Nicholas Van Dyke

Nicholas Van Dyke is the name of:

  • Nicholas Van Dyke (governor) (1738–1789), American lawyer and Governor of Delaware
  • Nicholas Van Dyke (senator) (1770–1826), American lawyer and U.S. Senator from Delaware

Famous quotes containing the words nicholas, van and/or dyke:

    “on a Saterday
    This carpenter was goon til Oseney,
    And hende Nicholas and Alisoun
    Accorded been to this conclusioun,
    That Nicholas shal shapen hem a wile
    This sely jalous housbonde to bigile,”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    “Language is conceived in sin and science is its redemption.”
    —Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)

    “This is the gospel of labour, ring it, ye bells of the kirk!
    The Lord of Love came down from above, to live with the men who work.
    This is the rose that He planted, here in the thorn-curst soil:
    Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of Earth is toil.”
    —Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933)