Southeys Life Of Nelson Classic Reprint

Download or read book Southey's Life of Nelson (Classic Reprint) written by Robert Southey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Southey's Life of Nelson The Life of Nelson was completed this morning (feb. I, This is a subject which I should never have dreamt of touching, if it had not been thrust upon me. I have walked among sea-terms as carefully as a cat does among crockery; but if I have succeeded in making the narrative continuous and clear, - the very reverse of what it is in the lives before me, the materials are in themselves so full of character, so picturesque, and so sublime, that it cannot fail of being a good book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.