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Budgell, Eustace
1686–1737
1686–1737
1
What Cato did, and Addison approved,
Cannot be wrong.
lines found on the desk of Eustace Budgell (1686–1737), after he, too, had taken his own life
What Cato did, and Addison approved,
Cannot be wrong.
lines found on the desk of Eustace Budgell (1686–1737), after he, too, had taken his own life
Colley Cibber
Lives of the Poets
(1753) vol. 5 "Life of Eustace Budgell"
Buffon, Comte de
1707–88
1707–88
1
Style is the man himself.
Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.
Style is the man himself.
Discours sur le style
(address given to the Académie Française, 25 August 1753)
Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.
Hérault de Séchelles
Voyage à Montbar
(1803);
Buller, Arthur
1874–1944
1874–1944
1
There was a young lady named Bright,
Whose speed was far faster than light;
She set out one day
In a relative way
And returned on the previous night.
There was a young lady named Bright,
Whose speed was far faster than light;
She set out one day
In a relative way
And returned on the previous night.
"Relativity" in
Punch
19 December 1923
Bullett, Gerald
1894–1958
1894–1958
1
My Lord Archbishop, what a scold you are!
And when your man is down how bold you are!
Of charity how oddly scant you are!
How Lang, O Lord, how full of Cantuar!
on the role of Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, in the abdication of Edward VIII
My Lord Archbishop, what a scold you are!
And when your man is down how bold you are!
Of charity how oddly scant you are!
How Lang, O Lord, how full of Cantuar!
on the role of Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, in the abdication of Edward VIII
composed
c.
1936
Bülow, Bernhard von
1849–1929
1849–1929
1
We desire to throw no one into the shade [in East Asia], but we also demand our own place in the sun.
We desire to throw no one into the shade [in East Asia], but we also demand our own place in the sun.
in the Reichstag, 6 December 1897.
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George
1803–73
1803–73
1
It was a dark and stormy night.
Here Stanley meets,—how Stanley scorns, the glance!
The brilliant chief, irregularly great,
Frank, haughty, rash,—the Rupert of Debate!
on Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Out-babying Wordsworth and out-glittering Keats.
on Tennyson
Beneath the rule of men entirely great
The pen is mightier than the sword.
In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest.
It was a dark and stormy night.
Paul Clifford
(1830), opening words
Here Stanley meets,—how Stanley scorns, the glance!
The brilliant chief, irregularly great,
Frank, haughty, rash,—the Rupert of Debate!
on Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
The New Timon
(1846) pt. 1, sect. 3, l. 202.
Out-babying Wordsworth and out-glittering Keats.
on Tennyson
The New Timon
(1846) pt. 2, sect. 1, l. 62
Beneath the rule of men entirely great
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Richelieu
(1839) act 2, sc. 2, l. 307.
In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest.
Caxtoniana
(1863) "Hints on Mental Culture"
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