Whenever I think of Hell
Whenever I think of Hell I cannot visualise it as a place of eternal fire, but as one of your English industrial towns on a day when the rain is pattering on the slate roofs and the wind is moaning up...
View ArticleThe English climate has had a profound effect upon the English temperament
You often hear that the English climate has had a profound effect upon the English temperament. I don’t believe it. I believe they were always like that. Will Cuppy in W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman,...
View ArticleHe is the type who would discuss the weather with you
Do not be misled by memories of your youth when, on the Continent, wanting to describe someone as exceptionally dull, you remarked: ‘He is the type who would discuss the weather with you.’ In England...
View ArticleOur cloudy climate and our chilly women
Our cloudy climate and our chilly women. Byron, Beppo, stanza 48 The post Our cloudy climate and our chilly women appeared first on Quotations Britain, England, British, English culture, quotes.
View ArticleThe English in terms of tea, roast-beef and rain
The English can be explained by their Anglo-Saxon heritage and the influence of Methodists. But I prefer to explain them in terms of tea, roast-beef and rain. A people is first what it eats, drinks and...
View ArticleI was looking for some action but all I found was cigarettes and alcohol
I was looking for some action But all I found was cigarettes and alcohol You could wait for a lifetime To spend your days in the sunshine… Oasis Is there a more succinct way to epitomize student...
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