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CAMPBELL: _Mariners of England._
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The meteor flag of England Shall yet terrific burn, Till danger's troubled night depart, And the star of peace return.
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Stephen Leacock
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Newspapermen learn to call a murderer 'an alleged murderer' and the King of England 'the alleged King of England' to avoid libel suits.
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Christopher Fry
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Coffee in England is just toasted milk.
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Lord Nelson
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England expects that every man will do his duty.
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William Shakespeare
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This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror.
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George Bernard Shaw
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England and America are two countries separated by the same language.
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CAMPBELL: _Ye Mariners of England._
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When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
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Louis Booker Wright
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We're trying to show that we're not a little bit of England in America, but a place for Americans to gain a better perspective on their own history.
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SHAKS.: _Henry V.,_ Act i., Chorus.
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Xerxes did die, And so must I. _From the New England Primer._ Jumping o'er times, Turning the accomplishment of many years Into an hourglass.
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SHAKS.: _Henry V.,_ Act i., _Chorus._
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O England!--model to thy inward greatness, Like little body with a mighty heart,-- What mightst thou do, that honor would thee do, Were all thy children kind and natural!
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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In England every man you meet is some man's son in America, he may be some man's father.
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Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
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In this country England it is well to kill from time to time an admiral to encourage the others.
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HEBER: _At a Funeral,_ No. i.
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Our days begin with trouble here, Our life is but a span, And cruel death is always near, So frail a thing is man. _From the New England Primer._ Death rides on every passing breeze, He lurks in every flower.
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George Bernard Shaw
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We don't bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation we don't dress well and we've no manners.
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Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
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Dans ce pays-ci il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres. (In this country England it is thought well to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others. from Candide)
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Geoffrey Cottrell
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In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is.
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SHAKS.: _Sonnet 55._
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Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November, All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone: Which hath but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine. _Common in the New England States._ Not marble, nor the gilded monume
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William Shakespeare
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This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,-- This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
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England produces the best fat actors.
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England has forty-two religions and only two sauces.
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In England there are sixty different religions and only one sauce.
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This England never did, nor never shall,
Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror.
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England and America are two countries seperated by the same language.
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England and America are two countries separated by a common language.
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Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.
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The tipping custom originated in England when small sums were dropped into a box marked T.I.P.S. --TO INSURE PROMPT SERVICE.
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"Bertie" -Victoria (1819-1901), Queen of England, last word
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"Remember." -Charles I (1600-49), King of England, last word
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"The setting is Ancient England." Janeway on the Victorian Era
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"The things I do for England." - 007 (Sean Connery)
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"Maybe it's Canada pretending to be England?" -- Tom Servo
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"You know what I like about England? It ain't France!" -- Leary
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"The ferrets of old England, are marching as to war."
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The whole world is in revolt. Soon there will be only five Kings left--the King of England, the King of Spades, The King of Clubs, the King of Hearts, and the King of Diamonds.
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"But James, I need you" - girl "So does England." - 007
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