“It was manifest to me that there was something in the Roman Catholic religion which made the priests very dear to the people; for I doubt whether in any village in England, had such an accident happened to the rector, all the people would have roused themselves at midnight to wreak their vengeance on the assailant.” PeopleMadeDoubtHappenedEnglandCatholicDearAccidentsPriestsVillageManifestMidnightVengeanceRoman CatholicCatholic Religion Author:Bill Vaughan
“We may put too high a premium on speech from platform and pulpit, at the bar and in the legislative hall, and pay dear for the whistle of our endless harangues. England and especially Germany, are less loquacious, and attend more to business. We let the eagle, and perhaps too often the peacock, scream.” MayPaySpeechEnglandDearEndlessBarsGermanyHallsScreamPlatformsEaglesEloquencePulpitPremiumPeacock Author:Bill Vaughan
“The liberty of the press is dear to England; the licentiousness of the press is odious to England: the liberty of it can never be so well protected as by beating down the licentiousness.” WellsLibertyEnglandPressesDearProtected Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon
“This blessèd plot, this earth, this realm, this England This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, . . . This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land.” SoulEarthLandKingsEnglandDearRealmsPlotBlessNurseRoyalWomb Author:William Shakespeare
“I was born in England and brought up in London. When I was 18 I read a book and came across the Dharma. I was halfway through the book when I turned to my mother and said, "I'm a Buddhist," to which she replied, "Oh are you dear? Well finish the book and then you can tell me about it." I realised I'd always been Buddhist but I just hadn't known it existed, because in those days not even the word 'Buddha' was ever spoken. This was in in the 1960s, so there wasn't that much available, even in London.” WellsSaidBookMotherBornKnownEnglandDearAvailableLondonBuddhist1960sHalfwayRealisedDharma Author:Tenzin Palmo
“Now let's try to understand that falling into sexual and emotional thrall with an underage blood relative hadn't exactly been on my list of Things to Do while visiting England,but I was coming around to the belief that whether you liked it or not, Things Happen and once they start happening you pretty much just have to hold on for dear life and see where they drop you when they stop.” TryingHappensFallBeliefBloodEmotionalHappeningsEnglandDearListsThings HappenThings To DoRelativeVisitingDear LifeBlood Relatives Author:Meg Rosoff
“It's a wonderful feeling to have a niece like you Because you are always so dear You are so dear no matter the year But all throughout each day of the year There could hardly be a town in the South of England where you could throw a brick without hitting the niece of a bishop.” YearsMatterFeelingsWonderfulLike YouEnglandTownsSouthDearEach DayHittingBricksBishopsNieceDays Of The Year Author:George Orwell
“England has never enjoyed a genuine social revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little country.” LittlesCountrySocialRevolutionEnglandDearGenuineEnjoyedInsipidSocial RevolutionVapid Book:A Voice Crying in the Wilderness Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
“About one thing the Englishman has a particularly strict code. If a bird says Cluk bik bik bik bik and caw you may kill it, eat it or ask Fortnums to pickle it in Napoleon brandy with wild strawberries. If it says tweet it is a dear and precious friend and you'd better lay off it if you want to remain a member of Boodles.” IfsWantMayAsksOne ThingMembersBirdEnglandLaysDearCodeStrictEnglishmenInsultingTweetStrawberriesPicklesBrandyPrecious FriendsWild Strawberries Author:Clement Freud