Black Jack Brigade

Famous quotes containing the words black, jack and/or brigade:

    “On the middle of that quiet floor
    sits a fleet of small black ships,
    square-rigged, sails furled, motionless,
    their spars like burned matchsticks.”
    —Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)

    “This is the rat
    That ate the malt
    That lay in the house that Jack built.”
    —Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. The House That Jack Built (l. 4–6)

    “Rational free spirits are the light brigade who go on ahead and reconnoitre the ground which the heavy brigade of the orthodox will eventually occupy.”
    —G.C. (Georg Christoph)