You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king: and... You must hate "a Frenchman as you hate the devil."

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Topic

England and France

Speaker

Horatio, Lord Nelson

Language

English

Time

1813 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Admiral Military officer Soldier

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Nelson, Horatio. Quoted in The Life of Nelson, written by Robert Southey. Vol. 1, London: John Murray, 1813, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Nelson, Horatio. Quoted in The Life of Nelson, written by Robert Southey. Vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 2015, ch. 3.

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And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there-
O! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave!

Francis Scott Key

The Star-Spangled Banner

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Topic
American flag

Author

Francis Scott Key
Source
The Star-Spangled Banner
Medium
Song
Language
Engish
Time
1814 1810s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Key, Francis Scott. "Defence of Fort M'Henry." Analectic Magazine, 1814.

Current Citation

Key, Francis Scott. The Star-Spangled Banner. Composed by John Stafford Smith. Became official national anthem of the United States on March 3, 1931.