I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.
Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, that is good ale. - George Henry Borrow
Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, that is good ale.
- George Henry Borrow
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands. - George Henry Borrow
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands.
There is a peculiarity in the countenance, as everybody knows, which, though it cannot be described, is sure to betray the Englishman. - George Henry Borrow
There is a peculiarity in the countenance, as everybody knows, which, though it cannot be described, is sure to betray the Englishman.
Translation is at best an echo. - George Henry Borrow
Translation is at best an echo.
A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug. - George Henry Borrow
A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.
Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime. - George Henry Borrow
Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.
We must walk before we run. - George Henry Borrow
We must walk before we run.
I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep. - George Henry Borrow
Two great talkers will not travel far together. - George Henry Borrow
Two great talkers will not travel far together.
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