Like William Ernest Henley's poem Invictus that has inspired such people as Nelson Mandela when he was incarcerated, If — is a memorable evocation of Victorian stoicism, regarded as a traditional British virtue.

) Like Nelson he was mortally wounded in battle, and also like the admiral lived long enough to be assured that he had gained a victory.

Like Nelson, the model for both Hornblower and Harrington by admission of both authors, she becomes a living legend by using those skills in several major engagements — battles for which the press nicknames her " The Salamander " for always seeming to be " where the fire is hottest.

Like its radio predecessor ( which finally ended in 1954 ), the series focused mainly on the Nelson family at home, dealing with run-of-the-mill problems.

Like the other Outlaw artists in the business at the time ( Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, David Allan Coe, Hank Williams Jr .), Tucker was able to combine qualities of Country and Rock music into her voice to make the Outlaw sound that was popular at the time.

Like her second album, it included collaborations with artists Rodney Crowell and Willie Nelson.

Like Lord Nelson and others, he thought it important to continuously search for, take possession of, and carefully manage the best Naval timber resources throughout the expanding British Empire.

" Like his contemporary Baby Face Nelson, Floyd hated his nickname.

* New York Times: His Car Smelling Like French Fries, Willie Nelson Sells Biodiesel ( by Danny Hakim.

His mother was the late R & B / Dance singer Phyllis Nelson, known for the songs I Like You and Move Closer.

#" Like Lovers Do " – 4: 11 ; produced by Eve Nelson

Like Agatha Christie, she isn't overly fond of the detective she is most famous for creating – in Ariadne's case the Finnish sleuth Sven Hjerson.

Like most of the employees of Frontline, she has no ethical problems with any action the show takes to get a good story.

Like Snorri's Hel, she is terrifying to in appearance, black or dark in colour, usually naked, adorned with severed heads or arms or the corpses of children, her lips smeared with blood.

Like Van Buren, she was raised in a Dutch home and never lost her distinct Dutch accent.

Like her doublet Europa, her origins were in the East, in her case at Colchis, the palace of the Sun ; she was given in marriage to King Minos of Crete.

Like the Tsar, she was not a ruler.

Like Nicholas, she failed at ruling.

Other songs performed by Amos include The Doors ' " People are Strange ", Depeche Mode's " Personal Jesus ", Joni Mitchell's " The Circle Game ", Madonna's " Live to Tell " and " Like a Prayer ", Björk's " Hyperballad ", Led Zeppelin's " When the Levee Breaks " ( which she debuted in Austin, Texas, just after the events of Hurricane Katrina ), Kate Bush's " And Dream of Sheep " and Crowded House's " Don't Dream It's Over ", dedicating it to drummer Paul Hester who had died a week before.

Anita sees that Tony has been with Maria, and asks in horror how she can love the man who killed her brother (" A Boy Like That ").

Like the majority of her fellow Pantheon teammates, she had somewhat enhanced strength and agility.

Like Willow, she is also a witch.

Like Queen Ælfthryth, she acted as patroness of the clergy and abbot Ælfsige of Peterborough was one of her closest advisors.

Several of her early 2000s films, including 2001's Someone Like You and 2002's High Crimes, received only mixed reviews and moderate box office success ; although she did receive positive recognition, and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress, for her performance in the 2004 biography of Cole Porter, De-Lovely, opposite Kevin Kline.

Like Aurelian she was from Dacia.

Like him, she was exceptionally talented in music and the couple had nine children.

Like her husband, she advocated the strengthening of prohibition laws.

Like Elizabeth, the Electress's rights are denied her by a jealous sister Anne, and she will never be sure of the English crown until her accession to the throne.

Like her husband, she refuses to accept responsibility for the death of Eva / Daisy, and seems more concerned with maintaining the family's reputation-even going so far as to lie and deny recognition of the photograph of the dead girl.

Like her older sister Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, she nursed wounded soldiers in a military hospital from 1914 to 1917, until the family was arrested following the first Russian Revolution of 1917.

Lillie Langtry ( October 13, 1853 – February 12, 1929 ), usually spelled Lily Langtry when she was in the U. S., born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, was a British music hall singer and stage actress famous for her many stage productions including She Stoops to Conquer, The Lady of Lyons and As You Like It.

Like Thomas, she spoke French and Latin and they got along well enough for her to accept his daughter Anne as a maid of honour.

Like many Latin actors, she was typecast to play ethnic roles in American films.

") Like Sandurz, she appears to be a parody of various Imperial officers.

Like Mary, she is single.

Like many games made during the Golden Age of Arcade Games, there is no actual ending and continuously loops until the player loses.

Like other Brachystegia species it needs a cool, dry resting period when it loses its leaves followed by a hot dry spell that revives the tree.

Like Mrs. Dalloway, with her regrets about Peter Walsh, he had his moments of melancholy over a youth too well spent.

Like Eliot, in my fantasies, I had a proud bearing and, with a skill that was vaguely continental, I would lead Jessica through an evening of dancing and handsome descriptions of my newest exploits, would guide her gently to the night's climax which, in my dreams, was always represented by our almost suffocating one another to death with deep, moist kisses burning with love.

Like an abbot, after being confirmed in her office by the Holy See, an abbess is solemnly admitted to her office by a formal blessing, conferred by the bishop in whose territory the monastery is located, or by an abbot or another bishop with appropriate permission.

Like Galanthis, Historis announced that Alcmene had delivered her child ; having been deceived, the witches went away, allowing Alcmene to give birth.

Like her mother and brother, who was widely worshiped at Troy, Artemis took the side of the Trojans.

(" I'm Like the Bluebird ") All the money is in the hands of Cora Hoover Hooper, the stylish, ruthless mayoress and her cronies-Comptroller Schub, Treasurer Cooley, and Police Chief Magruder.

Like other American tales of banshees, this legend does not connect her to any particular death ( aside, perhaps, from her own ).

Like her brother, Athelstan, Edith was devoted to the cult of Saint Oswald and was instrumental in introducing this cult into Germany after her marriage to the emperor.

Like Britain earlier, Spain left behind a plaque proclaiming her sovereignty.

Like all goddesses, images of Hera might show her wearing a diadem and a veil.

Like her birth date, Judith's date of death remains unknown.

Lucrece is also featured in William Shakespeare's 1594 long poem The Rape of Lucrece ; he also mentioned her in Titus Andronicus, As You Like It, and Twelfth Night ( Malvolio authenticates his fateful letter by spotting Olivia's Lucrece seal ).

Some of her best performances were in films such as Friends, The Mender of Nets, Just Like a Woman, and The Female of the Species.

Like most movie stars of the silent era, Pickford found her career fading as talkies became more popular among audiences.

Like Athena, Minerva was born from the head of her father, Jupiter ( Greek Zeus ).

Like most female academics of her generation, Murray had received no formal training, instead being taught Egyptology by Flinders Petrie.

She has appeared in a number of television movies, including Like Mother, Like Son, Run a Crooked Mile, Heartsounds, The Gin Game ( based on the Broadway play ; reuniting her with Dick Van Dyke ), Mary and Rhoda, Finnegan Begin Again.