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William Shakespeare 699
English playwright and poet 1564–1616Related quotes
“Though an angel should write, still 't is devils must print.”
The Fudges in England, Letter iii.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Hail Éarendel, brightest of angels
above the middle-earth sent unto men.”
"Crist", as translated by Humphrey Carpenter in Tolkien: A Biography (1977), p. 64
St. 1.
So, We'll Go No More A-Roving (1817)
“Though the sun beat all day upon the mud,
Still foul the mud remains and bright the sun.”
Fere lo sol lo fango tutto ’l giorno;
Vil riman, ne il sol perde colore.
Canzone. (Poeti del Primo Secolo, Firenze, 1816, p. 92).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 302.
“Where the bright seraphim in burning row
Their loud uplifted angel trumpets blow.”
At a Solemn Music
Source: The Complete Poetry
“Ruffian or devil, black as hell or bright as angels, thenceforth he was nothing to me.”
Wieland; or, the Transformation (1798)
The Golden Violet - The Child of the Sea
The Golden Violet (1827)
Speech on the St. Croix and Bayfield Railroad Bill, Jan. 27, 1871; Knott made this satirical speech, sometimes titled as Duluth! or The Untold Delights of Duluth, while serving in the United States House of Representatives; the speech lampooned Western boosterism by portraying Duluth, Minnesota, in fantastical and glowing language.