robert devereux, 2nd earl essex quotes

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He who placed me in this seat will keep me here.
Be always faithful to me, as I always desire to keep you in peace; and if there have been wiser kings, none has ever loved you mor ...
I was never proud till you sought to make me too base.
Here lies our Sovereign Lord, the King
Whose word no man relies on:
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If you have a grateful heart (which is a miracle amongst you statesmen), show it by directing the bearer to the best wine in town, ...
When Sir Robert Walpole was dying, he told Ranby his surgeon that he desired his body might be opened. Ranby acting great horror c ...
Robert Benchley: "Calvin Coolidge is dead."
Dorothy Parker: "How can they tell?"
Robert Benchley: "He had an erection."
Robert: It's been quite an adventure, our life together.
Jane: A great adventure, Robert. Anxious sometimes and sad. Sometime
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When you can pipe that merry old strain,
Robert of Lincoln, come back again.
Merrily swinging on brier and weed,
Near to the nest of his litle dame,
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