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)

    “[W]ith them we’ll beat little Van, Van, Van is a used up man.”
    —State of Indiana, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    “Oh, it’s home again, and home again, America for me!
    I want a ship that’s westward bound to plow the rolling sea,
    To the blessed Land of Room Enough beyond the ocean bars,
    Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.”
    —Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933)