1st Baron Nelson of Stafford

Famous quotes containing the words baron, nelson and/or stafford:

    “Erle Douglas on his milk-white steede,
    Most like a baron bold,
    Rode foremost of his company,
    Whose armor shone like gold.”
    —Unknown. Chevy Chase (l. 65–68)

    “Women’s battle for financial equality has barely been joined, much less won. Society still traditionally assigns to woman the role of money-handler rather than money-maker, and our assigned specialty is far more likely to be home economics than financial economics.”
    —Paula Nelson (b. 1945)

    “a doe, a recent killing;
    she had stiffened already, almost cold.
    I dragged her off she was large in the belly.”
    —William Stafford (1914–1941)