Colonial Office/second Colonial Office 1854 %e2%80%93 1966

Famous quotes containing the words colonial and/or office:

    “The North will at least preserve your flesh for you; Northerners are pale for good and all. There’s very little difference between a dead Swede and a young man who’s had a bad night. But the Colonial is full of maggots the day after he gets off the boat.”
    —Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961)

    “Consul. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.”
    —Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)