Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or bedford:
“There is something behind the throne greater than the King himself.”
—William, Earl Of Pitt (1708–1778)
“The only thing that was dispensed free to the old New Bedford whalemen was a Bible. A well-known owner of one of that city’s whaling fleets once described the Bible as the best cheap investment a shipowner could make.”
—For the State of Massachusetts, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)