Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Karen Joy Fowler: (Bloomington, 7 February 1950). American writer of science fiction, fantasy and literary fiction. Her awards include the Campbell Award, three World Fantasy Awards, two Nebula Awards and a PEN/Faulkner Award. Fowler co-founded the James Tiptree Jr. Award with Pat Murphy himself in 1991. Lots of people go mad in January. Not as… Lees verder Karen Joy Fowler

Thomas Buchanan Read: (March 12, 1822 – May 11, 1872). American poet and painter. His portraits include many famous individuals including Robert Browning, Joseph Harrison Jr., William Henry Harrison, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Alfred Tennyson. May has come in, young May the beautiful, weaving the sweetest chaplet of the year. Along the eastern… Lees verder Thomas Buchanan Read

John Henry Newman: (London, 21 February 1801 – Birmingham, 11 August 1890). English theologian and convert to the Catholic faith. In 1879, he was created cardinal by Pope Leo XIII. He chose as his motto of arms Cor ad cor loquitur (the heart speaks to the heart). He was not ordained a bishop. May, on… Lees verder John Henry Newman

Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon: (January 12, 1829 – September 20, 1879). Born Rosanna Eleanor Mullins. Canadian writer and poet. She was “one of the first English-Canadian writers to depict French Canada in a way that earned the praise of, and resulted in her novels being read by, both anglophone and francophone Canadians.” Oh! Gladly do we… Lees verder Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon

William ‘Smokey’ Robinson, Jr: (Detroit, 19 February 1940). American R&B and Soul singer and music producer. He was vice president of record company Motown Records between 1961 and 1988. I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day. When it’s cold outside, I’ve got the month of May.

Thomas Hardy: (Higher Bockhampton, 2 June 1840 – there, 11 January 1928). English naturalist novelist and poet of the Victorian era and early 20th century. However, his poetry as well as his novels also have strong Romantic undertones. He is widely regarded as one of the great writers of English literature. And the May month… Lees verder Thomas Hardy

Mandy Hale: American author, blogger, and speaker based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She is a New York Times Best-Selling Author of The Single Woman and has built a brand around the name. To get over the past you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you revisit it, analyze… Lees verder Mandy Hale

Francis Joseph Thompson: (16 December 1859 – 13 November 1907). English poet and Catholic mystic. At the behest of his father, a doctor, he entered medical school at the age of 18, but at 26 left home to pursue his talent as a writer and poet. He spent three years on the streets of London,… Lees verder Francis Thompson

Christian Johann Heinrich Heine: (Düsseldorf, 13 December 1797 – Paris, 17 February 1856). German poet of Jewish descent. He was born Harry Heine, but was baptised Lutheran in 1825 under the name Heinrich Heine. In 1824, he returned to Göttingen to earn his doctorate in law and where he joined the student society Corps Guestphalia,… Lees verder Heinrich Heine

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