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Capp, Al
1907–79
1907–79
1
A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
of abstract art
A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
of abstract art
in
National Observer
1 July 1963.
Caracciolo, Francesco
1752–99
1752–99
1
In England there are sixty different religions, and only one sauce.
In England there are sixty different religions, and only one sauce.
attributed
Carbery, Ethna
1866–1902
1866–1902
1
Young Rody MacCorley goes to die
On the Bridge of Toome today.
Young Rody MacCorley goes to die
On the Bridge of Toome today.
"Rody MacCorley" (1902)
Cardus, Neville
1889–1975
1889–1975
1
If everything else in this nation of ours were lost but cricket—her Constitution and the laws of England of Lord Halsbury—it would be possible to reconstruct from the theory and practice of cricket all the eternal Englishness which has gone to the establishment of that Constitution and the laws aforesaid.
If everything else in this nation of ours were lost but cricket—her Constitution and the laws of England of Lord Halsbury—it would be possible to reconstruct from the theory and practice of cricket all the eternal Englishness which has gone to the establishment of that Constitution and the laws aforesaid.
Cricket
(1930)
Carew, Richard
1555–1620
1555–1620
1
Will you have all in all for prose and verse? Take the miracle of our age, Sir Philip Sidney.
Will you have all in all for prose and verse? Take the miracle of our age, Sir Philip Sidney.
William Camden
Remains concerning Britain
(1614) "The Excellency of the English Tongue"
Carew, Thomas
c.
1595–1640
c.
1595–1640
1
Here lies a king, that ruled as he thought fit
The universal monarchy of wit.
Ask me no more where Jove bestows,
When June is past, the fading rose;
For in your beauty's orient deep
These flowers, as in their causes, sleep.
Here lies a king, that ruled as he thought fit
The universal monarchy of wit.
"An Elegy upon the Death of Dr John Donne" (1640)
Ask me no more where Jove bestows,
When June is past, the fading rose;
For in your beauty's orient deep
These flowers, as in their causes, sleep.
"A Song" (1640)
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