We can trace almost
We can trace almost all the disasters of English history to the influence of Wales. Evelyn Waugh
English History
Few people know anything
Few people know anything of the English history but what they learn from Shakespear; for our story is rather a tissue of personal adventures and catastrophes than a series of political events. Elizabeth Montagu
The difficulty will be
The difficulty will be to keep her from learning too fast and too much. She is always sitting with her little nose burrowing into books. She doesn’t read them, Miss Minchin; she gobbles them up as if she were a little wolf instead of a little girl. She is always starving for new books to … Read more
English history consists largely
English history consists largely of royal people getting their heads chopped off…Needless to say, this brand of history was a hit with our son. Dave Barry
The more you look
The more you look back into English history, the more you are forced to the conclusion that alongside civility and the deeply held convictions about individual rights, the English have a natural taste for disorder. Anna Pavlova
From William of Orange
From William of Orange to William Pitt the younger there was but one man without whom English history must have taken a different turn, and that was William Pitt the elder. Albert Bushnell Hart
English history is aristocracy
English history is aristocracy with the doors open. Who has courage and faculty, let him come in. Ralph Waldo Emerson