Sir John Franklin

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

    “Down came the hairy talons
    and horrible poison blade
    And none of the garden noticed
    that fizzing, hopeless fight.”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    “Some fell by laudanum, and some by steel,
    And death in ambush lay in every pill.”
    —Samuel, Sir Garth (1661–1719)

    “There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl
    The feast of reason and the flow of soul;”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “No nation was ever ruined by trade.”
    —Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)