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South Africa, renowned both far and wide For politics and little else besides.
(Ignatius) Roy Dunnachie Campbell— 1928 'The Wayzgoose'.
Here lies, bowl'd out by Death's unerring ball, A cricketer renowned, by name John Small; But though his name was small, yet great was his fame, For nobly did he play the'noble game'. His life was like his inningslong and good; Full ninety summers had Death withstood, At length the ninetieth winter camewhen (Fate Not leaving him one solitary mate) This last of Hambledonians, old John Small, Gave up his bat and ballhis leather, wax and all.
— 1832 Epitaph on cricketer John Small. Pierce Egan's Book of Sports.
South Africa, renowned both far and wideFor politics and little else beside.
roy campbell— The Wayzgoose, lines 3-4 (1928)
The University of Oregon has long been known as a renowned research institution. The Brain, Biology and Machine Initiative continues in that distinguished tradition.
— Peter DeFazio (June 21, 2006), DeFazio Secures $8 Million For Research At Oregon Universities: He also secured $2.5 million for the Northwest Manufacturing Initiative and $2.7 million for the Metals Affordability Initiative, Website, Congressman Peter DeFazio, United States House of Representatives.
Many will support Firrell’s aims… the combined effect of words, visuals and soundtrack is powerful… Firrell, an artist based in the city, is renowned for text pieces like this.
martin firrell— Rick Poynor, Eye Magazine (6 February 2007)
Warlimont became renowned, with Keitel and Jodl, as one of the German officers most loyal to Hitler and was accordingly sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment in 1949 as a minor war criminal...
walter warlimont— Hugh Thomas, The Spanish Civil War
At one with the power of the American landscape, and renowned for the patient skill and timeless beauty of his work, photographer Ansel Adams has been visionary in his efforts to preserve this country's wild and scenic areas, both in film and on Earth. Drawn to the beauty of nature's monuments, he is regarded by environmentalists as a monument himself, and by photographers as a national institution. It is through his foresight and fortitude that so much of America has been saved for future Americans.
ansel adams— President Jimmy Carter, Presidential Medal of Freedom Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony, June 9, 1980 (See: Citation of the Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to Ansel Adams)
Men of most renowned virtue have sometimes by transgressing most truly kept the law.
john milton— Tetrachordon (1644–1645).
Peace hath her victories No less renowned than war.
john milton— To the Lord General Cromwell (1652).
The last king of Mysore, Jayachamaraja Wodeyar (1919-1974), was, [for example], a renowned scholar in philosophy , a versatile music composer and a writer and humanist . And like many others in the Wodeyar clan before him, a great patron of the arts and culture .
— A.V. Narasimha Murthy, in When the Maharaja’s son failed an examination
Raja Ravi Varma, another member of the Travancore royal family and renowned painter , spent an important part of his lifetime in Trivandrum. While he painted many gods and even printed them as oleographs , he never painted Padmanabha or the temple.
— A. Srivathsan, in "A kingdom and a temple, July 21, 2011"
Where are the rough brave Britons to be found With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned?
— Mrs. Centilivre, Cruel Gift. Epilogue written by Nicholas Rowe. He was … a heart of oak, and a pillar of the land. Wood—Ath. Oxon. (1691), II. 221. Yonkers that have hearts of oake at fourscore yeares. Old Meg of Hertfordshire. (1609). Those pigmy tribes of Panton street, / Those hardy blades, those hearts of oak, / Obedient to a tyrant's yoke. A Monstrous good Lounge. (1777), p. 5.
Purandara Dasa was amongst the greatest of the saints who was not only a pioneering musician but also one of the renowned composers of Karnataka Music.
— Vijaya Moorthy, in "Romance of the Raga", P.19
Men of the most renowned virtue have sometimes by transgressing most truly kept the law.
john milton— John Milton, Tetrachordon (1644-45).
So counsel'd he, and both together went Into the thickest wood; there soon they chose The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renowned, But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High overarch'd, and echoing walks between.
john milton— John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667; 1674), Book IX, line 1,099.
The University of Oregon has long been known as a renowned research institution. The Brain, Biology and Machine Initiative continues in that distinguished tradition.
— Peter DeFazio (June 21, 2006), DeFazio Secures $8 Million For Research At Oregon Universities: He also secured $2.5 million for the Northwest Manufacturing Initiative and $2.7 million for the Metals Affordability Initiative, Website, Congressman Peter DeFazio, United States House of Representatives.
Peace hath her victories No less renowned than war.
— John Milton, "Sonnett: To the Lord General Cromwell" (1652).
Peace hath her victories, No less renowned than war.
john milton— John Milton, Sonnet, To the Lord General Cromwell.
