King Pippin II

Famous quotes containing the words king and/or pippin:

    “I have seen in this revolution a circular motion of the sovereign power through two usurpers, father and son, to the late King to this his son. For ... it moved from King Charles I to the Long Parliament; from thence to the Rump; from the Rump to Oliver Cromwell; and then back again from Richard Cromwell to the Rump; then to the Long Parliament; and thence to King Charles, where long may it remain.”
    —Thomas Hobbes (1579–1688)

    “We will eat a last year’s pippin of mine own grafting, with a
    dish of caraways, and so forth.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)