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5152e21 They say that people should be free to do as they like. That's what I think. But if they start preaching at me, they can go to hell. Edward Rutherfurd
a1a0b3e An unexpected guest, enjoying such lavish hospitality, should expect to sing for his supper. Edward Rutherfurd
eec4a98 It was evident that Madame Restell not only liked to do as she pleased, but to talk about it as well. Edward Rutherfurd
da1e180 Don't you know there's another bubble as well? An expectations bubble. Bigger houses, private planes, yachts... stupid salaries and bonuses. People come to desire these things and expect them. But the expectations bubble will burst as well, as all bubbles do. economics-philosophy money-versus-happiness need-versus-want economics desire expectations Edward Rutherfurd
547193e You believe it?" "A man should always believe his wife, sir." Edward Rutherfurd
7ac6e5d Only one thing, in those years, drew from her a cry of fury. This was the publication, in 1563, of a single, stout book. It was known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs; and it was an astonishing feat of propaganda. For this book, carefully written to evoke every man's pity and rage, described in detail the martyrs of England - by which it meant those Protestants who had perished under Bloody Mary. Of the Catholics who had suffered martyrdom before .. Edward Rutherfurd
d13f958 The old man had smiled kindly. "It is in their nature, child. God has made woman the weaker vessel." It was an old belief, dating back to St Paul himself. "It is man who is made in God's image, my child. Man's seed produces his perfect likeness. Woman, being only the container in which the seed matures, is therefore inferior. She may still reach heaven, but, being inferior, it is harder." Edward Rutherfurd
a874526 Doesn't private vice make a man unworthy of public office?" And now kindly Mrs. Albion looked at Mercy with genuine astonishment. "Well," she laughed, "if it did, there'd be no one to govern the land." Edward Rutherfurd
625a2b5 Aunque tuvo otros pretendientes, nunca encontro a ninguno que le interesara. --Su padre se encogio de hombros--. Es una mujer atractiva, pero demasiado independiente>>. Marc Edward Rutherfurd
20f2589 King Charles I of England believed in the compromise worked out under Queen Elizabeth - that the Church of Rome had fallen into evil ways, that the English Church was purified Catholicism, and that it was the Anglican bishops, nowadays, who were the true inheritors of the apostles. Edward Rutherfurd
98ec62f What has he done?" he asked. The young man himself began to respond, but the youths cut him off. "He started the Fire of London, sir," they cried. Even the day before, the rumours had begun. A fire like this could not be the work of chance. Some said it must be the Dutch. But most - perhaps half the good people of London - had a sounder suspicion by far. "It's the Catholics," they said. "Who else would do such a thing?" Edward Rutherfurd
d350d31 Frank Master wasn't really her lover yet. Though he didn't quite know it, he was still on trial. She found him intelligent, kindly, somewhat ignorant of opera, but maybe improvable. Edward Rutherfurd
82f5a15 The whole area, manor house, Clink, all eighteen brothels and the handsome profits therefrom, belonged to and was ruled by the bishop. Edward Rutherfurd
c6f663e And whether they were saintly or corrupt, scholars or scarcely able to get through the Lord's Prayer in Latin, all society's educated men had the Church to thank for their learning. Edward Rutherfurd
f1099b8 Brothers who are alive today, when we are gone, do not be hard, but pity us Beg God's forgiveness for us now, that He may sooner pity you, when you are dust. It Edward Rutherfurd
d1ad8f4 She did not know what people of other nations ate, and did not care. For Italian food was the best. Edward Rutherfurd
4724eaa The bare, sweeping chalk downs of southern England, familiar today, are not a natural feature of the landscape: they were created by prehistoric man. Edward Rutherfurd
0994b8c Novelists liked to imagine the interconnectedness of things--as though all the people in the big city were part of some great organism, their lives intertwined. He Edward Rutherfurd
31f48cf In recent decades, Ireland in general and Dublin in particular, have been very fortunate in the quality of the historical attention they have received. During the extensive research required to write this book, I have been privileged to work with some of Ireland's most distinguished scholars, who have generously shared their knowledge with me and corrected my texts. Their kind contributions are mentioned in the Acknowledgements. Thanks to t.. Edward Rutherfurd
1314759 La enemistad perdura. La amistad es menos segura. Sobre todo en esos tiempos. Edward Rutherfurd
598e77e Small wounds are healed by time, but time can only bandage great wounds, which continue to bleed in secret. Edward Rutherfurd
