Famous quotes containing the words unknown, twa and/or corbies:
“They say miracles are past, and we have our philosophical
persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural
and causeless. Hence is it that we make trifles of terrors,
ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should
submit ourselves to an unknown fear.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“There were twa sisters sat in a bour;
Binnorie, O Binnorie!
There cam a knight to be their wooer,
By the bonnie milldams o’ Binnorie.”
—Unknown. Binnorie; or, The Two Sisters (l. 1–4)
“I heard twa corbies making a mane;
The tane unto the t’other say,
“Where sall we gang and dine today?””
—Unknown. The Twa Corbies (l. 2–4)