Commonwealth of England/1659-1660

Famous quotes containing the words commonwealth of, commonwealth and/or england:

    “The commonwealth of Athens is become a forest of beasts.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.”
    —Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)

    “Forced from home, and all its pleasures,
    Afric’s coast I left forlorn;
    To increase a stranger’s treasures,
    O’er the raging billows borne.
    Men from England bought and sold me,
    Paid my price in paltry gold;
    But, though theirs they have enroll’d me,
    Minds are never to be sold.”
    —William Cowper (1731–1800)