Born British

Famous quotes containing the words born and/or british:

    “Miniver Cheevy, born too late,
    Scratched his head and kept on thinking;
    Miniver coughed, and called it fate,
    And kept on drinking.”
    —Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)

    “Gorgonised me from head to foot,
    With a stony British stare.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)