Hood County

Famous quotes containing the words hood and/or county:

“No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds—November!”
—Thomas Hood (1799–1845)

“It would astonish if not amuse, the older citizens of your County who twelve years ago knew me a stranger, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working on a flat boat—at ten dollars per month to learn that I have been put down here as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)