Famous quotes containing the words historical and/or landmark:
“It is hard to believe that England is so near as from your letters it appears; and that this identical piece of paper has lately come all the way from there hither, begrimed with the English dust which made you hesitate to use it; from England, which is only historical fairyland to me, to America, which I have put my spade into, and about which there is no doubt.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“They throw in Drummer Hodge, to rest
Uncoffinedjust as found:
His landmark is a kopje-crest
That breaks the veldt around;”
—Thomas Hardy (18401928)
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