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Harington is the author of a two-line poem, "Of treason." It reads thus: "Treason doth never prosper; what's the reason?/ For if it prosper, none dare call it treason." Those last five words became a catchphrase of the John Birch Society during the Cold War period in the United States and the title of a book by John A. Stormer.
Treason doth never prosper? What's the reason? for if it prosper, none dare call it treason. [8] Around that time, Harington also devised England's first flushing toilet – called the Ajax (i.e., a "jakes", then a slang word for toilet). It was installed at his manor in Kelston. This forerunner to the modern flush toilet had a flush valve to ...
John Anthony Stormer (February 9, 1928 – July 10, 2018) was an American Protestant anti-communist author, best known for his 1964 book None Dare Call It Treason. Both a pastor and a Christian school superintendent, his books have sold millions, warning America about the communist infiltration of American society, politics and culture.
Famous people quotes about life. 46. “There is only one certainty in life and that is that nothing is certain.” —G.K. Chesterton (June 1926) 47. “Make it a rule of life never to regret and ...
This year, on the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 tragedy, remember and reflect with these powerful 9/11 quotes. Here at Parade.com , we're all about sharing products we love with our audience.
There's epigram of Sir John Harington's, writing shortly after this time, that seems apposite to the question of treason and the "assurance": Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason. Thomas Peardew 11:39, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
So thou be good, slander doth but approve Thy worth the greater, being woo’d of time; For canker vice the sweetest buds doth love, And thou present’st a pure unstained prime. Thou hast pass’d by the ambush of young days, Either not assail’d, or victor being charg’d; Yet this thy praise cannot be so thy praise, To tie up envy evermore ...
Sonnet 109 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet.The English sonnet has three quatrains, followed by a final rhyming couplet.It follows the typical rhyme scheme of the form abab cdcd efef gg and is composed in iambic pentameter, a type of poetic metre based on five pairs of metrically weak/strong syllabic positions.