Ample

Famous quotes containing the word ample:

“... too much attention is paid to dress by those who have neither the excuse of ample means nor of social claims.... The injury done by this state of things to the morals and the manners of our lower classes is incalculable.”
—Mrs. H. O. Ward (1824–1899)

“I’ve known her—from an ample nation—
Choose One—
Then—close the Valves of her attention—
Like Stone—”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

“Three forms I see on stretchers lying, brought out there untended
lying,
Over each the blanket spread, ample brownish woolen blanket,
Gray and heavy blanket, folding, covering all.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)