Quotes about England

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I never could believe that Providencehad sent a few men into the world,ready booted and spurred to ride, andmillions rea — Richard Rumbold
So spoke the man whose importance originated in the golden harvest he had reaped with the resistless hand of force, from — Helen Craik, Stella of the North
By vice, dissipation, and extravagance, [the nobility] have been driven to the most despicable, and often the most atroc — Eliza Parsons, The Girl of the Mountains
I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of Engl — Elizabeth I
And I realized that this is what it's like to be an adult, learning to pick from a lot of bad choices and do the best yo — Jennifer Ryan, The Chilbury Ladies' Choir
She didn't say anything, just a long, quiet "shhhh," as if she had learned that the troubles of the world could be absor — Jennifer Ryan, The Chilbury Ladies' Choir
She was shocked when she followed her aunt and cousin down into the city proper. The streets were crawling with people, — Lillian White, The Mill Owner's Son: Ellen's Story
He stood staring into the wood for a minute, then said: "What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so — Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
Remember what punishments befell us in this world when we ourselves did not cherish learning nor transmit it to other me — Ælfrēd of Wessex
If we look back into history for the character of present sects in Christianity, we shall find few that have not in thei — Benjamin Franklin, The Life and Letters of Benjamin Franklin
What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840? But then, what have you in common with the child o — George Orwell
And immediately we rushed like horses, wild with the knowledge of this song, and bolted into a startingly loud harmony: — Austin Clarke, Amongst Thistles and Thorns
England is always remaking herself, her cliffs eroding, her sandbanks drifting, springs bubbling up in dead ground. They — Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
Only eight months had gone since Henry VIII of England had been suspended in death, there to lie like Mohammed’s coffin, — Dorothy Dunnett, The Game of Kings
History is about longing and belonging. It is about the need for permanence and the perception of continuity. It concern — Peter Ackroyd, Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors
Having lost and regained her freedom in the most extraordinary circumstances over the course of her remarkable lifetime, — Wendy Moore, Wedlock
Why Anglo-Saxon history?” At the time it had struck the Gray Man as a foolish and unanswerable question. The things that — Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves
How will we ever tell you apart?" Collins asked, unable to resist the question."It's really quite simple, sir, once you — Sarah Brazytis, The Apprentices
I can't tell you how terribly glad I am that you're going to be all right," George said, rather thickly. "I...I wouldn't — Sarah Brazytis, The Apprentices
George dutifully dusted the marks from the expensive rug and retired to the kitchen to await a grave and disapproving Co — Sarah Brazytis, The Apprentices