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Thomas Bulfinch Writer

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Jul 15, 1796
  • Died: May 27, 1867

Thomas Bulfinch was an American writer born in Newton, Massachusetts. Bulfinch belonged to a well-educated Bostonian merchant family of modest means. His father was Charles Bulfinch, the architect of the Massachusetts State House in Boston and parts of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.. Bulfinch supported himself through his position at the Merchants' Bank of Boston.

For Mythology is the handmaid of literature and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness. happiness

Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated. knowledge

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 quotes from John Millington Synge

3 quotes from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 more views from William Butler Yeats

28 more views from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 other sayings from Dave Barry

27 other sayings from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 quotes from Winston Churchill

74 quotes from Winston Churchill