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Wogan, Terry
1938–
1938–
1
Television contracts the imagination and radio expands it.
Television contracts the imagination and radio expands it.
in
Observer
30 December 1984 "Sayings of the Year"
Wolf, Naomi
1962–
1962–
1
To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to relinquish their sexuality.
To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to relinquish their sexuality.
The Beauty Myth
(1990)
Wolfe, Charles
1791–1823
1791–1823
1
Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note,
As his corse to the rampart we hurried.
We buried him darkly at dead of night,
The sods with our bayonets turning.
We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone—
But we left him alone with his glory.
Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note,
As his corse to the rampart we hurried.
"The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna" (1817)
We buried him darkly at dead of night,
The sods with our bayonets turning.
"The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna" (1817)
We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone—
But we left him alone with his glory.
"The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna" (1817)
Wolfe, Humbert
1886–1940
1886–1940
1
You cannot hope
to bribe or twist,
thank God! the
British journalist.
But, seeing what
the man will do
unbribed, there's
no occasion to.
You cannot hope
to bribe or twist,
thank God! the
British journalist.
But, seeing what
the man will do
unbribed, there's
no occasion to.
"Over the Fire" (1930)
Wolfe, James
1727–59
1727–59
1
The General…repeated nearly the whole of Gray's Elegy…adding, as he concluded, that he would prefer being the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow.
Now God be praised, I will die in peace.
The General…repeated nearly the whole of Gray's Elegy…adding, as he concluded, that he would prefer being the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow.
J. Playfair
Biographical Account of J. Robinson
in
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
vol. 7 (1815)
Now God be praised, I will die in peace.
J. Knox
Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North America
(ed. A. G. Doughty, 1914) vol. 2
Wolfe, Thomas
1900–38
1900–38
1
Which of us has not remained forever prison-pent? Which of us is not forever a stranger and alone?
You can't go home again.
Which of us has not remained forever prison-pent? Which of us is not forever a stranger and alone?
foreword to
Look Homeward, Angel
(1929)
You can't go home again.
title of book, 1940
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