Sabine Baring-Gould quote: "There is no myth relative to the manners and customs of the English that in my experience is more tenaciously held by the ordinary Frenchman than that the sale of a wife in the market-place is an habitual and an accepted fact in English life."

The history of the Welsh, the Irish, the Highlanders, is just the same as that of the Gauls, one of ...
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The north coast of Brittany is eaten into bays from which the sea retreats to considerable distances...
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The charm of Brittany is to be found in the people and in the churches. The former, with their pecul...
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The Welsh have everywhere adopted the Cymric tongue; they hug themselves in the belief that they are...
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In France, successive waves of Gaul, Visigoth, and Frank have swept over the land and have dominated...
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English churchmen have long gazed with love on the primitive church as the ideal of Christian perfec...
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We are accustomed in England to chalk in rolling downs, except where bitten into by the sea, but els...
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In the primitive church, it was customary for the Holy Eucharist to be celebrated on the anniversary...
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I have wandered over Europe, have rambled to Iceland, climbed the Alps, been for some years lodged a...
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The tribal system from which the Celt never freed himself entirely was the curse of the Celtic race,...
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According to Celtic law, all sons equally divided the inheritance and principalities of their father...
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The love of Louis XVI for mechanical works is well known. He had a little workshop at Versailles whe...
SABINE BARING-GOULD

Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.
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Mankind progresses not smoothly, as by a sliding carpet ascent, but by rugged steps broken by gaps. ...
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Incontestably, the great centres of population in the primeval ages were the chalklands, and next to...
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Brittany can hardly claim the attention of the tourist as a superlatively beautiful country. The way...
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In Cornwall, it is quite possible to take a stride from the richest vegetation into the abomination ...
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The prime feature in Cornish geology is the upheaval of the granite, distorting, folding back, and a...
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Saint Ignatius was a convert and disciple of S. John the Evangelist. He was appointed by S. Peter to...
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History, whether sacred or profane, hides her teaching from those who study her through coloured gla...
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Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allo...
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Dartmoor proper consists of that upland region of granite, rising to nearly 2,000 feet above the sea...
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The original settlers in Iceland were the nobles of Norway who left their native land to avoid the t...
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At the Norman Invasion, the Saxon thanes were themselves humbled in turn; the manors were given a mo...
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Among the old Norse, it was the custom for certain warriors to dress in the skins of the beasts they...
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In 1559, Duke Frederick III was summoned before the Emperor Ferdinand I at Breslau to answer the acc...
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The fame of Maria Foote's beauty and charm of manner had reached London, and in May 1814, she ma...
SABINE BARING-GOULD

The great majority of the nobility and gentry of England clung to the doctrine and ceremonies of the...
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One of the great advantages of the study of old Norse or Icelandic literature is the insight given b...
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Mediaeval mythology, rich and gorgeous, is a compound like Corinthian brass, into which many pure or...
SABINE BARING-GOULD

A residence of many years in Yorkshire, and an inveterate habit of collecting all kinds of odd and o...
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The Dumnonii, whose city or fortress was at Exeter, were an important people. They occupied the whol...
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Cornwall, peopled mainly by Celts, but with an infusion of English blood, stands and always has stoo...
SABINE BARING-GOULD

It is somewhat remarkable that Cornwall has produced no musical genius of any note, and yet the Corn...
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Ireland was, of old, called the Isle of Saints because of the great number of holy ones of both sexe...
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Black was not the universal hue of mourning in Europe. In Castile, white obtained on the death of it...
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The fold is that place where He keeps His flock shut behind the hurdles of the Ten Commandments. Eve...
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Connected with the fall of Satan is his lameness. The devil is represented in art and in legion as l...
SABINE BARING-GOULD

The Saints are the elect children of the spouse of Christ, the precious fruit of her body; they are ...
SABINE BARING-GOULD

The stream of civilisation flows on like a river: it is rapid in mid- current, slow at the sides, an...
SABINE BARING-GOULD

I look back with the greatest pleasure to the kindness and hospitality I met with in Yorkshire, wher...
SABINE BARING-GOULD

In North Germany, a troublesome ghost is bagged, and the bag emptied in some lone spot or in the gar...
SABINE BARING-GOULD

The Breton peasant is said to have a hard head. He is obstinate and resists outside pressure to alte...
SABINE BARING-GOULD

Should the time come when the county family will be taken away, then the parish will feel for some t...
SABINE BARING-GOULD

Cornwall bears a certain resemblance to Italy: each is like a leg or boot, but Italy stands a-tiptoe...
SABINE BARING-GOULD

The martyrologies are catalogues in which are to be found the names of the saints with the days and ...
SABINE BARING-GOULD

My parents did everything possible. My dad has worked from eight in the morning until nine in the ev...
SABINE LISICKI

