Began Offering

Famous quotes containing the words began and/or offering:

    “Then came the Lord Chamberlain with his white staff,
    And all the people began to laugh;
    And then the Queen began to speak,
    ‘You’re welcome home, Sir Francis Drake.’”
    —Unknown. Upon Sir Francis Drake’s Return from His Voyage about the World, and the Queen’s Meeting Him (l. 5–8)

    “In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch
    Is offering too little and asking too much.”
    —George Canning (1770–1827)