Famous quotes containing the words floor and/or height:
“Four and twenty at her back
And they were a clad out in green;
Tho the King of Scotland had been there
The warst o them might hae been his Queen.
On we lap and awa we rade
Till we cam to yon bonny ha
Whare the roof was o the beaten gold
And the floor was o the cristal a.”
—Unknown. The Wee Wee Man (l. 2128)
“Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us,the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a mans stature as to his happiness.”
—Laurence Sterne (17131768)
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