tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897615916165646799.post4019377782392435604..comments2023-05-07T21:32:19.154+01:00Comments on Wayland Wordsmith: JOSIAH NISBET'S YACHTUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897615916165646799.post-74738412827714640522018-03-15T21:46:56.112+00:002018-03-15T21:46:56.112+00:00He bought my house in Bigbury the year he married...He bought my house in Bigbury the year he married Frances.Oliver6627https://www.blogger.com/profile/03915164914253273572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897615916165646799.post-21124712246952959922010-08-22T09:26:52.214+01:002010-08-22T09:26:52.214+01:00Thank you for the Nisbetsnippet. The more I learn...Thank you for the Nisbetsnippet. The more I learn about Josiah, the more I warm to him.Wayland Wordsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10886630353709468426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897615916165646799.post-4196146597855450242010-08-18T12:43:34.351+01:002010-08-18T12:43:34.351+01:00A snippet for you about Nisbet:
"Colborne us...A snippet for you about Nisbet:<br /><br />"Colborne used to tell another story in connexion with Lord Nelson. Once at a ball at Sir William Hamilton's, Josiah Nisbet, Nelson's stepson, after drinking too much wine, pointed at Lady Hamilton and Nelson, and said, "That woman is ruining that man." Lady Hamilton went into hysterics, and Nisbet, as he was being dragged away, shouted, " Clap a swab to her neck; that will bring her to!"<br />- <i>The life of John Colborne, Field-Marshal Lord Seaton</i>, George Charles Moore Smith, 1903.Ray Girvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.com