High Thrust

Famous quotes containing the words high and/or thrust:

    “London, thou art of townes A per se.
    Soveraign of cities, semeliest in sight,
    Of high renoun, riches, and royaltie;
    Of lordis, barons, and many goodly knyght;
    Of most delectable lusty ladies bright;
    Of famous prelatis in habitis clericall;
    Of merchauntis full of substaunce and myght:
    London, thou art the flour of Cities all”
    —William Dunbar (c. 1465–c. 1530)

    ““I sawe Phoebus thrust out his golden hedde,
    Upon her to gaze:
    But when he sawe how broade her beames did spredde
    It did him amaze.”
    —Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)