english news paper headline
"Fog in Channel - Continent cut off".
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ralph waldo emerson (1803-1882) - american philosopher & poet
"There are multitudes of young rude English who have the self sufficiency and bluntness of their nation, and who, with their disdain for the rest of mankind, and with this indigestion and choler, have made the English traveller a proverb for uncomfortable and offensive manner".
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eighteenth century french traveller
"They will break panes of glass and smash the windows of coaches, and also knock you down without the slightest compunction. On the contrary, they will roar with laughter".
(Upon attending a football game in 18th century England)
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adolf hitler
"Germany will dominate Europe, and England the world outside".
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ralph waldo emerson (1803-1882) - american philosopher & poet
"By this sacredness of individuals, the English have in seven hundred years evolved the principles of freedom".
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jeremy paxman - political analyst & tv presenter
"It is a mark of self confidence: the English have not spent a great deal of time defining themselves because they haven't needed to".
(Extract from his book "The English")
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jeremy paxman - political analyst & tv presenter
"Those countries which do best in the world - the ones that are safe and prosperous - have a coherent sense of their own culture".
(Extract from his book "The English")
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arthur bryant - historian
"Five times by her mastery of the sea she has prevented a continental military conqueror from imposing a despotic authoritarian rule on Europe and the rest of the world".
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arthur bryant - historian
"The value set by her people on the freedom and sanctity of the individual, on justice and fair play, on mercy and tenderness towards the weak, and their dislike of lawless violence and their capacity to tolerate, forget and forgive have been, for all England's past mistakes and faults, a very real factor in human evolution".
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john milton (1643) - english poet
"Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live".
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george mikes - author
"When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain, sometimes the United Kingdom, sometimes the British Isles - but never England".
(From his book "How To Be An Alien)
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john milton (1643) - english poet
"God is decreeing to begin some new and great period in his Church, even to the reforming of Reformation itself. What does he then but reveal Himself to his servants, and as is his manner, first to his Englishmen".
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lord admiral horatio nelson
"First, you must implicitly obey orders… Secondly, you must consider every man as your enemy who speaks ill of your King... And thirdly, you must hate a Frenchman as you do the devil".
(Giving advice to a new recruit on how to survive in the Royal Navy)
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lord admiral horatio nelson
"England expects that every man will do his duty".
(Message to his men before the Battle of Trafalgar)
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ogden nash - american humorist
"Let us pause to consider the English. Who when they pause to consider themselves they get all reticently thrilled and tinglish, because every Englishman is convinced of one thing, viz; that to be an Englishman is to belong to the most exclusive club there is".
"Fog in Channel - Continent cut off".
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ralph waldo emerson (1803-1882) - american philosopher & poet
"There are multitudes of young rude English who have the self sufficiency and bluntness of their nation, and who, with their disdain for the rest of mankind, and with this indigestion and choler, have made the English traveller a proverb for uncomfortable and offensive manner".
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
eighteenth century french traveller
"They will break panes of glass and smash the windows of coaches, and also knock you down without the slightest compunction. On the contrary, they will roar with laughter".
(Upon attending a football game in 18th century England)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
adolf hitler
"Germany will dominate Europe, and England the world outside".
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ralph waldo emerson (1803-1882) - american philosopher & poet
"By this sacredness of individuals, the English have in seven hundred years evolved the principles of freedom".
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
jeremy paxman - political analyst & tv presenter
"It is a mark of self confidence: the English have not spent a great deal of time defining themselves because they haven't needed to".
(Extract from his book "The English")
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
jeremy paxman - political analyst & tv presenter
"Those countries which do best in the world - the ones that are safe and prosperous - have a coherent sense of their own culture".
(Extract from his book "The English")
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
arthur bryant - historian
"Five times by her mastery of the sea she has prevented a continental military conqueror from imposing a despotic authoritarian rule on Europe and the rest of the world".
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
arthur bryant - historian
"The value set by her people on the freedom and sanctity of the individual, on justice and fair play, on mercy and tenderness towards the weak, and their dislike of lawless violence and their capacity to tolerate, forget and forgive have been, for all England's past mistakes and faults, a very real factor in human evolution".
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
john milton (1643) - english poet
"Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live".
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
george mikes - author
"When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain, sometimes the United Kingdom, sometimes the British Isles - but never England".
(From his book "How To Be An Alien)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
john milton (1643) - english poet
"God is decreeing to begin some new and great period in his Church, even to the reforming of Reformation itself. What does he then but reveal Himself to his servants, and as is his manner, first to his Englishmen".
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lord admiral horatio nelson
"First, you must implicitly obey orders… Secondly, you must consider every man as your enemy who speaks ill of your King... And thirdly, you must hate a Frenchman as you do the devil".
(Giving advice to a new recruit on how to survive in the Royal Navy)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
lord admiral horatio nelson
"England expects that every man will do his duty".
(Message to his men before the Battle of Trafalgar)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ogden nash - american humorist
"Let us pause to consider the English. Who when they pause to consider themselves they get all reticently thrilled and tinglish, because every Englishman is convinced of one thing, viz; that to be an Englishman is to belong to the most exclusive club there is".
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