Essex/history

Famous quotes containing the words essex and/or history:

“Well, it seems to me a scientist has need for both vision and confidence.”
—Harry Essex (b. 1910)

“I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility—I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling.”
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)