London Country South

Famous quotes containing the words london, country and/or south:

    “Last night, party at Lansdowne-House. Tonight, party at Lady Charlotte Greville’s—deplorable waste of time, and something of temper. Nothing imparted—nothing acquired—talking without ideas—if any thing like thought in my mind, it was not on the subjects on which we were gabbling. Heigho!—and in this way half London pass what is called life.”
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    “It certainly must have been a relief for the women of the country to realize that one could be a woman and a lady and yet be thoroughly political.”
    —Agnes E. Meyer (1887–1970)

    “These South savannahs may yet prove battle-fields.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)