Tennis is for me joy, nothing less than that.
SABINE LISICKI

A final of a grand slam is always a matter of details. Maybe a point here, a point there will make t...
SABINE LISICKI

Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.
MAURICE BARING

There is a vast difference between games and play. Play is played for fun, but games are deadly seri...
MAURICE BARING

Avoid contradicting in general, especially people you love
MAURICE BARING

In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent ...
MAURICE BARING

It's getting them to understand that to do an act of kindness, and making someone smile, and (asking...
SABINE HART

Books should not be loved selfishly. Neither books nor anything else, in fact.
MARIE-SABINE ROGER

I can hire one-half of the working class to kill the other half.
JACK GOULD

There is something supremely reassuring about television; the worst is always yet to come.
JACK GOULD

Commercials on television are similar to sex and taxes; the more talk there is about them, the less ...
JACK GOULD

One does not allow the plumbers to decide the temperature, depth and timing of a bath.
JACK GOULD

I usually start with a repulsive character and go on from there.
CHESTER GOULD

I decided that if the police couldn't catch the gangsters, I'd create a fellow who could.
CHESTER GOULD

It's not a special taste. An American composer should have something to say to a cab driver.
MORTON GOULD

Disney is hoping to have a Harry Potter franchise out of this.
ALAN GOULD

There were no parents home, and the kid living there apparently decided to have some friends over, ....
ALAN GOULD

We've got small children and sick and elderly people dying every day, small children being raped and...
ALAN GOULD

She sold to an 18-year-old that we had sent in, ... This was the single one we checked that failed.
ALAN GOULD

A law that was passed on Aug. 29 indicates we must hold a public hearing prior to accepting unantici...
ALAN GOULD

Students interested in government or law have a grand opportunity to engage in panel conversation wi...
ALAN GOULD

This is a way by which the university can fulfill obligations,
ALAN GOULD

Perhaps this is something that should have been done long ago, ... It is a time to reflect who he wa...
ALAN GOULD

This is the 250th birthday celebration for our namesake. The least we can do is celebrate.
ALAN GOULD

It is imperative that the traditional media companies increase their Internet presence and we believ...
ALAN GOULD

I like reading, writing, hiking, camping, free running, surfing, rock climbing, long boarding, and s...
NOLAN GOULD

...Maude Harris told me that all was well with the world because medical science had profited by the...
JOE GOULD

I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low.
TIM GOULD

For God's sake, if you sin, take pleasure in it, and do it for the pleasure...
GERALD GOULD

For a long time, we've worked on detecting planets with whatever was at hand, making use of exis...
ANDREW GOULD

I cannot bear assaults of any kind, and it seems to me that the Beatles essentially were out to affr...
GLENN GOULD

Chopin, Schubert, and Liszt had no idea of how to write for the piano.
GLENN GOULD

There was a second problem that was still not a technical problem... the project became classified. ...
GORDON GOULD

I don't believe that anyone can see the Grand Canyon area for themselves and not know that we ha...
NOLAN GOULD

It tends to indicate these Earth-mass planets are quite common, 10 to 50 times more common than prev...
ANDREW GOULD

For a long time, we've worked on detecting planets with whatever was at hand, making use of existing...
ANDREW GOULD

There are really no other methods at present that can detect planets of this mass and at this separa...
ANDREW GOULD

(Producers') plans have already been put in place to achieve this, but it will take several years of...
ANDREW GOULD

Initial discussions with customers would indicate that the exploration and production spending envir...
ANDREW GOULD

The industry response to the current lack of an oil supply cushion and the long-term need to increas...
ANDREW GOULD

There will be no silver bullet. Rather it will be a combination of technologies.
ANDREW GOULD

To put that right it's going to take several years of very hard work by the oil industry to renew th...
ANDREW GOULD

I think we must be getting to a point now where price is going to have an effect on demand and that ...
ANDREW GOULD

Our industry faces new challenges,
ANDREW GOULD

Be beautiful if you can, wise if you want to... But be respected, that is essential.
ANNA GOULD

I've actually always been a big fan of seafood. Sushi is one my favorite things.
ALEXANDER GOULD

But certainly the laser proved to be what I realized it was going to be. At that moment in my life I...
GORDON GOULD

The best parts of it will still be there.
BOB GOULD

I like to walk around, so I might see those businesses. But not everyone has the patience.
BOB GOULD

I had more fun ...
BOB GOULD

I had more fun ... You didn't want to miss a day because it was so much fun.
BOB GOULD

It's not as busy as I had hoped, but then every festival goes through tough times.
BOB GOULD

If you price your merchandise right, people will buy it. That's the way this business is. You roll w...
BOB GOULD

This was an excellent result. The sentencing reflects the crimes committed.
BOB GOULD

This will result in wells that will make a substantial improvement in the recovery factor just becau...
ANDREW GOULD

