the British [Theme]
There are as many sanctuaries here as there are houses, and as many gods as there are men,” the British once noted, about two hundred years ago.
The chronicler of the time, Jean Froissart, wrote that “the English will never love and honor a king who does not win wars and does not like to fight.” Other European kings might have been celebrated for their knowledge or their mercy, but in England no one was interested in these criteria.
The battle was in the blood of the Anglo-Norman lords; like a salamander, they lived in fire.
Aunt Marge and her bulldog allude to Margaret Thatcher and the English patriots of the old school, whom Rowling sees as pompous, self-righteous monsters.
Even if Rowling were an Islamofascist, a Hindu priestess, or a Buddhist hermit, her hands would be tied: an adventure epic written in English and in the English tradition would still come out Christian. It is impossible to cut up one huge carcass of culture into entrecotes, sawing off, say, parliament from religion.
I tried ale for the first time in my life in Cambridge. In a real English pub, with real “pub” food. I won't do it again. They won’t register me as an Englishman anyway, so why cheat on my native mulberry!
The Americans and the British are strangers to each other, although to a lesser extent than other peoples. Men and women, even husband and wife, are also strangers to each other. Everyone has their own, hidden from the other and inaccessible to his understanding. It's like a border line.
Vlasov: - Wild country.
Let me kiss you... father of the bride Grigory Nikolaevich Vlasov Masha / "The Fly" Harry (Masha's fiancé)
Russian publicist Ivan Solonevich recalled: “I had to talk with the Poles in Warsaw in January 1940. Everyone was to blame for the misfortunes that befell Poland - the Germans, the Muscovites, the British, and the Jews. They alone, the Poles, have always and without any exception acted honestly and reasonably. And the result... the result is everyone else's fault."
- That's it.
... the government elevated the town to the rank of a district center and a center of progress, which was expressed by the establishment of judicial and police offices with a whole army of very fat, but always hungry servants of the law, the construction of a school, a hospital and, of course, the construction of another of those impressive, capacious prisons, with which the British built up all the land from Gibraltar to Hong Kong ...
Quote Explanation: Days in Burma
The English - the only people who can be compared with the ancient Romans, contributed to the civilization and social development of mankind. They obey no one but the law of their own making; they have no other kings than those they themselves control. By endless patience and stubborn legality, this people managed to reconcile government and order with the freedom of a self-governing society.
As they say in our scientific circles, the British would not even hit a banjo on the back of a cow.
Quote Explanation: About the failures of the England team in penalty shootouts.
Do not believe the clear sky, the grin of a dog and the smile of an Englishman.
Simon had a nice home - a tidbit for them. They accused him of treason. Any highlander whose property the British were interested in became a traitor, even if he did not support the Stuarts. I, one might say, came out dry from the water. Simon did not live to see the trial. The English crown wanted to take everything, in her opinion, due to her.
