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Astley, Jacob
1579–1652
1579–1652
1
O Lord! thou knowest how busy I must be this day: if I forget thee, do not thou forget me.
prayer before the Battle of Edgehill, 1642
O Lord! thou knowest how busy I must be this day: if I forget thee, do not thou forget me.
prayer before the Battle of Edgehill, 1642
Philip Warwick
Memoires
(1701)
Astor, Nancy
1879–1964
1879–1964
1
I married beneath me, all women do.
I married beneath me, all women do.
in
Dictionary of National Biography 1961–1970
(1981)
Atkinson, Brooks
1894–1984
1894–1984
1
After each war there is a little less democracy to save.
After each war there is a little less democracy to save.
Once Around the Sun
(1951) 7 January
Attenborough, David
1926–
1926–
1
I'm not over-fond of animals. I am merely astounded by them.
I'm not over-fond of animals. I am merely astounded by them.
in
Independent
14 January 1995
Attlee, Clement
1883–1967
1883–1967
1
The voice we heard was that of Mr Churchill but the mind was that of Lord Beaverbrook.
Few thought he was even a starter
There were many who thought themselves smarter
But he ended PM
CH and OM
An earl and a knight of the garter.
describing himself in a letter to Tom Attlee, 8 April 1956
[Russian Communism is] the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
The voice we heard was that of Mr Churchill but the mind was that of Lord Beaverbrook.
speech on radio, 5 June 1945
Few thought he was even a starter
There were many who thought themselves smarter
But he ended PM
CH and OM
An earl and a knight of the garter.
describing himself in a letter to Tom Attlee, 8 April 1956
Kenneth Harris
Attlee
(1982)
[Russian Communism is] the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.
speech at Aarhus University, 11 April 1956
Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
speech at Oxford, 14 June 1957
Aubrey, John
1626–97
1626–97
1
And when he saw the cheese-cakes:—"What have we here,
crinkum crankum
?"
Oval face. His eye a dark grey. He had auburn hair. His complexion exceeding fair—he was so fair that they called him
the lady of
Christ's College.
He pronounced the letter R (
littera canina
) very hard—a certain sign of a satirical wit.
Sciatica: he cured it, by boiling his buttock.
Anno 1670, not far from Cirencester, was an apparition; being demanded whether a good spirit or a bad? returned no answer, but disappeared with a curious perfume and most melodious twang. Mr W. Lilly believes it was a fairy.
And when he saw the cheese-cakes:—"What have we here,
crinkum crankum
?"
Brief Lives
"Ralph Kettel"
Oval face. His eye a dark grey. He had auburn hair. His complexion exceeding fair—he was so fair that they called him
the lady of
Christ's College.
Brief Lives
"John Milton"
He pronounced the letter R (
littera canina
) very hard—a certain sign of a satirical wit.
Brief Lives
"John Milton"
Sciatica: he cured it, by boiling his buttock.
Brief Lives
"Sir Jonas Moore"
Anno 1670, not far from Cirencester, was an apparition; being demanded whether a good spirit or a bad? returned no answer, but disappeared with a curious perfume and most melodious twang. Mr W. Lilly believes it was a fairy.
Miscellanies
(1696) "Apparitions"
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