Quarter Mare

Famous quotes containing the words quarter and/or mare:

    The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor.
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

    Some one came knocking
    At my wee, small door;
    Some one came knocking,
    I’m sure—sure—sure;
    —Walter De La Mare (1873–1956)