Famous quotes containing the words formal, english and/or expressions:
“Two clergymen disputing whether ordination would be valid without the imposition of both hands, the more formal one said, “Do you think the Holy Dove could fly down with only one wing?””
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
“Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?”
—Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986)
“Those expressions are omitted which can not with propriety be read aloud in the family.”
—Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825)