Speke/history

Famous quotes containing the words speke and/or history:

    Ye wise wives, that conne understonde,
    Thus sholde ye speke and bere him wrong on honde—
    For half so boldely can ther no man
    Swere and lie as a woman can.
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    I assure you that in our next class we will concern ourselves solely with the history of Egypt, and not with the more lurid and non-curricular subject of living mummies.
    Griffin Jay, and Reginald LeBorg. Prof. Norman (Frank Reicher)