General Sir William

Famous quotes containing the words sir william, general and/or sir:

    “When the enterprising burglar isn’t burgling,
    When the cut-throat isn’t occupied in crime,
    He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling,
    And listen to the merry village chime.”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “What use Milton, a silly story
    Of our lost general parents,
    eaters of fruit?”
    —Gary Snyder (b. 1930)

    “At Flores in the Azores Sir Richard Grenville lay,
    And a pinnace, like a fluttered bird, came flying from far away:
    ‘Spanish ships of war at sea! we have sighted fifty-three!’”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)