“Falsehoods which we spurn to-day
Were the truths of long ago.”
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892) American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery
Calef in Boston, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“In the days when we went gypsying
A long time ago;
The lads and lassies in their best
Were drest from top to toe.”
In the Days when we went Gypsying.
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A long time ago;
The lads and lassies in their best
Were drest from top to toe." by Edwin Ransford?
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Quote in a letter of Degas to Jean-Baptiste Faure, 14 March 1877
1876 - 1895
“We discovered we are both pleasantly furious half of the time,
When we're not just toeing the line.”
Ani DiFranco (1970) musician and activist
Brief Bus Stop
Song lyrics
Phil Brown (footballer) (1959) English association football player and manager
24-Aug-2007, Hull City OWS
As opposed to under the ground?
Charles Kingsley (1819–1875) English clergyman, historian and novelist
Song II, st. 1. <br class="br"> Water Babies http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/wtrbs10h.htm (1863)
