 The death of Nelson was felt in England as something more than a public calamity : men started at the intelligence, and turned pale, as if they had heard of the loss of a dear friend.  The Life of Nelson - Page 275by Robert Southey - 1828Full view - About this book
 | Dudley Pope - Fiction - 1999 - 384 pages
...London. II Price of Victory The death of Nelson was felt in England as something more than a public calamity; men started at the intelligence, and turned...as if they had heard of the loss of a dear friend. — SOUTHEY LIEUTENANT LAPENOTIERE was already well on his way. By noon on Monday his postchaise was... | |
 | Peter France, William St Clair - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 368 pages
...irresistibly courageous and familiar. 'The death of Nelson was felt in England as something more than a public calamity; men started at the intelligence, and turned...as if they had heard of the loss of a dear friend' (Nelson, 1813, Chapter 9). Similarly, in 1817 Mary Shelley chose to educate Frankenstein's Monster... | |
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