I'm fascinated with what happens to the creative output when you isolate yourself from the appro...
GLENN GOULD

I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half.
JAY GOULD

I decided that if the police couldn't catch the gangsters, I'd create a fellow who could.
CHESTER GOULD

I don't read anything anymore. I don't have the eyesight. I read my own copy, that's all...
JOHN GOULD

The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but is, rather, the grad...
GLENN GOULD

wealthier than I was.
WAYNE GOULD

the throwback feel of a mission during the Cold War, when American officials saw their main job as b...
DAVID GOULD

The scene we shot with Charlie Rose was actually the last piece that was ever shot for 'Breaking...
PETER GOULD

Obviously the shift to gas and the need for large amounts of gas in the United States is going to be...
ANDREW GOULD

A lecture is an occasion when you numb one end to benefit the other.
JOHN GOULD

If you don't fix latent failures in your system, you're asking for trouble.
JOHN GOULD

Isolation is the one sure way to human happiness.
GLENN GOULD

I lost everything. My parents lost everything.
DAVID GOULD

The things that we have in common [with Muslims] are not the things that bring peace. Only the thing...
DAVID GOULD

We call it, 'From mainstream to the local scene,'
DAVID GOULD

A lecture is an occasion when you numb one end to benefit the other
JOHN GOULD

I have met people who you would expect to be brilliant and they have a blind spot for this puzzle. A...
WAYNE GOULD

He was interested in a project with an electronic pulse,
ERIC GOULD

Behind every silver lining, there's a cloud.
GLENN GOULD

I detest audiences. Not in their individual components but en masse... I think they are a force of e...
GLENN GOULD

It has become fashionable in the last several years for the media to minimize and even dissemble abo...
CATHERINE GOULD

Coming to terms with incest is not easy. Learning to be a survivor, not a victim, gives new meaning ...
LYNETTE GOULD

Many deeply hidden memories have come flooding back. The important message here though is that it is...
LYNETTE GOULD

Frankly, its hard to blame the Legislature this session because the department took no initiative to...
JON GOULD

I have sold a number of frames, several paintings, and a tiger maple stand.
JOHN GOULD

At the time the world was all upside down. The American people were beginning to move around a lot. ...
JOHN GOULD

I don't read anything anymore. I don't have the eyesight. I read my own copy, that's all. I think I'...
JOHN GOULD

If you don't fix latent failures in your system, you're asking for trouble.
JOHN GOULD

I don't think any of the early Romantic composers knew how to write for the piano... The music o...
GLENN GOULD

I was changing a light bulb over Groucho Marx's bed, so I took my shoes off, got on his bed and ...
ELLIOTT GOULD

Dear Kim. Apparently you want to be a cartoonist. Stay with it.
CHESTER GOULD

Hes the smartest dog Ive ever had,
PETER GOULD

My schedule is usually pretty busy, so when I wake up in the morning, first thing I usually do is tu...
NOLAN GOULD

Our jointly developed, software-only solution with Nortel provides forward-thinking companies a powe...
DAVE GOULD

A record is a concert without halls and a museum whose curator is the owner.
GLENN GOULD

Everybody loves this place. It is so beautiful; everybody reaches out to one another.
GLENN GOULD

He's one of the greatest guys I ever knew. It's a sad, sad story. He always saw his glass as overflo...
DICK GOULD

No, no food. I want sex. Bring me some sex.
ELLIOTT GOULD

My problem was I let myself become known before I knew myself.
ELLIOTT GOULD

endless puzzles made up on the spot, all fresh and original.
WAYNE GOULD

I find it so easy to get distracted - I try not to do more than one thing at any one time.
ELLIOTT GOULD

If the state of oratory that inundates our educational institutions during the month of June could b...
SAMUEL GOULD

I have no idea what is in the Liberty portfolio.
ALAN GOULD

It's just a matter of paperwork. She has to go home to get her papers in order. Her application rene...
CATHY GOULD

They are an icon of the '50s, ... It was considered a friendly, comfortable American sports car,
DAVE GOULD

My dad was in the military. It was difficult sometimes, because he would have to be away a lot, and ...
NOLAN GOULD

We don't have any boundaries for it. If we're feeling it, it's OK.
ERIC GOULD

Yeah, it is. It's funny, once the crowd gets out there and you get a few wins under your belt -- hop...
STEVE GOULD

Did she? Oh good, maybe Kelley and I should hook up, eh?
STEVE GOULD

People enjoyed it immediately and other papers noticed the jump in circulation,
WAYNE GOULD

For her part, Amy Kev's Waffles with a passionate ferocity that she felt a little bit guilty about n...
EMILY GOULD

These guys are quite exceptional. They're practically off the planet. I can't begin to understand ho...
WAYNE GOULD

