Viscount Bury

Famous quotes containing the words viscount and/or bury:

“That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.”
—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)