Famous quotes containing the words sir gilbert, gilbert and/or elliot:
“We are as near to heaven by sea as by land.”
—Humphrey, Sir Gilbert (c.1537–1583)
“I often think it’s comical
How Nature always does contrive
That every boy and every gal,
That’s born into the world alive,
Is either a little Liberal,
Or else a little Conservative!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“I’ve heard the lilting at our yowe-milking,”
—Jean Elliot (1727–1805)