Queen Elizabeth Country

Famous quotes containing the words queen, elizabeth and/or country:

    O Queen of air and darkness,
    I think ‘tis truth you say,
    And I shall die to-morrow;
    But you will die to-day.
    —A.E. (Alfred Edward)

    Paris is a mighty schoolmaster, a grand enlightener of the provincial intellect.
    —Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1837–1915)

    If there is a gratification which I envy any people in this world it is to your country [Italy] its music. This is the favorite passion of my soul, and fortune has cast my lot in a country where it is in a state of deplorable barbarism.
    Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)