Earl of Lincoln is a title that has been created eight times in the Peerage of England.
Read more about Earl Of Lincoln: Earls of Lincoln, First Creation (1143), Earls of Lincoln, Second Creation (after 1143), Earls of Lincoln, Third Creation (about 1149), Earls of Lincoln, Fourth Creation (1217), Earls of Lincoln, Fifth Creation (1349), Earls of Lincoln, Sixth Creation (1467), Earls of Lincoln, Seventh Creation (1525), Earls of Lincoln, Eighth Creation (1572)
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“Lest, once more wandering from that heaven,
I fall on some base heart unblest,
Faithless to thee, false, unforgiven,
And lose my everlasting rest.”
—John Wilmot, 2d Earl Of Rochester (1647–1680)
“The only sure way of avoiding these evils [vanity and boasting] is never to speak of yourself at all. But when, historically, you are obliged to mention yourself, take care not to drop one single word that can directly or indirectly be construed as fishing for applause.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“And then, the negro being doomed, and damned, and forgotten, to everlasting bondage, is the white man quite certain that the tyrant demon will not turn upon him too?”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)