Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Samuel Scoville Jr.: (June 9, 1872 – December 4, 1950). American writer, naturalist, and lawyer. At last came the golden month of the wild folk honey-sweet May. When the birds come back, and the flowers come out, and the air is full of the sunrise scents and songs of the dawning year.

Thomas Malory: (circa 1405 – 14 March 1471). Author or compiler of Le Morte d’Arthur, the best and most complete Middle English prose treatment of the story of King Arthur and his knights. With this adaptation of mostly French romances, Malory was the first English writer to prove that prose could be as delicate a… Lees verder Thomas Malory

Lucy Larcom: (March 5, 1824 – April 17, 1893). American teacher, poet, and author. She was one of the first teachers at Wheaton Female Seminary (now Wheaton College) in Norton, Massachusetts, teaching there from 1854 to 1862. During that time, she co-founded Rushlight Literary Magazine, a submission-based student literary magazine which is still published. From… Lees verder Lucy Larcom

James Thomson: (Ednam, Roxburghshire, 11 September 1700 – Richmond upon Thames, 27 August 1748). Scottish poet, playwright and prose writer. Thomson is best known for his poetic work, particularly his cycle of poems about the seasons, which would eventually be published in 1730 under the title The Seasons, and his long poem The Castle of… Lees verder James Thomson

Charles Macklin: (26 September 1699 – 11 July 1797). (Gaelic: Cathal MacLochlainn, English: Charles McLaughlin). Irish actor and dramatist who performed extensively at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Macklin revolutionised theatre in the 18th century by introducing a “natural style” of acting. He is also famous for accidentally killing a man during a fight over… Lees verder Charles Macklin

Nigel Fennel Hudson: English author and presenter of TV programmes on the outdoors and angling. December, being the last month of the year, cannot help but make us think of what is to come. May, more than any other month of the year, wants us to feel most alive.

A house without books is like a room without windows.

He understood people as only someone of great and nervous sensitivity can, someone who is alone, someone who can recognize others in a flash, almost like a prophet.

Words can hurt but silence hurts even more in some situations.

He’s kind of like the pied piper.