652 Quotes About England
- Author Alexander McCall Smith
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Do you realise that people die of boredom in London suburbs? It's the second biggest cause of death amongs the English in general. Sheer boredom...
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- Author Zita Steele
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He fought alongside a royalist army against the usurpers during the Siege of Colchester and commanded those besieged in the city. He distinguished himself through his bravery.
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- Author Zita Steele
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He was made a prisoner in the Tower of London and stripped of his property. He remained imprisoned in the tower until 1646.
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- Author Zita Steele
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The surname Fletcher belonged to my maternal grandfather and was one that he held very proudly. It is the name I legally adopted as my own surname at age 15. Fletcher is an English surname meaning “arrow maker” that was given to medieval craftsmen who designed and crafted arrows.
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- Author Angela Kiss
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Typical English holidaymakers prefer not to mingle with foreigners since they strongly believe that they already have too many of them in England. The last thing they need during their holiday is to see and meet more aliens. Actually, that is the main reason why they choose a holiday abroad, to escape from aliens who occupy England.
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- Author Thomas Jerome Baker
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What is deemed as “his-story” is often determined by those who survived to write it. In other words, history is written by the victors...Now, with the help of the Roman historian Tacitus, I shall tell you Queen Boudicca’s story, her-story……
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- Author Douglas Adams
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You have carjacking back in old England?” “Carjacking?”“People walk up to you, steal your car.” “No, but thanks for asking. We have people who clean your windscreen against your will, but, er...”Joe barked with contempt.“The thing is,” explained Dirk, “in London you could certainly walk up to someone and steal their car, but you wouldn't be able to drive it away.” “Some kinda fancy device?”“No, just traffic,” said Dirk.
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- Author Tucker Elliot
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As long as you know 'to let' means to rent and not a place to pee, you’re all set to travel in the UK. The lifts and the boots and everything else don’t really matter.
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- Author Mahatma Gandhi
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Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act which deprived a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
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