#north

As soon as the news of the Cabot voyages reached the King of Portugal he arranged to send an expedition of discovery to the far north-west, perhaps to find a northern sea route to Eastern Asia. ↗

— Harry Johnston

#asia #discovery #eastern #expedition #far

Nova Scotia as a British colony also came into being as another result of these adventurous British expeditions to North America in the reign of James I. ↗

— Harry Johnston

#also #america #another #being #british

In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live. ↗

— Fanny Kemble

#day #discomfort #forced #habitually #hope

Australia integrated the - brought on the ships and unleashed in the society the dogs of sectarianism, which had existed in other places - in Glasgow, in Liverpool and of course in Ireland, north and south. ↗

— Thomas Keneally

#brought #course #dogs #existed #glasgow

The "Axis of Evil" was - and is - very real, as the tyrants of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea knew full well. ↗

— Michael Ledeen

#evil #full #iran #iraq #knew

To understand pretending is to conquer all barriers of time and space. ↗

— William Joyce

#nicholas-st-north #north #ombric #pretending #rise-of-the-guardians

You know, the pessimism which exists now in the Middle East existed in Northern Ireland, but we stayed at it. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#existed #exists #ireland #know #middle

Europe has to avoid old prejudices and new ones. That means north versus south, rich versus poor. ↗

— Mario Monti

#europe #means #new #north #old

The possibilities were endless. Battles would be fought. Wonders revealed. Many journeys. Many lands. Many joys. Many sorrows. But stories all... ↗

— William Joyce

#imagination #journeys #joy #lands #nicholas-st-north

When I thought of Eric with someone else, I wanted to rip out all his beautiful blonde hair. By the roots. In clumps. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#jealousy #sookie-stackhouse #beauty