (said the answer), that he, above all the rest, should be sent to rough...the first time we go into action, a cannon ball may come, and knock off his head at once." The ship not being ready, he returned to school; but after three... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - Aristocracy (Social class) - 1812 - 748 pages
...Horatio prevailed with him to write to Captain Suckling. " What has poor Horatio done (said the answer), that he, above all the rest, should be sent to rough...and the first time we go into action, a cannon ball roay come, and knock off his head at once." The ship not being ready, he returned to school; but after... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1813 - 276 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1814 - 760 pages
...Captain 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...first time we go into action a cannon ball may knock off his head, and provide for him at once." * Vol. ip 4. Soon after, however, he was taken from school... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...the delicacy of his constitution. " What," said he, in his answer, " has poor Horace done, who is so weak, that he above all the rest should be sent to...him come; and the first time we go into action, a cannon-ball may knock off his head, and provide for him at once." Yet Horace had already given such... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1828 - 282 pages
...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... | |
 | John Chambers - Norfolk (England) - 1829 - 530 pages
...Captain 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...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 Horace was not the... | |
 | Military art and science - 1832 - 602 pages
...display genius, are sufficiently qualified to buffet the waves. " What has poor Horatio done, who is so weak, that he above all the rest, should be sent to rough it out at sea?"* It is probable that a numerous family, with limited means of support, and no prospect of ever seeing... | |
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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... 
