William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell Quotes

• On parent knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep.

  William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell

  Children, Sleep, Long

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• A dinner lubricates business.

  William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell

  Life, Business, Dinner

  "Life of Samuel Johnson". Book by James Boswell, Vol. viii, p. 67, 1791.

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• What constitutes a state? . . . . . . . Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain. . . . . . . . And sovereign law, that state's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.

  William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell

  Men, Rights, Law

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