Sherwood

Famous quotes containing the word sherwood:

    I was so sick and faint, so overcome at the brutality of this fiendish sport, that I hardly heard the shouts of “Bravo! bravo!” and the fanfaronade of trumpets.... I do not know which astonished me the most, the strikingly curious, brilliant coup d’oeil, the dexterity of the men, the intrepidity of the animals, the miserable unfair play, or the pleasure of the spectators.
    —M. E. W. Sherwood (1826–1903)

    Time should be imaged with a paint-brush instead of a scythe; he knows how to wield the former even better than the latter.
    —M. E. W. Sherwood (1826–1903)

    The House of Lords, architecturally, is a magnificent room, and the dignity, quiet, and repose of the scene made me unwillingly acknowledge that the Senate of the United States might possibly improve its manners. Perhaps in our desire for simplicity, absence of title, or badge of office we may have thrown over too much.
    —M. E. W. Sherwood (1826–1903)