“But the time will come when New England will be as thickly peopled as old England. Wages will be as low, and will fluctuate as much with you as with us. You will have your Manchesters and Birminghams; and, in those Manchesters and Birminghams, hundreds of thousands of artisans will assuredly be sometimes out of work. Then your institutions will be fairly brought to the test.” SometimesLowsTestsEnglandInstitutionsWagesManchesterNew EnglandBirminghamArtisansOld England Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot. I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot... But what of the man? I know his name was Guy Fawkes and I know, in 1605, he attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament.” KnowsShouldReasonRememberGuyThreeDarkBoysKingsProveEnglandBlowRingsBurningReason WhyScorePlotNo ReasonBellsProvidenceFifthNovemberTreasonBarrelsPowderLanternsGunpowderFawkesOld England Author:Alan Moore
“Old England is our home, and Englishmen are we; Our tongue is known in every clime, our flag in every sea.” HomeKnownSeaEnglandTongueFlagsEnglishmenOld England Author:Mary Howitt
“Of all the trees that grow so fair Old England to adorn, Greater are none beneath the Sun Than Oak, and Ash and Thorn.” PoetryGrowsSunGreaterTreeFairsEnglandAshesOaksOld England Author:Rudyard Kipling