1841 Quotes

#1. Under the Convention of Chuenpi, signed in January 1841 (but then repudiated by the Emperor), Hong Kong became a British possession.

Niall Ferguson

#2. The year 1839 brought further increase to the population; and before the beginning of 1840 there were 3,000 persons, with 500 houses and 70 shops, in Melbourne. In 1841, within five years of

Alexander Sutherland

#3. It is wonderful how Virtue turns from dirty stockings; and how Vice, married to ribbons and a little gay attire, changes her name, as wedded ladies do, and becomes Romance.
From Charles Dickens' Preface to Oliver Twist, printed in 1841

Charles Dickens

#4. Ireland was a different place after the famine. The population was drastically reduced - an island of 8.2 million people in 1841 was reduced to 6 million in 1851. At least 1 million of those people had died. The rest fled the country, hoping for a new life in another land.

Ryan Hackney

#5. The Press is the living jury of the Nation." James Gordon Bennett, editor of the New York Herald in 1841

Daniel Stashower

#6. William Henry Harrison, who died of pneumonia in April of 1841, after only one month in office, was the first Chief Executive to hide his physical frailties.

Robert Dallek

#7. I find in animals the same thing I find so wonderful in children. That purity, that honesty, where they don't judge you, they just want to be your friend. I think that is so sweet.

Michael Jackson

#8. It is an apple full of worms compared to an apple that's fresh and delicious.

Jay Carney

#9. Train yourself by blessing those who treat you badly and you will take on the nature of God.

Sunday Adelaja

#10. If you want to stop, tell me now," he said as he ripped open a condom wrapper.
"Stop and I kill you.

Katie Reus

#11. No one likes them, because their ways are different,' Drina explained. 'Just like the Roamers - no one likes us either. So we have to like each other.

Erin Bow

#12. Ronan's smile was sharp and hooked as one of the creature's claws. "'A sword is never a killer; it is a tool in the killer's hand'."
"I can't believe Noah didn't stick around to help."
"Sure you can. Never trust the dead.

Maggie Stiefvater

#13. So easy now that Elder Sister has explained to her what all young girls in houses are taught - that with care and meticulous acting and tears of pretended pain and fear, and the final modest telltale stains cautiously placed, a girl can, if necessary, be virgin ten times for ten different men.

James Clavell

#14. I think in China, they know you have to have a solid nationwide plan. It does not help to have a football hotspot in the north or the south.

Berti Vogts