Famous quotes containing the words gilbert and/or elliot:
“he might have been a Roosian,
A French, or Turk, or Proosian,
Or perhaps Itali-an!
But in spite of all temptations,
To belong to other nations,
He remains an Englishman!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“I’ve heard the lilting at our yowe-milking,”
—Jean Elliot (1727–1805)