Thomas Bulfinch Quotes

Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal.

Thomas Bulfinch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 15, 1796 - May 27, 1867

Topics

SwordWoodLeatherThroughMetal

Thank you... preseason football, for having all the excitement, commercials, and time-outs of the regular season, but with none of the mattering. I appreciate it. Thank you.

Jimmy Fallon

FootballThank YouAppreciateYou

If a director can't figure out what they might get from me or whether he or she wants to work with me based on what I've done, then I can't tell them anything more than what they don't know already.

Jeffrey Wright

WorkMeKnowDoneMoreShe

Although all serious Christians recognize the importance that the Bible places on prayer, most fall short when it comes to doing it.

Tony Evans

PrayerBibleShortDoingFallMost

My view of the alt-right was that it was a big tent.

Mike Cernovich

MyselfNonfictionWriterConsider

Where I grew up, in Aldgate, east London, one of the poorest boroughs in the country, I saw lots that was real - the bankers with their briefcases, the man next door with five wives, the illegal immigrants in Flat 5. I'm from a world you rarely see on screen, and I want to show it off.

Michaela Coel

DreamsGirlCharacterWorldFinding

I'm indeed a mandasi seller, and I'm proud of it, because the majority of women in Malawi are like us, mandasi sellers.

Joyce Banda

WomenProudUsBecauseMajority

We must do all we can to empower parents and communities to protect our youth and to encourage healthy behavior free from binge drinking and other forms of alcohol abuse.

Jon Corzine

ParentsYouthFreeAlcoholBehavior

A guy that's going to do all of the dirty work, that guy that is willing to defend anyone and do the little things and not really care about all of that other stuff. I think every championship team needs that.

Draymond Green

WorkTeamLittle ThingsThinkCare

I feel like I'm always learning from people.

Douglas Brinkley

LearningPeopleFeelAlwaysLike

What happens is consciousness operates in mysterious ways. One of those ways is that the old paradigm suddenly starts to die.

Deepak Chopra

DieMysteriousOldParadigmHappens

I think, at some point in my wrestling career, I took myself way too seriously, and I took the wrestling business way too seriously. It probably helped sour me on the whole process. It probably helped burn me out.

CM Punk

BusinessMyselfMeThinkProcess

'A Christmas Story' has always meant a lot to me personally.

Peter Billingsley

MeStoryChristmasAlwaysPersonally

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