Laid Atop

Famous quotes containing the words laid and/or atop:

“I teazed him with fanciful apprehensions of unhappiness. A moth having fluttered round the candle, and burnt itself, he laid hold of this little incident to admonish me; saying, with a sly look, and in a solemn but quiet tone, “That creature was its own tormentor, and I believe its name was BOSWELL.””
—James Boswell (1740–1795)

“Once you have looked at the land from atop the Kahlenberg, you will understand what I write and who I am.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)