Sir John

Famous quotes containing the words sir john, sir and/or john:

“And is it true? And is it true,
This most tremendous tale of all,
Seen in a stained-glass window’s hue,
A Baby in an ox’s stall?
The Maker of the stars and sea
Become a Child on earth for me?”
—Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

“From alle wymmen mi love is lent
And lyht on Alysoun.”
—Unknown. Alison. . .

Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250–1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. (New ed., rev. and enl., 1939)

“Mrs. John Lyford is so much pleased with the state of
widowhood as to be going to put in for being a widow again; she
is to marry a Mr. Fendall.”
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)