British

British

The word British is an adjective referring in various ways to the United Kingdom, or the island of Great Britain, and its people.

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Famous quotes containing the word british:

    “However British you may be, I am more British still.”
    —Henry James (1843–1916)

    “For with this desire of physical beauty mingled itself early the fear of death—the fear of death intensified by the desire of beauty.”
    —Walter Pater 1839–1894, British writer, educator. originally published in Macmillan’s Magazine (Aug. 1878)

    “I’m a bad son. Is it the chromosomes, do you think, or is it England?”
    —David Mercer, British screenwriter, and Karel Reisz. Morgan (David Warner)