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Askew, Anne
1521–46
1521–46
1
Like as the armèd knight
Appointed to the field,
With this world will I fight,
And faith shall be my shield…
I am not she that list
My anchor to let fall,
For every drizzling mist
My ship substantial.
Like as the armèd knight
Appointed to the field,
With this world will I fight,
And faith shall be my shield…
I am not she that list
My anchor to let fall,
For every drizzling mist
My ship substantial.
"The Ballad which Anne Askew made and sang when she was in Newgate" (1546)
Asquith, Cynthia
1887–1960
1887–1960
1
I am beginning to rub my eyes at the prospect of peace…One will at last fully recognize that the dead are not only dead for the duration of the war.
I am beginning to rub my eyes at the prospect of peace…One will at last fully recognize that the dead are not only dead for the duration of the war.
diary, 7 October 1918
Asquith, Herbert
1852–1928
1852–1928
1
We had better wait and see.
phrase used repeatedly in speeches in 1910, referring to the rumour that the House of Lords was to be flooded with new Liberal peers to ensure the passage of the Finance Bill
It is fitting that we should have buried the Unknown Prime Minister by the side of the Unknown Soldier.
of Andrew Bonar Law
[The War Office kept three sets of figures:] one to mislead the public, another to mislead the Cabinet, and the third to mislead itself.
We had better wait and see.
phrase used repeatedly in speeches in 1910, referring to the rumour that the House of Lords was to be flooded with new Liberal peers to ensure the passage of the Finance Bill
Roy Jenkins
Asquith
(1964)
It is fitting that we should have buried the Unknown Prime Minister by the side of the Unknown Soldier.
of Andrew Bonar Law
Robert Blake
The Unknown Prime Minister
(1955)
[The War Office kept three sets of figures:] one to mislead the public, another to mislead the Cabinet, and the third to mislead itself.
Alistair Horne
Price of Glory
(1962) ch. 2
Asquith, Margot
1864–1945
1864–1945
1
Kitchener is a great poster.
The
t
is silent, as in
Harlow
.
to Jean Harlow, who had been mispronouncing "Margot"
He can't see a belt without hitting below it.
of Lloyd George
Kitchener is a great poster.
More Memories
(1933) ch. 6
The
t
is silent, as in
Harlow
.
to Jean Harlow, who had been mispronouncing "Margot"
T. S. Matthews
Great Tom
(1973) ch. 7
He can't see a belt without hitting below it.
of Lloyd George
in
Listener
11 June 1953 "Margot Oxford" by Lady Violet Bonham Carter
Asquith, Violet
1887–1969
1887–1969
1
how dare you become prime minister when i'm away great love constant thought violet.
telegram to her father, H. H. Asquith, 7 April 1908
how dare you become prime minister when i'm away great love constant thought violet.
telegram to her father, H. H. Asquith, 7 April 1908
Mark Bonham Carter and Mark Pottle (eds.)
Lantern Slides
(1996)
Astell, Mary
1668–1731
1668–1731
1
Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.
Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.
An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex
(1696)
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