Sided Murmurs Generally

Famous quotes containing the words sided, murmurs and/or generally:

    “I have desired to go
    Where springs not fail,
    To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail
    And a few lilies blow.”
    —Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)

    “All the shad’wy tribes of Mind,
    In braided dance their murmurs joined,”
    —William Collins (1721–1759)

    “The inhabitants of St. John’s and vicinity are described by an English traveler as “singularly unprepossessing,” and before completing his period he adds, “besides, they are generally very much disaffected to the British crown.” I suspect that that “besides” should have been a “because.””
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)