Raleigh Charter

Famous quotes containing the words raleigh and/or charter:

    “Whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may haply strike out his teeth.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618)

    “When Britain first, at Heaven’s command,
    Arose from out the azure main,
    This was the charter of her land,
    And guardian angels sung the strain:
    Rule, Britannia! Britannia rules the waves!
    Britons never shall be slaves.”
    —James Thomson (1700–1748)