Famous quotes containing the words richard, james and/or barnes:
“I have seen in this revolution a circular motion of the sovereign power through two usurpers, father and son, to the late King to this his son. For ... it moved from King Charles I to the Long Parliament; from thence to the Rump; from the Rump to Oliver Cromwell; and then back again from Richard Cromwell to the Rump; then to the Long Parliament; and thence to King Charles, where long may it remain.”
—Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688)
“To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“Leaves of the summer, lovely summer’s pride,
Sweet is the shade below your silent tree,”
—William Barnes (1801–1886)