4th Earl of Orrery

Famous quotes containing the words earl and/or orrery:

    “Man differs more from Man, than Man from Beast.”
    —John Wilmot, 2d Earl Of Rochester (1647–1680)

    “Word of gloom from the war, one day;
    Johnston pressed at the front, they say.
    Little Giffen was up and away;
    A tear—his first—as he bade good-by,
    Dimmed the glint of his steel-blue eye.
    “I’ll write, if spared!” There was news of the fight;
    But none of Giffen.—He did not write.”
    —Francis Orrery Ticknor (1822–1874)