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Whittier, John Greenleaf
1807–92
1807–92
1
"Shoot, if you must, this old grey head,
But spare your country's flag," she said.
Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
Forgive our foolish ways!
Re-clothe us in our rightful mind,
In purer lives thy service find,
In deeper reverence praise.
For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: "It might have been!"
"Shoot, if you must, this old grey head,
But spare your country's flag," she said.
"Barbara Frietchie" (1863)
Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
Forgive our foolish ways!
Re-clothe us in our rightful mind,
In purer lives thy service find,
In deeper reverence praise.
"The Brewing of Soma" (1872)
For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: "It might have been!"
"Maud Muller" (1854).
Whittington, Robert
1
As time requireth, a man of marvellous mirth and pastimes, and sometime of as sad gravity, as who say: a man for all seasons.
of Sir Thomas More
As time requireth, a man of marvellous mirth and pastimes, and sometime of as sad gravity, as who say: a man for all seasons.
of Sir Thomas More
Vulgaria
(1521) pt. 2 "De constructione nominum"; Erasmus had applied the idea earlier in the prefatory letter to
In Praise of Folly
(1509), saying that More played "
Omnium horarum hominem
[A man of all hours]"
Whitton, Charlotte
1896–1975
1896–1975
1
Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good.
Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good.
in
Canada Month
June 1963
Whur, Cornelius
1
While lasting joys the man attend
Who has a faithful female friend.
While lasting joys the man attend
Who has a faithful female friend.
"The Female Friend" (1837)
Whyte-Melville, George John
1821–78
1821–78
1
But I freely admit that the best of my fun
I owe it to horse and hound.
But I freely admit that the best of my fun
I owe it to horse and hound.
"The Good Grey Mare" (1933)
Widdecombe, Ann
1947–
1947–
1
He has something of the night in him.
of Michael Howard as a contender for the Conservative leadership
He has something of the night in him.
of Michael Howard as a contender for the Conservative leadership
in
Sunday Times
11 May 1997 (electronic edition)
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