Francis Rous

Francis Rous or Rouse (1579 – January 1659) was an English politician and a prominent Puritan. He was also Provost of Eton, and wrote several theological and devotional works.

Read more about Francis Rous:  Early Life, Parliamentary Career, Other Service and Later Life, Works, Political Thought, Family

Famous quotes containing the word francis:

    I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had to hailbomb, for twelve hours, and when it was all over I walked up.... We didn’t find one of ‘em, not one stinking dink
    body. That smell, you know, that gasoline smell. The whole hill. It smelled like ... victory.
    John Milius, U.S. screenwriter, Francis Ford Coppola (b. 1939)