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Greene, Robert
c.
1560–92
c.
1560–92
1
Ah! what is love! It is a pretty thing,
As sweet unto a shepherd as a king.
For there is an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bumbast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute
Johannes fac totum
, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Ah! what is love! It is a pretty thing,
As sweet unto a shepherd as a king.
"The Shepherd's Wife's Song" (1590)
For there is an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bumbast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute
Johannes fac totum
, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Groatsworth of Wit Bought with a Million of Repentance
(1592).
Greer, Germaine
1939–
1939–
1
The female eunuch.
Women have very little idea of how much men hate them.
The female eunuch.
title of book (1970)
Women have very little idea of how much men hate them.
The Female Eunuch
(1970)
Gregory, Pope
the Great
ad
c.
540–604
the Great
ad
c.
540–604
1
Non Angli sed Angeli.Not Angles but Angels.
on seeing English slaves in Rome
Non Angli sed Angeli.Not Angles but Angels.
on seeing English slaves in Rome
oral tradition, based on "
Responsum est, quod Angli vocarentur. At ille: "Bene," inquit; "nam et angelicam habent faciem, et tales angelorum in caelis decet esse coheredes
[It is well," he said, "for they have the faces of angels, and such should be the co-heirs of the angels of heaven]"; Bede
Historia Ecclesiastica
bk. 2
Gregory VII, Pope
c.
1020–85
c.
1020–85
1
I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile.
at Salerno, following his conflict with the Emperor Henry IV
I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile.
at Salerno, following his conflict with the Emperor Henry IV
J. W. Bowden
The Life and Pontificate of Gregory VII
(1840) vol. 2
Grenfell, Joyce
1910–79
1910–79
1
George—don't do that.
George—don't do that.
recurring line in monologues about a nursery school, from the 1950s, in
George—Don't Do That
(1977)
Grenfell, Julian
1888–1915
1888–1915
1
And Life is Colour and Warmth and Light
And a striving evermore for these;
And he is dead, who will not fight;
And who dies fighting has increase.
And Life is Colour and Warmth and Light
And a striving evermore for these;
And he is dead, who will not fight;
And who dies fighting has increase.
"Into Battle" in
The Times
28 May 1915
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