Sir John Franklin

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

    “The big blue eyes are shut which saw wrong clothing
    And favourite fields and coverts from a horse;”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    “When Sir Joshua Reynolds died
    All Nature was degraded;”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)

    “His spiritual life has been exaggerated by a chronic attack of mental gallstones.”
    —Oliver St. John Gogarty (1878–1957)

    “Here Skugg
    Lies snug
    As a bug
    In a rug”
    —Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)