Show Proud Boast Is I Old The germ of the idea of the sun sunne ne neer er setting on the dominions of ot a ruler Is found In Herodotus Book nooh VII Chapter S 1 The he boast boist was vas a common one Uh the In the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Sc centuries and Is frequently alluded to In the literature lit literature literature of other countries It does not seem to be recorded who first used the expressIon the sun never naser ne er sets seLs seis upon the tho British empire John 1 ilson ilson ss ho wrote rote under the pen name of ChrIs Christ t pher ipher orth orth 1750 1854 1554 In his hI No o 20 O April lS sass sas ills majesty majest s dominions on OD which luch the sun un un ne never neer er sets This Thib to be bethe bethe bethe the first use of the e expression In flag n literature |