Land State Provincial

Famous quotes containing the words land, state and/or provincial:

    “The land of shadows wilt thou trace
    And look nor know each other’s face
    The present mixed with reasons gone
    And past and present all as one
    Say maiden can thy life be led
    To join the living with the dead
    Then trace thy footsteps on with me
    We’re wed to one eternity”
    —John Clare (1793–1864)

    “some strange comfort every state attend,
    And pride bestowed on all, a common friend;”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “The dead level of provincial existence.”
    —George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)