The parliament intended to have hanged him and he expected no less, but resolved to be hanged with the Bible under one arm and Magna Carta under the other.
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If Solomon counts the day of one's death better than the day of one's birth, there can be no objection why that also may not be reckoned amongst one's remarkable and happy days.John Aubrey
My dad was a pretty poor guy, he didn't have a whole lot of money. He always wanted something for my brother and myself, some kind of business. He'd asked the owners of this course to call him if it ever came up for sale, and one day, they called. I had a scholarship offer to Ohio State and my dad said, 'Son, what do you want to do, cut grass or go to school' I said, what do you want me to do, Dad He said, 'Well, I can't afford any help.' I said, 'No problem, Dad, I'll help you cut grass.' Looking back, I think I made the right decision.
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When he killed a calf he would do it in a high style, and make a speech.
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How these curiosities would be quite forgot, did not such idle fellowes as I put them down.
John Aubrey
I have been in danger of being drowned twice.
John Aubrey
Sir Walter, being strangely surprised and put out of his countenance at so great a table, gives his son a damned blow over the face. His son, as rude as he was, would not strike his father, but strikes over the face the gentleman that sat next to him and said ''Box about twill come to my father anon.''
John Aubrey
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