Famous quotes containing the words earl, lords and/or england:
“I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“The twelfth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Twelve lords a-leaping.”
—Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 89–91)
“Old England liberty—to be robbed by the Ministry, and insulted by the populace without redress.”
—J.G. (John Gabriel)