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chairman and chief executive of the New York Stock Exchange, resigned in September, after enduring weeks of harsh criticism over his compensation package, which included a payout of $140…Richard Nixon's Resignation Speech
Given on Thursday, August 8, 1974 Good evening. This is the 37th time I have spoken to you from this office in which so many decisions have been made that shape the history of this nation.…Richard Burton: Black Sheep
Black SheepRichard BurtonFrom their folded mates they wander far, Their ways seem harsh and wild; They follow the beck of a baleful star, Their paths are dream-beguiled.Yet haply they…Richard Hovey: At the End of the Day
At the End of the DayRichard HoveyThere is no escape by the river, There is no flight left by the fen; We are compassed about by the shiver Of the night of their marching men. Give a cheer!…Richard Hovey: The Sea Gypsy
The Sea GypsyRichard HoveyI am fevered with the sunset, I am fretful with the bay, For the wander-thirst is on me And my soul is in Cathay.There's a schooner in the offing, With her topsails…Richard Le Gallienne: Song
SongRichard Le GallienneShe's somewhere in the sunlight strong, Her tears are in the falling rain, She calls me in the wind's soft song, And with the flowers she comes again.Yon bird is but…Richard Burton: The Song of the Unsuccessful
The Song of the UnsuccessfulRichard BurtonWe are the toilers from whom God barred The gifts that are good to hold. We meant full well and we tried full hard, And our failures were manifold.…Richard Hovey: The Thought of her
The Thought of herRichard HoveyMy love for thee doth take me unaware, When most with lesser things my brain is wrought, As in some nimble interchange of thought The silence enters, and the…Brewer's: Richard is Himself again
These words are not in Shakespeare's Richard III., but were interpolated from Colley Cibber by John Kemble. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Richard of…Brewer's: Richard II.'s Horse
Roan Barbary. (See Horse.) Oh, how it yearned my heart when I beheld In London streets, that coronation day, When Bolingbroke rode on roan Barbary, That horse that hou so often hast…Trending
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