Famous quotes containing the words began and/or offering:
“The captain was a duck
With a packet on his back,
And when the ship began to move
The captain said, Quack! Quack!”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th18th century. I saw a ship a-sailing (l. 1316)
“Instead of offering the Indians a chance to surrender, and to be taken peaceably, General Connor issued a very cruel order to his menTake no prisoners, fight to the death; nits breed lice.”
—State of Utah, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)