When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson touch', it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved—'It was new—it was singular—it was simple!'
letter to Lady Hamilton, 1 October 1805, in Robert Southey Life of Nelson (1813) ch. 9
When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson touch', it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved—'It was new—it was singular—it was simple!'
letter to Lady Hamilton, 1 October 1805, in Robert Southey Life of Nelson (1813) ch. 9