The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Hoc age ['do this'] is the great rule, whether you are serious or merry; whether ... learning science or duty from a… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
TWENTY bridges from Tower to Kew - Wanted to know what the River knew, Twenty Bridges or twenty-two, For they were young,… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
Twenty bridges from Tower to Kew — (Twenty bridges or twenty two) — Wanted to know what the River knew, For they… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
I am not afraid to appear in Israel, although when I come to a place like Israel, I know it's not a… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
And there is London!--England's heart and soul. By the proud flowing of her famous Thames, She circulates through countless lands and isles… — Robert Montgomery Copy Share Image
Thou stately stream that with the swelling tide 'Gainst London walls incessantly dost beat, Thou Thames, I say, where barge and boat… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
They have poisoned the Thames and killed the fish in the river. A little further development of the same wisdom and science… — Thomas Love Peacock Copy Share Image
My depth of purse is not so great Nor yet my bibliophilic greed, That merely buying doth elate: The books I buy… — A. Edward Newton Copy Share Image
I went down to the sewers in London and looked at a campaigning group in London called RATS, Rowers Against Thames Sewage,… — Rose George Copy Share Image
The Thames could be thought of as England's longest archaeological site, and no fewer than 90,000 objects recovered from its foreshore are… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Copy Share Image
“The Thames Shouldered its way past Blackfriars Bridge, impatient with the ancient piers, no longer the passive stream that slid past Chelsea… — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
There was no moon but the night sky was a riot of crisp and glittering autumn stars. There were streetlights too and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Trains are great dirty smoky things," said Will. "You won't like it." Tessa was unmoved. "I won't know if I like it… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“There is no river in the world to be compared for majesty and the witchery of association, to the Thames; it impresses… — Hume Nisbet Copy Share Image
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