Constable John Stevens

Famous quotes containing the words constable, john and/or stevens:

    “The right eloquence needs no bell to call the people together, and no constable to keep them.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “To John I owed great obligation;
    But John, unhappily, thought fit
    To publish it to all the nation:
    Sure John and I are more than quit.”
    —Matthew Prior (1664–1721)

    “It is difficult to read. The page is dark.
    Yet he knows what it is that he expects.
    The page is blank or a frame without a glass
    Or a glass that is empty when he looks.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)