Lord of
Lord of
hilarious being-alone appetite-for-life
I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.
brute cow mere pleasure reading sort
The mere brute pleasure of reading -the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.
beneath rock shock sink
Better to sink beneath the shock than molder piecemeal on the rock
british-statesman count learned learning people pocket pull seem time watch wear
Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.
england greatness passion zeal
Zeal for the greatness of England was the passion of his life.
eruption high imagination intelligence means poetry prevents rank scale whose
I by no means rank poetry high in the scale of intelligence -this may look like affectation but it is my real opinion. It is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake.
apples ashes dead detested itself life suit taste
But Life will suit Itself to Sorrow's most detested fruit, Like to the apples on the Dead Sea's shore, All ashes to the taste
citizens forward looking newcastle welcoming wish
I am looking forward to welcoming our new citizens to Newcastle and I would like to wish them well for the future.
aloud cheek cried flattered loved nor patient rank worship
I have not loved the world, nor the world me; / I have not flattered its rank breath, nor bowed / To its idolatries a patient knee, / Nor coined my cheek to smiles, nor cried aloud / In worship of an echo.
fools fools-and-foolishness satire
I'll publish, right or wrong: / Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
answering concerned letters politeness reasonable returning within
Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately.
aggressor attacks border crosses needs simply
An aggressor needs to know that it will not simply be when he crosses a border or when he attacks to kill that something will happen.
chairman leave position
I think that Christopher Meyer should leave his position as chairman of the PCC.
generally indeed jealousy lovers self spice
Lovers may be -- and indeed generally are -- enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations.