Famous quotes containing the words chevy chase, north, chevy and/or chase:
“‘Erle Dowglas, for thy life,
Wold I had lost my hand;”
—Unknown. Chevy Chase (l. 151–152)
“There are no whole truths; all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil.”
—Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947)
“‘Erle Dowglas, for thy life,
Wold I had lost my hand;”
—Unknown. Chevy Chase (l. 151–152)
“Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim’rous beastie,
O, what a panic’s in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
Wi’ bickering brattle!
I wad be laith to rin an’ chase thee,
Wi’ murd’ring pattle!”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)