British Crown

Famous quotes containing the words british crown, british and/or crown:

    “The inhabitants of St. John’s and vicinity are described by an English traveler as “singularly unprepossessing,” and before completing his period he adds, “besides, they are generally very much disaffected to the British crown.” I suspect that that “besides” should have been a “because.””
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “In my experience, if you have to keep the lavatory door shut by extending your left leg, it’s modern architecture.”
    —Nancy Banks-Smith, British columnist. Guardian (London, February 20, 1979)

    “There might you have beheld one joy crown another, so and in such manner that it seemed sorrow wept to take leave of them, for their joy waded in tears.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)