Viscount Bury

Famous quotes containing the words viscount and/or bury:

“A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.”
—William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (1779–1848)

“‘Dear Captain Smith,’ the ghost replied, ‘you’ve used me ungenteelly.
The crowner’s quest goes hard with me because I’ve acted frailly,
And Parson Biggs won’t bury me, though I am dead Miss Bailey.’”
—George Colman (1762–1836)