Chimney/history

Famous quotes containing the words chimney and/or history:

    Now he sings of Jacky Horner,
    Sitting in the chimney corner,
    Eating of a Christmas pie,
    Putting in his thumb, O fie!
    Putting in, O fie! his thumb,
    Pulling out, O strange, a plum.
    Henry Carey (1693?–1743)

    The history of his present majesty, is a history of unremitting injuries and usurpations ... all of which have in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world, for the truth of which we pledge a faith yet unsullied by falsehood.
    Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)