Deadly Ground

Famous quotes containing the words deadly and/or ground:

“I wish my deadly foe no worse
Than want of friends, and empty purse.”
—Nicholas Breton (c.1545–1626)

“The sight of one of these frontier houses, built of these great logs, whose inhabitants have unflinchingly maintained their ground many summers and winters in the wilderness, reminds me of famous forts, like Ticonderoga or Crown Point, which have sustained memorable sieges.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)