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«Under this stone, reader, survey / Dead Sir John Vanbrugh's house of clay. / Lie heavy on him, Earth! For he / Laid many heavy loads on thee!»
«Sir, my friend John Baynes used to say that the man who published a book without an index ought to be damned ten miles beyond Hell, where the Devil could not get for stinging nettles»
«Earl of Sandwhich . . .You shall either die of the pox or on the gallowsJohn Wilkes . . . That sir depends on whether I embrace your mistress or your politics»
Author: John Wilkes
(Journalist, Politician)
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Politics
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Earl, Earl of, gallows, John Wilkes, pox, Sir John, The Earl, The Earl of, Wilkes
«Ted Hughes has been appointed poet laureate to succeed Sir John Betjeman, which is a bit like appointing a grim young crow to replace a cuddly old teddy bear.»
Author: Philip Howard
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appointed, appointing, crow, cuddly, grim, Hughes, John Betjeman, laureate, Old Crow, Poet Laureate, replace, Sir John, Ted, teddy, teddy bear, Ted Hughes
«Their charms, Sir John, I shall discover, I have no doubt, when dinner's over; At present, if to judge I'm able, The finest works are on the table: I should prefer the cook just now, To Rubens or to Gerrard Dow»
Author: William Combe
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Charm,
Work
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charms, dinner table, just now, Rubens, Sir John, The Cook, work table
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