Middle English Creole

Famous quotes containing the words middle and/or english:

    “Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes!
    Bow, bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye masses!”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “In ancient times—’twas no great loss—
    They hung the thief upon the cross:
    But now, alas!—I say’t with grief—
    They hang the cross upon the thief.”
    —Anonymous. “On a Nomination to the Legion of Honour,” from Aubrey Stewart’s English Epigrams and Epitaphs (1897)