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García Lorca, Federico
1899–1936
1899–1936
1
A las cinco de la tarde.
Eran las cinco en punto de la tarde.
Un niño trajo la blanca sábana
a las cinco de la tarde.
At five in the afternoon.
It was exactly five in the afternoon.
A boy brought the white sheet
at five in the afternoon.
Verde que te quiero verde.
Verde viento. Verdes ramas.
El barco sobre la mar
y el caballo en la montaña.
Green how I love you green.
Green wind.
Green boughs.
The ship on the sea
and the horse on the mountain.
A las cinco de la tarde.
Eran las cinco en punto de la tarde.
Un niño trajo la blanca sábana
a las cinco de la tarde.
At five in the afternoon.
It was exactly five in the afternoon.
A boy brought the white sheet
at five in the afternoon.
Llanto por Ignacio Sánchez Mejías
(1935) "La Cogida y la muerte"
Verde que te quiero verde.
Verde viento. Verdes ramas.
El barco sobre la mar
y el caballo en la montaña.
Green how I love you green.
Green wind.
Green boughs.
The ship on the sea
and the horse on the mountain.
Romance sonámbulo
(1924–7)
Gardiner, Richard
b.
c.
1533
b.
c.
1533
1
Sowe Carrets in your Gardens, and humbly praise God for them, as for a singular and great blessing.
Sowe Carrets in your Gardens, and humbly praise God for them, as for a singular and great blessing.
Profitable Instructions for the Manuring, Sowing and Planting of Kitchen Gardens
(1599)
Gardner, Ed
1901–63
1901–63
1
Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.
Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.
in
Duffy's Tavern
(US radio programme, 1940s)
Garfield, James A.
1831–81
1831–81
1
Fellow-citizens: God reigns, and the Government at Washington lives!
Fellow-citizens: God reigns, and the Government at Washington lives!
speech on the assassination of President Lincoln, 17 April 1865
Garibaldi, Giuseppe
1807–82
1807–82
1
Men, I'm getting out of Rome. Anyone who wants to carry on the war against the outsiders, come with me. I can offer you neither honours nor wages; I offer you hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Anyone who loves his country, follow me.
Men, I'm getting out of Rome. Anyone who wants to carry on the war against the outsiders, come with me. I can offer you neither honours nor wages; I offer you hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Anyone who loves his country, follow me.
Giuseppe Guerzoni
Garibaldi
(1882) vol. 1 (not a verbatim record)
Garner, John Nance
1868–1967
1868–1967
1
The vice-presidency isn't worth a pitcher of warm piss.
The vice-presidency isn't worth a pitcher of warm piss.
O. C. Fisher
Cactus Jack
(1978) ch. 11
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