On Charles [James] Fox declaring in the House of Commons by order of the Prince of Wales that he [the Prince] is not married to Mr...s. Fitzherbert, George Selwyn ... said the Prince's instructions to the latter were exactly the words of Othello, "Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When the Prince of Wales [later King George IV] and the Duke of York went to visit their brother Prince William [later William IV]... at Plymouth, and all three being very loose in their manners, and coarse in their language, Prince William said to his ship's crew, "now I hope you see that I am not the greatest blackguard of my family."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I have very lately read the Prince of Abyssinia [Samuel Johnson's Rasselas]MI am almost equally charmed and shocked at it--the sty...le, the sentiments are inimitable--but the subject is dreadful--and, handled as it is by Dr. Johnson, might make any young, perhaps old, person tremble--O heavens! how dreadful, how terrible it is to be told by a man of his genius and knowledge, in so affectingly probable a manner, that true, real happiness is ever unattainable in this world!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Sensible people get the greater part of their own dying done during their own lifetime. A man at five and thirty should no more re...gret not having had a happier childhood than he should regret not having been born a prince of the blood.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I know I have the body of a weak, feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king--and of a King of England too, and thin...k foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which, rather than any dishonour should grow by me, I myself will take up arms--I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
He never told us what he was, Or what mischance, or other cause,... Had banished him from better days To play the Prince of Castaways.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If civilization is to survive, the principles of the Prince of Peace must be restored. Shattered trust between nations must be rev...ived. Most important of all the will for peace on the part of peace loving nations must express itself to the end that nations that may be tempted to violate their agreements and the rights of others will desist from such a course. There must be positive endeavors to preserve peace. America hates war, America hopes for peace. Therefore, America actively engages in the search for peace.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »