John Knox/exile in England 1549-1554

Famous quotes containing the words john, knox, exile and/or england:

    “Am I making myself clear, boys?”
    —Harvey Thew, U.S. screenwriter, John Bright, screenwriter, and Lowell Sherman. Lady Lou (Mae West)

    “Death is an incident producing clay. Use it, mold it, learn from it.”
    —John Gilling, British screenwriter. Dr. Knox (Peter Cushing)

    “the bird in the poplar tree
    dreaming, his head
    tucked into
    far-and-near exile under his wing ...”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “Think how stood the white pine tree on the shore of the Chesuncook, its branches soughing with the four winds, and every individual needle trembling in the sunlight,—think how it stands with it now,—sold, perchance, to the New England Friction-Match Company!”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)