Famous quotes containing the words ninth and/or earl:
“The ninth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Nine drummers drumming,”
—Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 53–55)
“Six, or at most seven, hours’ sleep is, for a constancy, as much as you or anybody can want: more is only laziness and dozing, and is, I am persuaded, both unwholesome and stupefying.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)