91140e2 In less than a month it would be the magical feast of Samhain. Some years this took place at the great ceremonial centre of Tara; other years it was held at other places. At Samhain the excess livestock would be slaughtered, the rest put out on the wasteland and later brought into pens, while the High King and his followers set off on their winter rounds. Until then, however, it was a slow and peaceful time. The harvest was in, the weather .. Edward Rutherfurd
48c8a50 England's Protestant," they declared. "Why else did we throw out the Stuarts? The government and their placemen are selling us down the river. If they'll give way over Catholics, what will they give way over next?" Edward Rutherfurd
63408e3 This Plantagenet king comes from the devil. Edward Rutherfurd
514c8c1 But, she smiled, it seems to me he has a warm heart. Edward Rutherfurd
20e9fc5 The answer to Russia's problems lies here, in Russia. . . . The church is the key. If Russia's guiding force is not religion, then her people will be listless. We can have Western laws, independent judges, perhaps even parliaments -- but only if they grow gradually out of a spiritual renewal. That has to come first. Edward Rutherfurd
d65f32b His own people, the Dutchman thought, as men of the sea, had no liking for thunder. To them it brought harms and fears. But the Indians were wiser. They knew what it meant when the thunder spoke: the gods who dwelt in the lowest of the twelve heavens were protecting the world from evil. Edward Rutherfurd
88bdb5d London es, antes que nada, una novela. Todas las familias cuya suerte sigue esta historia, desde los Ducket hasta la familia de Penny, son ficticias, al igual que el papel que cada uno de ellos desempena en los hechos historicos que se describen. Al seguir la historia de estas familias imaginarias a lo largo de los siglos, he tratado de situarlas entre Edward Rutherfurd
c311bc3 London es, antes que nada, una novela. Todas las familias cuya suerte sigue esta historia, desde los Ducket hasta la familia de Penny, son ficticias, al igual que el papel que cada uno de ellos desempena en los hechos historicos que se describen. Al seguir la historia de estas familias imaginarias a lo largo de los siglos, he tratado de situarlas entre personas Edward Rutherfurd
7dbea1d Oranges and lemons Say the bells of St Clements You owe me five farthings, Say the bells of St Martin's When will you pay me Say the bells of Old Bailey When I grow rich Say the bells of Shoreditch When will that be Say the bells of Stepney I do not know Says the great bell of Bow Edward Rutherfurd
fc4cef0 he observed, "they're sure to go off whoring and get into trouble." Edward Rutherfurd
051f91d He was quite a good-looking figure of a man. Edward Rutherfurd
e257943 Gospodi Pomily: Lord have mercy. Edward Rutherfurd
91f1cc0 Always remember this, Henri. Men trade for profit. They are driven by greed. But debt is about fear, and fear is stronger than greed. The true power, the weapon that defeats all others, is debt. Fools search for gold. The wise man studies debt. That is the key to all business. greed fear debt power fools Edward Rutherfurd
46ee8a7 For it is a fact that the roots of a tree mirror the spreading crown of its branches. As the branches spread out, so do the roots in proportion. If the tree's branches die back, the roots do too. As above, so below. In this respect the system of the tree as a whole rather resembles, at top and bottom, the magnetic field of a bar magnet, or indeed of the Earth itself. And who knows what force fields, as yet unmeasured by man, may surround th.. Edward Rutherfurd
033dd08 From dawn each day the boats traveled, until their shadows grew so long that they joined each vessel with the one behind so that, instead of resembling a procession of dark swans in the distance, they seemed to turn into snakes, inching forward on waters turned to fire by the western sunset ahead. While on the bank, the last red light from the huge sky eerily caught the stands of bare larch and birch so that it appeared as if whole armies w.. Edward Rutherfurd
981645c Dicen que los poetas y los intelectuales son los mejores terroristas Edward Rutherfurd
66f69e5 antes que nada, Edward Rutherfurd
9664e95 London es, antes que nada, una novela. Todas las familias cuya suerte sigue esta Edward Rutherfurd
bae8a7d familia de Penny, son ficticias, al igual que el papel que Edward Rutherfurd
517102c uno de ellos desempena en los hechos historicos Edward Rutherfurd
e25fb68 se describen. Al seguir la historia de estas familias Edward Rutherfurd
0d6d789 Las calles tenian nombres descriptivos, acordes a sus condiciones y uso, como Pute-y-Muse (Puta Perezosa), Merdeuse (Mierdosa), Tire-Boudin (Tira-Vergas) y otros incluso peores. Edward Rutherfurd
60c2bf1 imaginarias a lo largo Edward Rutherfurd
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