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There was a jolly miller once, / Lived on the river Dee; / He worked and sang from morn till night; / No lark more blithe than he.


Isaac Bickerstaffe

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There was a jolly miller once, Lived on the River Dee; He worked and sang, from morn to night;...
ISAAC BICKERSTAFF It was the lark, the herald of the morn; No nightingale.
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JOHN LYLY (LYLIE OR LYLLIE) None but the lark so shrill and clear; / How at heaven's gates she claps her wings, / The morn not w...
JOHN LYLY And he sang every night as he went to bed. 'Let us be happy down here below: the living should live,...
GEORGE ARNOLD We worked (Wednesday) on shortening up our swings, and I threw (batting practice) from 30 feet to si...
JOE BAIR Up springs the lark, Shrill-voiced, and loud, the messenger of morn; Ere yet the shadows fly, ...
JAMES THOMSON (1) 'Twas a jolly old pedagogue, long ago, Tall and slender, and sallow and dry; His form was bent...
GEORGE ARNOLD I was born in West Plains, and we lived here till I was one. Then my dad needed to get a job, so we ...
DANIEL WOODRELL As he cobbled and hammered from morning till dark, With the footgear to mend on his knees, Sti...
OSCAR H. HARPEL O ruddier than the cherry, / O sweeter than the berry, / O nymph more bright / Than moonshine night,...
JOHN GAY Isaac did it, but I got all the publicity. Isaac figured if the stupid reporters had got it right, h...
BEN DAVIDSON My grandfather was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who lived in Northern Ireland and apparently when he s...
JESSIE WARE On with the dance! let joy be unconfin'd; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet.
LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in...
JOHN MILTON In a nice little house in Atro City there lived a man called Doktor Gleichstein. He was a kind of sc...
CHRISTINA ENGELA He was more sore [Thursday] morning than he was [Wednesday] night.
LONNIE SOLOFF Once Thaddeus found out that David Miller was going to run, he decided to step back and throw his su...
BOB STORMAN No man knows till he has suffered from the night how sweet and dear to his heart and eye the morning...
BRAM STOKER He kept the body intact and lived in isolation till he died Saturday
ASHOK KUMAR On the sea he wished to meet it, if meet it he must. He was not sure why this was, yet he had a terr...
URSULA K. LE GUIN ...He was a greater craftsman even than Isaac, and he knew it, and so, presently, did Isaac.
ELIZABETH GOUDGE He lived the Christian life he was taught so that he was a true example to the children of the schoo...
ELAINE HERALD He writes, to me, more like the late Roger Miller than anyone before him.
HAZEL SMITH We've been here till after dark on Christmas Eve more than once. We've been here till after dark on ...
DAN BARRETT There was a very cautious man
Who never laughed or played
He never risked, he never tried,...
JOHN C. MAXWELL He told us he met some people from North Carolina and they told him he might could get a scholarship...
BARBARA FELTON Pearl River helped me get a better work ethic, ... Pearl River was no different from Miami, other th...
DONOVAN MORGAN The mayor is glad it's over. He knew on election night that he won. He still believes the election n...
WILLIAM PHILLIPS He was well known as a jolly and caring fellow.
DALE GOODWIN We rode (Miller) tonight. He was superb out there. We found him, got him the ball and he was magnifi...
MIKE FRATELLO Shepherds at the grange, Where the Babe was born, Sang with many a change, Christmas car...
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Jolly McCarty was one of my best friends. You never knew what he did because he did so much. He alwa...
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SHANE TUCKER We slept on the floor, there was most often no electricity, and we had no running water, ... We were...
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KADIATOU DIALLO Once (Zuccarelli) found out that David Miller had total intention of running ? that he filed ? he su...
BOB STORMAN Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH She asked where he lived.

