Rookwood's Case (1696), 13 How. St. Tr. 154.
“Not quite what one expected, but once it happened one realized it couldn't be any other way.”
Source: The Secret History
“The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.”
but to find this happening on one’s own doorstep was a shock.
Love Over Scotland, chapter 50.
The 44 Scotland Street series
“England expects every Man will do his Duty.”
Famous signal to the British fleet before the battle of Trafalgar, as quoted in Life of Nelson, Ch. 9; Initially dictated as: "England confides that every man shall do his duty." The signaller pointed out that "expects" was in the signals alphabet, but "confides" was not and so had to be spelt out, taking longer, and Nelson agreed to the change.
Variant:
England expects every officer and man to do his duty this day.
As reported in The London Times (26 December 1805)
The Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
Preface, § 2
The Phenomenology of Spirit (1807)
Source: Primate of Poland calls for de-escalation of abortion protests https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/primate-of-poland-calls-for-de-escalation-of-abortion-protests-17105 (27 October 2020)
