Britannia Archive

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Britons never will be slaves

When Britain first, at heaven’s command, Arose from out of the azure main, This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain: “Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.” James Thomson, Alfred: a Masque, II, V. Favorite0

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What two ideas are more inseparable than beer and Britannia?

What two ideas are more inseparable than beer and Britannia? Sydney Smith (1771-1845), English clergyman, writer. Quoted in: Hesketh Pearson, The Smith of Smiths, ch. 1 1 (1934). Favorite0
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