Famous quotes containing the words earl, lords and/or england:
“You should be alerte, adroit, vif; be wanted, talked of, impatiently expected, and unwillingly parted with in company.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“set upon a golden bough to sing
To lords and ladies of Byzantium
Of what is past, or passing, or to come.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Here in England the welfare of the State depends on the conduct of our aristocracy.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)