Famous quotes containing the words melville and/or bell:
“At banquets surfeit not, but fill; partake, and retire; and eat not again till you crave.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“You owe me ten shillings,
Say the bells of St. Helen’s.
When will you pay me?
Say the bells of Old Bailey.
When I grow rich,
Say the bells of Shoreditch.
Pray when will that be?
Say the bells of Stepney.
I am sure I don’t know,
Says the great bell of Bow.”
—Unknown. The Bells of London (l. 13–22)