Famous quotes containing the words received, generally and/or positive:
“When I received this [coronation] ring I solemnly bound myself in marriage to the realm; and it will be quite sufficient for the memorial of my name and for my glory, if, when I die, an inscription be engraved on a marble tomb, saying, Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin, and died a virgin.”
—Elizabeth I (15331603)
“It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the dear deceit of beauty.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)
“The most positive men are the most credulous.”
—Jonathan Swift (16671745)
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