Nicholas Williams

Nicholas Jonathan Anselm Williams (born October, 1942 in Walthamstow, Essex now London, England), writing as Nicholas Williams or sometimes N.J.A. Williams, is a leading expert on the Cornish language.

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Famous quotes containing the words nicholas and/or williams:

    “on a Saterday
    This carpenter was goon til Oseney,
    And hende Nicholas and Alisoun
    Accorded been to this conclusioun,
    That Nicholas shal shapen hem a wile
    This sely jalous housbonde to bigile,”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    “no little brass rollers
    and small easy wheels on the bottom—
    my townspeople what are you thinking of!
    A rough plain hearse then
    with gilt wheels and no top at all.”
    —William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)