Famous quotes containing the words nelson and/or hood:
“The victors and the vanquished then the storm it tossed and tore,
As hard they strove, those worn-out men, upon that surly shore;
Dead Nelson and his half-dead crew, his foes from near and far,
Were rolled together on the deep that night at Trafalgar!”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)
“A certain portion of the human race
Has certainly a taste for being diddled.”
—Thomas Hood (1799–1845)