The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (192 page)
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Grant, Ulysses S.
1822–85
1822–85
1
No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
I purpose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer.
The war is over—the rebels are our countrymen again.
preventing his men from cheering after Lee's surrender at Appomattox
I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
to Simon Bolivar Buckner, under siege at Fort Donelson, 16 February 1862
I purpose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer.
dispatch to Washington, from head-quarters in the field, 11 May 1864
The war is over—the rebels are our countrymen again.
preventing his men from cheering after Lee's surrender at Appomattox
on 9 April, 1865
I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
inaugural address, 4 March 1869
Granville, George
, Lord Lansdowne 1666–1735
, Lord Lansdowne 1666–1735
1
Bright as the day, and like the morning, fair,
Such Cloe is…and common as the air.
Cowards in scarlet pass for men of war.
Bright as the day, and like the morning, fair,
Such Cloe is…and common as the air.
"Cloe" (1712)
Cowards in scarlet pass for men of war.
The She Gallants
(1696) act 5
Grattan, Henry
1746–1820
1746–1820
1
The thing he proposes to buy is what cannot be sold—liberty.
speech in the Irish Parliament against the proposed union, 16 January 1800
The thing he proposes to buy is what cannot be sold—liberty.
speech in the Irish Parliament against the proposed union, 16 January 1800
in
Dictionary of National Biography
(1917–)
Graves, Arthur Percival
1846–1931
1846–1931
1
Trottin' to the fair,
Me and Moll Maloney,
Seated, I declare
On a single pony.
Trottin' to the fair,
Me and Moll Maloney,
Seated, I declare
On a single pony.
"Ridin' Double"
Graves, John Woodcock
1795–1886
1795–1886
1
D'ye ken John Peel with his coat so grey?
D'ye ken John Peel at the break of the day?
D'ye ken John Peel when he's far far away
With his hounds and his horn in the morning?
an alternative version "coat so gay" is often sung
D'ye ken John Peel with his coat so grey?
D'ye ken John Peel at the break of the day?
D'ye ken John Peel when he's far far away
With his hounds and his horn in the morning?
an alternative version "coat so gay" is often sung
"John Peel" (1820)
Graves, Robert
1895–1985
1895–1985
1
Beware, madam, of the witty devil,
The arch intriguer who walks disguised
In a poet's cloak, his gay tongue oozing evil.
There's a cool web of language winds us in,
Retreat from too much joy or too much fear.
Truth-loving Persians do not dwell upon
The trivial skirmish fought near Marathon.
Goodbye to all that.
Beware, madam, of the witty devil,
The arch intriguer who walks disguised
In a poet's cloak, his gay tongue oozing evil.
"Beware, Madam!"
There's a cool web of language winds us in,
Retreat from too much joy or too much fear.
"The Cool Web" (1927)
Truth-loving Persians do not dwell upon
The trivial skirmish fought near Marathon.
"The Persian Version" (1945)
Goodbye to all that.
title of autobiography (1929)
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