King of Scotland

Famous quotes containing the words king of, king and/or scotland:

    In a few years there will be only five kings in the world—the King of England and the four kings in a pack of cards.
    Farouk I (1920–1965)

    The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
    Titus Livius (Livy)

    Four and twenty at her back
    And they were a’ clad out in green;
    Tho the King of Scotland had been there
    The warst o’ them might hae been his Queen.

    On we lap and awa we rade
    Till we cam to yon bonny ha’
    Whare the roof was o’ the beaten gold
    And the floor was o’ the cristal a’.
    —Unknown. The Wee Wee Man (l. 21–28)