Earl Stafford

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or stafford:

    “Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.”
    —Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    “a doe, a recent killing;
    she had stiffened already, almost cold.
    I dragged her off she was large in the belly.”
    —William Stafford (1914–1941)