Quote of the day
A narrow compass! and yet there
Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair;
Give me but what this riband bound,
Take all the rest the sun goes round.
John Florio
Born: 1553
Died: 1625 (aged 72)
Bio: John Florio, known in Italian as Giovanni Florio, was a linguist and lexicographer, a royal language tutor at the Court of James I, and a possible friend and influence on William Shakespeare.
Known for:
- A Worlde of Wordes
- Blind Moon Alley: A Jersey Leo Novel
- Second Frutes (1591)
- Sugar Pop Moon: A Jersey Leo Novel