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“For, to make deserts, God, who rules mankind, Begins with kings, and ends the work by wind.”

Ends Mankind Wind Kings Ruins Desert

Book:Works

Source: Works

“Some must delve when the dawn is nigh; Some must toil when the noonday beams; But when might comes, and the soft winds sigh, Every man is a King of Dreams.”

Men Dream Might Wind Kings Every Man Dawn Toil Sigh Beam

Author:Clinton Scollard

“I think some orator commenting upon that fate said that though the winds of heaven might whistle around an Englishman's cottage, the King of England could not.”

Thinking Said Home Might Heaven Fate Wind Kings England Englishmen Cottages Orators

Author:John James Ingalls

“It is a hard matter for a man to lie all over, nature having provided king's evidence in almost every member. The hand will sometimes act as a vane, to show which way the wind blows, even when every feature is set the other way; the knees smite together and sound the alarm of fear under a fierce countenance; the legs shake with anger when all above us calm.”

Men Way Sometimes Matter Hard Shows Hands Together Lying Sound Wind Kings Members Evidence Calm Blow Legs Features Knees Shakes Fierce Alarms Countenance

Book:.) (1850).

Source: .) (1850).

“The forest of Compiegne. Look at it. Like a kind grandmother dozing in her rocking chair. Old trees practicing curtsies in the wind because they still think Louis XIV is king.”

Thinking Looks Kind Stills Tree Wind Kings Forests Chairs Grandmother Old Trees Rocking Chairs Dozing

Author:Billy Wilder

“The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Сrown. It may be frail - its roof may shake - the wind may blow through it - the storm may enter - the rain may enter - but the King of England cannot enter.”

Men May Law Force Wind Kings Rain England Blow Storm Libertarian Shakes Crowns Roof Defiance Poorest Frail Cottages Tenements

Author:William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

“The poorest man may, in his cottage, bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail, its roof may shake; the wind may blow though it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England may not enter; all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement.”

Men May Force Liberty Wind Kings Rain Crosses England Blow Dare Storm Libertarian Shakes Libertarianism Crowns Roof Ruined Defiance Poorest Threshold Frail Cottages Tenements

Author:William Pitt

“I see a city in the desert lies The vanity of an ancient king But the city lies in broken pieces While the wind howls and the vultures sing”

Lying Cities Pieces Wind Broken Kings Ancient Vanity Desert Howl Vulture Broken Pieces

Author:Sting

“Vain the ambition of kings Who seek by trophies and dead things To leave a living name behind, And weave but nets to catch the wind.”

Life Names Behinds Wind Kings Ambition Vain Trophies

Author:John Webster

“Kent. Where's the king? Gent. Contending with the fretful elements; Bids the wind blow the earth into the sea, Or swell the curled waters 'bove the main, That things might change or cease; tears his white hair, Which the impetuous blasts, with eyeless rage, Catch in their fury and make nothing of; Strives in his little world of man to outscorn The to-and-fro-conflicting wind and rain. This night, wherein the cub-drawn bear would couch, The lion and the belly-pinched wolf Keep their fur dry, unbonneted he runs, And bids what will take all.”

Source: The plays of William Shakespeare

“The land is all too shallow It is painted on the sky And trembles like the wind-shook rain When the Raven King passed by”

Sky Land Wind Kings Rain Shallow Ravens

Author:Susanna Clarke

“Her queen danced like a flame in the wind, and the mercurial king like the weight at the center of the earth.”

Earth Wind Kings Weight Queens Flames Attolia King Of Attolia

Author:Megan Whalen Turner