Famous quotes containing the words sir john, sir, john and/or charles:
“Treason doth never prosper; what’s the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
—Sir John Harington (1561–1612)
“When Sir Joshua Reynolds died
All Nature was degraded;”
—William Blake (1757–1827)
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.”
—Bible: New Testament 1 John 4:18.
“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)