The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Robert Southey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0282601678 ISBN 13: 9780282601676

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson

The snow was deep enough to have afforded them a reasonable excuse; but Horatio was not to be pre vailed upon to turn back. We must go on, said he; remember, brother, it was left to our honour l There were some fine pears growing in the school master's garden, which the boys regarded as lawful booty, and in the highest degree tempting; but the boldest among them were afraid to venture for the prize. Horatio volunteered upon this service he was lowered down at night from the bed-room window by some sheets, plundered the tree, was drawn up with the pears, and then distributed them among his school-fellows, without reserving any for himself. He only took them, he said, because every other boy was afraid.

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Robert Southey ; 12 August 1774 – 21 March 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843. Although his fame has been long eclipsed by that of his contemporaries and friends William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Southey's verse still enjoys some popularity. Moreover, Southey was a prolific letter writer, literary scholar, essay writer, historian and biographer. His biographies include the life and works of John Bunyan, John Wesley, William Cowper, Oliver Cromwell and Horatio Nelson. The last has rarely been out of print since its publication in 1813 and was adapted for the screen in the 1926 British film, Nelson. He was also a renowned Portuguese and Spanish scholar, translating a number of works of those two countries into English and writing both a History of Brazil (part of his planned History of Portugal which was never completed) and a History of the Peninsular War. Perhaps his most enduring contribution to literary history is the children's classic, The Story of the Three Bears, the original Goldilocks story, which first saw print in Southey's prose collection, The Doctor.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0282601678
• ISBN 13: 9780282601676
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 285