Famous quotes containing the words durst and/or history:
“Quoth she, I have loved thee, Little Musgrave,
Full long and many a day;
So have I loved you, faire lady,
Yet never a word durst I say.
I have a bower at Bucklesfordbery,
Full daintyly it is deight;
If thou wilt wend thither, thou Little Musgrave,
Thous lig in mine armes all night.”
—Unknown. Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (l. 1724)
“To summarize the contentions of this paper then. Firstly, the phrase the meaning of a word is a spurious phrase. Secondly and consequently, a re-examination is needed of phrases like the two which I discuss, being a part of the meaning of and having the same meaning. On these matters, dogmatists require prodding: although history indeed suggests that it may sometimes be better to let sleeping dogmatists lie.”
—J.L. (John Langshaw)