Second to the right,' said Peter, 'and then straight on till m...
J.M. BARRIE Like a river differs from loch; the mind once palatable the kind of life he choose to become…
ROGER HAURIGI The merry lark he soars on high, No worldly thought o'ertakes him. He sings aloud to the clear...
HARTLEY COLERIDGE There is no more sagacious animal than the Icelandic horse. He is stopped by neither snow, nor storm...
JULES VERNE I think he definitely is one of those people who lived his life through a higher calling. He knew th...
ALLISON CORRINGTON Once upon a time, there was a boy. He lived in a village that no longer exists, in a house that no l...
NICOLE KRAUSS He worked at a local refinery and was on the rescue team there, ... He brought with him a lot of kno...
DALE JACKSON On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; no sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet to chase ...
GEORGE GORDON Brad's been waiting since January, and you can see it. There was no guy in our program more excited ...
GARY PINKEL There was a man and he had eight sons. Apart from that, he was nothing more than a comma on the page...
TERRY PRATCHETT My father had a series of blue-collar jobs and never made more than $20,000 a year. When I was seven...
HOWARD SCHULTZ One day, when I was still living at home, a friend told 'Texas' Jean Valli about me. She was...
FRANKIE VALLI My mother worked for a white family that lived in one of the mansions on the beach. The husband in t...
JESMYN WARD So he sighed and pined and ogled,And his passion boiled and bubbled,Till he blew his silly brains ou...
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY Once he got his feet wet and got a taste of it there was no turning back. Right after his sophomore ...
JOE KOCH Dee is the best athlete on the team and he has great speed.
JOHN SULLIVAN Keith worked really hard this summer. He had a good training camp. He's an explosive receiver. He's ...
MIKE SHULA He caught fire. Once he got his confidence going, there was no stopping him.
MAX BAILEY There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no o...
MAXIM GORKY He was sad because he had grown up, and because the years passed like a river that no man could stop...
JAMES T. FARRELL We're going to miss Damon. He was a great shooter. . . . He got what he wanted, but he gave up a lot...
SHAQUILLE O'NEAL He was very modest, but once he got talking, he liked reminiscing about all the people he worked wit...
BARBARA WAGNER He was really a passionate artist. Whenever he sang, he held nothing back.
JEFF GWALTNEY Chiron had said once that nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. "No man is worth more ...
MADELINE MILLER Will," she said softly, sleepily. "Last night-" You were kind to me, she was going to say. <...
CASSANDRA CLARE There is no need to worry about mere size. We do not necessarily respect a fat man more than a thin ...
BERTRAND RUSSELL Relaxing, experiencing nature and laughing are what rejuvenate me and make me feel happy. I believe ...
SUI HE Since raised blood pressure is the major cause of stroke, the blood pressure lowering effect of pota...
FENG HE As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improv...
SUI HE I like to find old things
and I picked up that arrowhead
in tears, that broken point
...
LI HE These findings provide strong support for the recommendations encouraging the public to consume more...
FENG HE The average fruit and vegetable intake in most developed countries is about three servings per day, ...
FENG HE They are the Chinese heroes. I am happy for their performance and the result is not the most importa...
HE ZHENLIANG This will be conducive to the development of Sino-US relations and China's relationships with the re...
HE YAFEI The best way to resolve Sino-US trade imbalance is to expand bilateral trade cooperation. Restrictin...
HE YAFEI They are sorry there is no more Soviet Union and they don't know how to act.
HE YAFEI We are willing to import more U.S. goods.
HE YAFEI Even when he's making dumplings with peasants, he speaks memorized words and sounds like a People's ...
HE WEIFANG This is a critical moment. There is a lot of opposition to continuing the reforms as they are today.
HE WEIFANG I unequivocally state the wish that the Communist Party should become two parties.
HE WEIFANG The situation exists in almost every well-known Chinese university.
HE WEIFANG The government really wants to slow down investment, but it can't control local governments who have...
HE FAN The new managed floating currency regime is just an interim system. There is a chance of a further w...
HE FAN Eventually, we found that the situation there was more serious than what we imagined.
HE CHANGCHUI Part of our mission is to find out what kind of assistance is required.
HE CHANGCHUI My father worked two jobs. He assembled speakers during the day, and then he sold real estate at nig...
TERRY J. LUNDGREN I'm coming back for you Calypso," he said to the night wind. "I swear on the river Styx.
RICK RIORDAN It does at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction, while he gazes on a star, must feel...
ISAAC D'ISRAELI He picked cotton, he drove tractors, he worked the fields, and he never finished high school. B.B. p...
BARBARA MAY We lived with him for her first three years. He did everything for her. He walked her to sleep, he s...
HOLLY DERRICK Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Gre...
CRAIG CLAIBORNE In all outward aspects he remained patient and mild now, not caring even to speak against heretics; ...
PETER ACKROYD Nixon was no more a saint than he was a great president.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON He sang one whole verse directly to her, then, in fidelity to the song, he sent his vision inward to...
GUY GAVRIEL KAY I'm serious, Harry, don't go." But Harry only had one thought in his head, which was to get back in ...
J.K. ROWLING A sadder and a wiser man, He rose the morrow morn.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE A sadder and a wiser man, He rose the morrow morn.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Miller made him change his voice. He was in the studio and Miller said, 'You can't sing.' Miller tol...
WILLIAM GAMBLER When a man finds the woman he really loves, the one he respects and wants to call wife, there is not...
YOLANDA JOE My mother is Turtle Mountain Chippewa, and she lived on her home reservation. My father taught there...
LOUISE ERDRICH He sang better than I do and didn't move his lips.
STEPHANIE ANDERSON He was there when there was nothing no land, no money. He gave us a lot of insight on the constructi...
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ISAAC GOLDBERG No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.
ISAAC BABEL The first law of dietetics seems to be if it tastes good, its bad for you.
ISAAC ASIMOV It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No...
ISAAC ASIMOV When asked what he would do if he only had six months to live: Type faster.
ISAAC ASIMOV If the doctor told me I had six minutes to live, I'd type a little faster.
ISAAC ASIMOV Although the time of death is approaching me, I am not afraid of dying and going to Hell or (what wo...
ISAAC ASIMOV If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of t...
ISAAC ASIMOV We can make inspired guesses, but we don
ISAAC ASIMOV There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.
ISAAC DISRAELI The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.
ISAAC DISRAELI Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smooth...
ISAAC ASIMOV I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them.
ISAAC ASIMOV It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
ISAAC ASIMOV There was a jolly miller once, Lived on the River Dee; He worked and sang, from morn to night;...
ISAAC BICKERSTAFF A nickname a man may chance to wear out; but a system of calumnity, pursued by a faction, may desce...
ISAAC D'ISRAELI It does at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction, while he gazes on a star, must feel...
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