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Coronation Service
1689
1689
1
Here is wisdom; this is the royal Law; these are the lively Oracles of God.
Here is wisdom; this is the royal Law; these are the lively Oracles of God.
The Presenting of the Holy Bible; L. G. Wickham Legge
English Coronation Records
(1901)
Cory, William
(born
Johnson
) 1823–92
(born
Johnson
) 1823–92
1
Jolly boating weather,
And a hay harvest breeze,
Blade on the feather,
Shade off the trees
Swing, swing together
With your body between your knees.
They told me, Heraclitus, they told me you were dead,
They brought me bitter news to hear and bitter tears to shed.
I wept as I remembered how often you and I
Had tired the sun with talking and sent him down the sky.
Jolly boating weather,
And a hay harvest breeze,
Blade on the feather,
Shade off the trees
Swing, swing together
With your body between your knees.
"Eton Boating Song" in
Eton Scrap Book
(1865)
They told me, Heraclitus, they told me you were dead,
They brought me bitter news to hear and bitter tears to shed.
I wept as I remembered how often you and I
Had tired the sun with talking and sent him down the sky.
"Heraclitus" (1858); translation of Callimachus "Epigram 2"
Cotton, John
1584–1652
1584–1652
1
If you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone or brass, it will beat them down.
If you pinch the sea of its liberty, though it be walls of stone or brass, it will beat them down.
"Limitations of Government"; Perry Miller
The American Puritans
(1956)
Coubertin, Baron Pierre de
1863–1937
1863–1937
1
The important thing in life is not the victory but the contest; the essential thing is not to have won but to have fought well.
The important thing in life is not the victory but the contest; the essential thing is not to have won but to have fought well.
speech at a government banquet in London, 24 July 1908
Coué, Émile
1857–1926
1857–1926
1
Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.
to be said 15 to 20 times, morning and evening
Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.
to be said 15 to 20 times, morning and evening
De la suggestion et de ses applications
(1915)
Coupland, Douglas
1961–
1961–
1
Generation X: tales for an accelerated culture.
Generation X: tales for an accelerated culture.
title of book (1991)
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