1st Earl Howe

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or howe:

    “The characteristic of a well-bred man is, to converse with his inferiors without insolence, and with his superiors with respect and with ease.”
    —Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    “Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
    He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are
    stored;
    He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword;”
    —Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910)