Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

The people love the truth that strikes their neighbor.

Sir Angus Frank Johnstone-Wilson: (11 August 1913 – 31 May 1991). English novelist and short story writer. He was one of England’s first openly gay authors. He was awarded the 1958 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot and later received a knighthood for his services to literature. April, April,… Lees verder Angus Wilson

Thomas Tusser: (c. 1524 – 3 May 1580). English poet and farmer, best known for his instructional poem Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, an expanded version of his original title, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, first published in 1557. For Tusser the garden was the domain of the housewife, and the 1562 text… Lees verder Thomas Tusser

William Hamilton Gibson: (October 5, 1850 – July 16, 1896). American illustrator, author and naturalist. Oh, the lovely fickleness of an April day!

Sarah Chauncey Woolsey: (January 29, 1835 – April 9, 1905). American children’s author who wrote under the pen name Susan Coolidge. April. Every tear is answered by a blossom. Every sigh with songs and laughter blent. April-blooms upon the breezes toss them. April knows her own, and is content.

Cyril Tourneur: (born c. 1575 — died Feb. 28, 1626, Kinsale, County Cork, Ire.). English dramatist whose reputation rests largely upon The Atheist’s Tragedie, which is written in verse that is rich in macabre imagery. In 1625 Sir Edward Cecil appointed Tourneur secretary to the council of war. This appointment was canceled by the duke… Lees verder Cyril Tourneur

Robert Seymour Bridges: (23 October 1844 – 21 April 1930). British poet who was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930. A doctor by training, he achieved literary fame only late in life. His poems reflect a deep Christian faith, and he is the author of many well-known hymns. It was through Bridges’s efforts that the… Lees verder Robert Bridges

Akash B. Chandra: Indian Web Designer, FB App Developer, Game Developer and writer. Some people can’t be fooled on April Fool’s Day because they were fooled too many times during their entire lifetime.

Charles Lamb: (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834). English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children’s book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847). Friends with such literary luminaries as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth and William Hazlitt, Lamb… Lees verder Charles Lamb

Matthew Gregory Lewis: (9 July 1775 – 14 or 16 May 1818). English novelist and dramatist, whose writings are often classified as “Gothic horror”. He was frequently referred to as “Monk” Lewis, because of the success of his 1796 Gothic novel The Monk. He also worked as a diplomat, politician and an estate owner in… Lees verder Matthew Gregory Lewis