Duke of Edinburgh/dukes of Edinburgh Fourth Creation 1947%e2%80%93present

Famous quotes containing the words duke of, duke, fourth and/or creation:

    “That very knowing,
    Overflowing,
    Easygoing
    Paladin,
    The Duke of Plaza-Toro!”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “That celebrated,
    Cultivated
    Underrated
    Nobleman,
    The Duke of Plaza-Toro!”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “The fourth day of Christmas,
    My true love sent to me
    Four colly birds,”
    —Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 13–15)

    “As a natural process, of the same character as the development of a tree from its seed, or of a fowl from its egg, evolution excludes creation and all other kinds of supernatural intervention.”
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)