I'm not surprised that people like the puzzle -- I thought that was almost certain. I am surprised a...
WAYNE GOULD

She wondered if it counted as being good if you did the good thing for purely selfish reasons. Proba...
EMILY GOULD

Impact 360 transforms the speed at which companies can make informed decisions with unmatched visibi...
DAVE GOULD

All Microsoft has to do is make fundamental changes in the way Exchange works and every Blackberry s...
ALAN GOULD

Come on, somebody be brave.
DAVE GOULD

Maybe it's a good omen.
STEVE GOULD

This is a growing problem nationally and internationally. What aggravates this more are individuals ...
ALAN GOULD

I believe in evolution and I think when it comes to business and the roots of business and the funda...
ELLIOTT GOULD

There's nothing more arrogant or conceited than youth, and there's nothing other than machinery that...
ELLIOTT GOULD

I was changing a light bulb over Groucho Marx's bed, so I took my shoes off, got on his bed and chan...
ELLIOTT GOULD

Before we talk about re-regulating, we should be looking at the fact that we've really not allowed t...
ROB GOULD

Will the industry outsource more? I think it depends on the client base.
ANDREW GOULD

When assaulted by sexual knowledge for the first time, a girl plunges into a period of blackness, wh...
JOAN GOULD

Our experience with her has been wonderful.
CATHY GOULD

Our experience with her has been wonderful. She's really a pleasure to work with. She's really a wel...
CATHY GOULD

There's a very curious and - and almost sadistic lust for blood that overcomes the concert liste...
GLENN GOULD

I think of myself more as a filmmaker or as a film person than as strictly just a writer. I don'...
PETER GOULD

We expect ABX to build liquidity and transparency in the synthetic asset-backed market, attracting g...
KEVIN GOULD

I always assumed everybody shared my love for overcast skies. It came as a shock to find out that so...
GLENN GOULD

The national oil companies still want to acquire some expertise so they will outsource more, but not...
ANDREW GOULD

We're very pleased to be working closely with Nortel. Their confidence in selecting us for this stra...
DAVE GOULD

We're delighted to bring videos from EMI Music UK's labels to 3. 3 is a leading network in bringing ...
DAVE GOULD

People are saying, 'I can't believe it's the last one,' ... Everyone knows it will be worth a ton of...
DAVE GOULD

In 2005, we delivered our third consecutive year of exceptional growth, resulting in record revenue ...
DAVE GOULD

India is a significant market for us in two respects. Over the past two years, it has emerged as our...
DAVE GOULD

We're back in business today. The snow was a little bump in the road. We have a long year ahead of u...
MICHAEL GOULD

Hes ready to go every morning. He runs right over to the cruiser,
PETER GOULD

Back in the Aerie she popped her lips percussively as she examined her booty. 'P-ilfering P-adgett's...
STEVEN GOULD

Most of these issues aren't understood by home buyers unless they're represented by an attorney at c...
DON GOULD

Jack and I do most of the cleaning.
DON GOULD

It caught people by surprise.
DON GOULD

It's been a fun and interesting experience.
DON GOULD

You'd be surprised how quickly you get used to having them.
DON GOULD

It's been on a steady decline, it certainly bodes well for the U.S. dollar and obviously that feeds ...
TED GOULD

We're doing a good job, and we shouldn't have any problem telling people we are.
DICK GOULD

I don't think Roscoe knowingly would do anything to hurt anyone.
DICK GOULD

Humans living alone typically have lots of other social contact -- at work, shopping, on the phone, ...
ELIZABETH GOULD

Stress hormones go up in runners and yet, under certain circumstances, these hormones don't affect t...
ELIZABETH GOULD

That said, our study adds to the existing literature that positive social interactions can buffer th...
ELIZABETH GOULD

It's important to emphasize that this work is not directly relevant to humans. First, rats have a un...
ELIZABETH GOULD

This reinforces the idea that social support helps to lessen the negative consequences of stress.
ELIZABETH GOULD

Amy had always thought she was too vain and selfish to seriously contemplate suicide, also too afrai...
EMILY GOULD

Acting isn't a sure thing. We're not set to have jobs for the rest of lives, and fame is rea...
NOLAN GOULD

Our biggest issue, financially, is the tremendous amount of backlog maintenance we have.
DAVE GOULD

In a Republican district I was a Republican. In a Democratic district I was a Democrat. And in a dou...
JACK GOULD

There is no myth relative to the manners and customs of the English that in my experience is more tenaciously held by the ordinary Frenchman than that the sale of a wife in the market-place is an habitual and an accepted fact in English life.

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Sabine Baring-Gould

There is no myth relative to the manners and customs of the English that in my experience is more tenaciously held by the ordinary Frenchman than that the sale of a wife in the market-place is an habitual and an accepted fact in English life.

Sabine Baring-Gould

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